Glynis Johns, the actress who played Mrs Banks in 1964 film Mary Poppins, has died. The British actress, born in South Africa, was 100 years old. She played Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, for which she won a Tony in 1973 for Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns”. Her manager said she died
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A major incident has been declared after Nottinghamshire was hit by widespread flooding – as the south of England faces another deluge of rain. Nottinghamshire County Council said the incident was declared “due to rising levels along the River Trent” and that residents who live in flood risk areas should be prepared to evacuate their
One of the largest supermarket chains in France is refusing to sell PepsiCo products on the grounds they have become too expensive to stock. A spokesperson for Carrefour said the move would apply to its 9,000+ store network across France, Spain, Italy and Belgium. The chain said it had deployed signs in-store that blamed “unacceptable
The NHS “doesn’t just belong” to striking junior doctors and can’t be “switched on and off on whim”, the health secretary said. Victoria Atkins turned up the heat in the government’s row with the British Medical Association (BMA) as their record-breaking walk-out continues. Junior doctors in England are in the middle of a six-day strike
In this article AAPL BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 29: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the last day of trading for the year on December 29, 2023 in New York City. The Dow was up slightly in morning trading
Ford remained the second top-selling EV brand in the US, behind only Tesla, after selling nearly 26,000 EVs in Q4. The F-150 Lightning was America’s best-selling electric truck in 2023, while the Mustang Mach-E had its best sales year yet. Ford sold a record 25,937 electric vehicles in the last three months of 2023, up
Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 4, 2024, 10:27 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Left-hander Chris Sale and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a two-year, $38 million contract extension, sources told ESPN on Thursday, restructuring his deal in the
Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a case that made global headlines. The former Paralympic champion – once celebrated as the ‘blade runner’ – was granted parole in November and today left a South African jail and is now at home, South Africa’s correctional services department
Here’s a sentence which might sound a little odd: higher interest rates have been good news for the UK economy. For the first time in many decades, the pain faced by borrowers from higher interest rates has been more than balanced out by the benefit experienced by savers from those interest rates. If this sounds
In this article MBLY INTC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mobileye signage is displayed during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Oct. 26, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mobileye, the self-driving technology company majority owned by Intel, warned on Thursday that it expected that
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to commit to unfreezing tax thresholds if Labour wins the next general election, saying he won’t make promises he can’t keep. However, the Labour leader was firmer in his position on inheritance tax, telling Sky News if the Tories reduce it, he will reverse that change because he does not
The new year has brought with it a gripping, scandalous new TV drama – but the tale it tells is very real. Mr Bates vs The Post Office depicts the story of former subpostmasters and subpostmistresses who were held liable by the Post Office for financial discrepancies thrown up by its computerised accounting system, Horizon.
Mortgage approvals hit their highest level in six months near the end of last year, official data has revealed – as more lenders announce rate cuts. New figures from the Bank of England (BoE), published on Thursday, show that more than 50,000 loans for home purchases were rubber-stamped in November – the highest number since
Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend. Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013 at his home in Pretoria, South Africa. He said he fired his gun through a bathroom door after mistaking her for an intruder in the early hours. The
Police are “extremely concerned” over the disappearance of a woman who vanished in South Ayrshire days before Christmas. Laura Wilkie, 43, was last seen sitting on a bench near Ayr’s Millenium Bridge at around 8.30pm on Monday 18 December. On Wednesday, investigating officers carried out a stop-and-speak operation in the area in an effort to
A full transcript detailing air traffic control conversations moments before the fatal plane crash at Tokyo’s Haneda airport has been released by authorities in Japan. The transcript shows the discussions between the airport’s control tower and the two planes – one a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet and the other a smaller coastguard plane –
Some 40 of 250 previously sealed documents relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by a US court. After Judge Loretta Preska ruled they could be unsealed in December and no objections were made, the first set of court papers were published on 3 January. They largely consist of legal arguments
Skyline of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) was the top spender among global sovereign wealth funds last year, accounting for about a quarter of the $124 billion splashed by state-owned investors, according to a preliminary report by research consultancy Global SWF. The Saudi
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Armed police officers have launched a manhunt after shots were fired at a cinema and a small business. Merseyside Police said that at about 8.50pm on Wednesday they received reports a firearm had been discharged in Showcase Cinemas on East Lancashire Road in the Croxteth area. The incident came 20 minutes after shots were fired