One of the organisers of Wireless Festival defended the decision to book Kanye West as the headline act and called for the public to ‘forgive’ the controversial rapper. Melvin Benn, managing director at Festival Republic, who organises Wireless, described West’s previous comments as “abhorrent” but added that he will only be performing and will not…
Albert Mazibuko sang in the iconic South African choral group for more than 55 years. Source link
The record for the hottest day of the year is set to be topped several times this week. Parts of the UK could enjoy highs of 22C on Tuesday, forecasters said. They could keep rising to as high as 24C on Wednesday in South East England, before the weather cools off towards the end of…
The director of Wireless Festival has defended the decision to have Kanye West as a headliner. Source link
Four men have been arrested after a 26-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a nightclub in London in the early hours of Monday. Two other men in their 20s, who were found injured outside the club in Peckham, southeast London, were taken to hospital, where they are in a life-threatening condition, the Metropolitan Police…
A Waitrose employee who said he was sacked after tackling a shoplifter trying to steal a bag of Easter eggs should be reinstated and handed a bonus, according to the Conservatives. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the supermarket chain had acted “disgracefully” by dismissing shop assistant Walker Smith, a long-standing employee who had worked…
Donald Trump has praised the US fighter pilots who was rescued from an Iranian mountain over the weekend. The airman was on board an F-15E Strike Eagle jet that was shot down by Iran on Friday, the first US aircraft to be downed by Iranian fire since the US and Israel launched the war at…
A murder investigation is under way following the death of a man in Glasgow. Police Scotland said it received a report of concern for a man at a property in Castlemilk’s Drakemire Avenue at about 8.10pm on Thursday 2 April. Emergency crews attended, but Craig Hamilton, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene. In a…
Another commercial partner has distanced itself from Wireless Festival over the booking of Kanye West as a headliner. Pressure has been mounting over West’s planned headline spot, with calls for organisers to cancel the booking and for the government to ban the rapper from entering the UK. Wireless organisers announced the US rapper last week…
US television presenter Savannah Guthrie returned to NBC’s Today show on Monday for the first time since her mother’s disappearance more than two months ago. Ms Guthrie became overwhelmed by emotions before the last half hour, when she joined colleagues in front of fans gathered at the show’s Rockefeller Center studio. She fought back tears…
