Families can expect to pay nearly twice as much for a holiday abroad this October half term compared with 2019, according to research conducted by Which?. The consumer group found flights were 42 per cent more expensive than before the pandemic.
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Manori Ravindran International Editor The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on a historic day with one of its strongest opening films in years in Sally El Hosaini’s “The Swimmers,” but what some audience members will likely remember is the stressful experience of getting to Roy Thomson Hall in the first place. TIFF, which has gone digital this year via Ticketmaster, has been plagued with ticketing issues all week thanks to a complicated voucher process for public tickets. While it was hoped that many of the technical kinks would be ironed out by opening night, this wasn’t the case. Media outlets, including Variety, that received opening night tickets from the film’s studio — in this case, Netflix — didn’t receive their tickets in time for the screening due to “technical glitches” and had to be rounded up and escorted to their seats by representatives for the streamer.
In the festival’s opening ceremony, new festival CEO Cameron Bailey briefly acknowledged the death of Queen Elizabeth II in much the same way as he did for the film’s earlier 5 p.m. screening. “I want to acknowledge the passing today of her majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts go out to everyone here and around the world mourning her loss,” said Bailey. The death of the British monarch on Thursday cast a shadow over the opening of TIFF, particularly as the Queen was Canada’s head of state, but the festival doesn’t seem to have been interrupted in any way. TIFF told Variety on Thursday evening that “at this moment there is no information that we can share on that matter.” Bailey said during the brief ceremony, however, that Neil Lumsden, Ontario’s minister of tourism, had to cancel his plans to attend the festival because the “government
Families can expect to pay nearly twice as much for a holiday abroad this October half term compared with 2019, according to research conducted by Which?. The consumer group found flights were 42 per cent more expensive than before the pandemic.
LONDON – When Prince Charles became King Charles III and met our newly installed British Prime Minster Liz Truss, he famously said on camera, "We have all been dreading this," and he spoke for the world. I mean, can anyone imagine a world without our dear late Queen Elizabeth? And yet now we have to.This is the new era of King Charles III; and what now after such a moving and magnificent funeral of the queen? Here in London covering this historic event is something I will never ever forget, simply because we are all now living in pure history, and because of that, you notice things you may have not before.
A royal sendoff. Queen Elizabeth II was honored with an extravagant funeral at Westminster Abbey, 11 days after her passing.
Tyson Fury has spoken to his legions of followers after he disappeared from social media earlier this month. The heavyweight champion took to his Instagram Stories on Monday to share a moving message ahead of the Queen's funeral.
Queen Elizabeth II’s death.The one-day event had been scheduled to take place in Burgess Park in Camberwell, south London this Saturday (September 17).In an official statement issued earlier this week, however, organisers confirmed that Southwark Council has “withdrawn the permission” for Boiler Room London to go ahead as planned.Southwark Council is the landowner of Burgess Park and therefore has the ability to cancel events for reasons of reputation and also for public safety.“We are devastated to not be able to move forward on September 17th,” the statement continued, adding that bosses had “looked at every avenue” alongside the council in a bid to put on the event.Boiler Room London outlined the same reasons for the postponement as the now-delayed Overflo Festival, which was due to run in Burgess Park on Sunday (September 18).One issue is that London’s emergency services will no longer have the sufficient resources to support such events due to the Queen’s state funeral taking place on Monday (September 19) at Westminster Abbey.Per the statement, Southwark Council “need to be reassured” that there is enough police and ambulance resources to deal with any incident or accident that may occur at the festival.“Unfortunately all resource is being drafted in to support with the Queen’s funeral,” the message went on.Original tickets for Boiler Room London remain valid for the new date, which is set to be announced “shortly”.
The sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II has shocked the nation.
Taipei Houston – the band comprising Myles and Layne Ulrich, sons of Metallica drummer Lars – have announced their debut album.The Ulrich brothers announced the formation of their band in the summer of 2021, and played their first gig together in Long Beach, California last September.On November 4, they will release debut album ‘Once Bit Never Bored’ via C3 Records. Today (September 14), it is being previewed by new single ‘The Middle’.The track follows the band’s debut single ‘As The Sun Sets’, which was shared earlier this year.Of their new band, the brothers said in a statement: “To us, Taipei Houston is about going against the grain in every aspect.
Mel C has revealed she was almost kicked out of the Spice Girls after telling Victoria Beckham to 'f*** off'.
Suede have postponed their scheduled in-store performances on Monday (September 19) due to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.The band, who are set to release their ninth album ‘Autofiction’ this Friday (September 16), will hit the road for a string of record shop performances this week ahead of an intimate UK and European tour.Brett Anderson and co. will take to the stage at Banquet Records in Kingston this Thursday (September 15) before visiting Rough Trade East in Shoreditch (16), Brudenell Social Club in Leeds (17) and The Fleece in Bristol (18).Suede were due to continue their record store tour on Monday with shows and signings at HMV in Liverpool and Manchester.
Three Premier League football matches including Chelsea vs. Liverpool plus Arsenal’s European fixture against PSV Eindhoven have been cancelled this weekend due to preparations for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II, with a lengthy Facebook post looking back on the nine times he met her over the course of 53 years. “I feel privileged to have been alive during the whole of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. When I was 10 years old I entered an essay competition in Liverpool and won my division for my essay about the British Monarchy so I have been a fan for a long time,” McCartney wrote.
Mourning the monarch. Duchess Kate was spotted looking somber as she left Windsor Castle one day after Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96.
Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon.
Britain will enter a 10 day period of national mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The period of mourning will begin tomorrow (Friday) and end when her funeral is held, The Mirror reports.