Hilary Swank files federal lawsuit against actors’ union health plan over coverage for ovarian cysts

Hilary Swank has filed a federal lawsuit against the actors’ union health plan to resume coverage of her treatment for recurrent malignant ovarian cysts. The Oscar-winning actress filed her lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against the trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan over coverage for ovarian cysts that have afflicted her … Read more

Lachlan Murdoch fires back at James in memo to Fox staff in which he praises their news coverage

Lachlan Murdoch appears to have fired back at younger brother James in a memo to Fox staff Thursday in which he praised the network’s news coverage.   James, 47, quit the board of News Corp at the end of last month blaming ‘disagreements over certain editorial content published by the company’s news outlets’. On Thursday Lachlan, 48, who … Read more

James Murdoch steps down after he and his wife grew disillusioned with company’s coverage 

Did Rupert Murdoch’s son quit his media empire because it isn’t woke enough? ‘Liberal of the family’ James steps down after he and his environmentalist wife grew disillusioned with company’s coverage The 47-year-old cited editorial disagreements in his bombshell resignation letter He was once seen as the favourite to take over the News Corporation empire … Read more

Just ONE pundit is left wearing BLM badge for football coverage

Just ONE pundit is left wearing Black Lives Matter badge for Premier League coverage on Sunday after BBC ban as former England striker Emile Heskey sports his on Sky Emile Heskey was the only pundit wearing a Black Lives Matter badge on Sunday The BBC has banned usage of the symbol to avoid endorsing any … Read more

O2 extends 4G mobile coverage in rural communities including almost 400 tourist hotspots

O2 extends 4G mobile coverage in rural communities including almost 400 tourist hotspots ahead of ‘staycation summer’ O2 says it has improved 4G coverage to 91,000 different areas across the UK  The company says it has focused improving its coverage in rural communities  They have also extended coverage to 400 tourist destinations as the country … Read more

It’s Royal Awks-cot! How ITV’s horse racing coverage was handicapped by a jolly racy love triangle 

It’s Royal Awks-cot! How ITV’s horse racing coverage was handicapped by a jolly racy love triangle By Katie Hind For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:49 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 00:51 BST, 21 June 2020 It was a scene straight from the pages of a Jilly Cooper bonkbuster. Three famous faces from the … Read more

Emily Maitlis’s last-minute Newsnight replacement ignores coverage of her being censured

Emily Maitlis’s last-minute Newsnight replacement studiously ignored coverage of the presenter being reprimanded over her Dominic Cummings monologue as she reviewed today’s papers. The BBC admitted Maitlis had breached the broadcaster’s impartiality rules when she asserted Boris Johnson’s chief aide had ‘broken the rules’ regarding lockdown in her introduction to the programme on Tuesday. The … Read more

Snapchat launches ‘Coronavirus: The Latest’ in Discover to provide coverage about the pandemic 

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more