In the space of just a few months, Pat Cullen has become the public face of Britain's nurses, whose historic strike has laid bare a health service on its knees.. The public retains a strong sense of loyalty to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) and feels grateful to nurses for their care during the pandemic.
There's no red carpet, glitzy awards ceremony or even a real cinema but UK film festival Horror-on-Sea, now in its 10th year, has carved a niche promoting independent movies that don't make the mainstream.. Since it started, the festival has become a reference point for a niche genre of mainly self-funded B-movies.
Aboard canoes, motorboats and kayaks fashioned from papyrus stems, the faithful converged on a lake in central Ethiopia to celebrate the Orthodox holiday of Epiphany, known locally as "Timkat".. Local authorities would like to see their region promoted through the Timkat celebrations, which have firmly put Gondar, a city in the country's west, on the tourist map.
A Belgian member of the European Parliament, targeted by prosecutors in a graft scandal rocking the EU, has insisted on his innocence and denounced accusations by a key suspect, a statement seen by AFP on Thursday said. . Panzeri, viewed as a key figure in the scandal, on Tuesday cut a deal with Belgian prosecutors to turn state's witness in return for a lighter sentence.
Indie filmmakers and Hollywood stars have packed their snow boots and are heading to the mountains of Utah for the first time in three years, as the in-person Sundance festival returns Thursday.. - Hollywood stars - While Sundance skews to low- and mid-budget films, dozens of Hollywood stars will make the trek to Park City for a number of high-wattage premieres.
Jacinda Ardern promised "relentless positivity" as New Zealand's prime minister, but in announcing her shock resignation on Thursday admitted the unrelenting demands of the job had finally worn her down.. Ardern transformed from self-described "policy nerd" to prime minister on a wave of "Jacinda-mania" after being thrust into the Labour leadership just seven weeks before the 2017 election.
Nintendo's first theme park outside of its native Japan will open in California next month, just weeks before Mario gets the big-screen treatment in a major new Hollywood film.. Meanwhile, Universal Pictures -- the Hollywood film studio that shares its parent company with the theme park -- will release "The Super Mario Bros.
A US prosecutor probing the deadly shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin's movie "Rust" will announce her decision on whether to charge the actor on Thursday.. Mary Carmack-Altwies, the district attorney for the part of New Mexico where the movie was being filmed, and the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the case, Andrea Reeb, will announce their decision on Thursday, a statement said.
A Spanish great-grandmother who was born in the United States has likely become the world's oldest living person at 115, a Guinness World Records consultant said Wednesday.. Branyas Morera was born in San Francisco on March 4, 1907 shortly after her family moved to the United States from Mexico.
As menswear trends towards a more refined style after years of streetwear dominance, Paris Fashion Week designers put their own spin on the suit on Wednesday.. It followed the dark, flowing silhouettes displayed by Saint Laurent on Tuesday's opening night -- the first time the iconic French label has shown during the Paris menswear week since its Italian designer Anthony Vaccarello took over the reins in 2016.
