Chris Heaton-Harris is the latest Tory MP to say they are standing down.A cabinet minister has become the latest Tory MP to announce they are quitting parliament as the party braces itself for election defeat.Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said it had been an “honour and a privilege” to represent Daventry since being elected in…
“Everyone should play their part – and pay their part.”Defence Secretary @grantshapps suggests non-NATO countries benefitting from European security should pay into the alliance.#TrevorPhillipshttps://t.co/fhIHlpTGAF📺 Sky 501 / YouTube pic.twitter.com/fFFUrBS5bj— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 19, 2024Grant Shapps has been compared to Donald Trump after he said some Nato members were not spending enough on defence.The defence…
Demonstrators hold placards reading message related to the NHS infected blood scandal as Rishi Sunak is questioned by the Infected Blood Inquiry last year.Grant Shapps has admitted the government has been “too slow” to deliver justice for the thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal.The defence secretary’s comments came as ministers prepare to unveil a…
The first time I watched Scream, I remember thinking that Ghostface’s voice was vaguely familiar. Until recently, I figured that this was my very own Mandela Effect and I’d made up a memory of his voice at some point. To be clear, I was six years old when the first Scream film was released, so even…
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will take the lead in the new Wicked movieAfter many, many years in the making, the new Wicked movie is finally very nearly here.The long-awaited film adaptation of the award-winning musical is coming later this year, with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande bringing the beloved characters of Elphaba and Glinda to…
The countdown to the end of the school year has begun: Teachers and students can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.Parents, meanwhile, are gathering their bearings for the long road ahead. They are stockpiling snacks, fireworks and alcoholic beverages — not necessarily in that order. Here, the funny parents of X (formerly…
Strictly hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess DalyWith the summer only just starting to peek its head around the corner, it doesn’t feel quite right to alright be looking ahead to autumn telly.But, despite the new series of Strictly Come Dancing still being a good few months away, that hasn’t stopped rumours about which celebrities will…
The author at 23. “This is before I took fen-phen or meth,” she says.Ever since I was a little girl, I never felt enough. Not pretty enough. Not smart enough. Not thin enough. When I was 24, I began taking a diet drug combination called fen-phen. It not only suppressed my appetite, but it gave me…
We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how the terms “uppercase” and “lowercase” actually come from the printing press.And now it seems the deceptively modern-sounding “dashboard” has a far older original meaning too. In a 2021 X (formerly Twitter) post that recently resurfaced on my feed, company founder and X user Arnaud Porterie shared via Wikipedia that…
Cardi B at an Oscars after-party earlier this yearCardi B says she’s refusing to vote for either a Democrat or Republican for president in the upcoming US election.Bluntly offering her take on current president Joe Biden and his opponent Donald Trump in a sprawling interview with Rolling Stone published on Thursday, Cardi said bluntly, “I don’t fuck…