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Mar212021 by adminNo Comments

Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio on the secret of the police drama’s success

Entertainment

Jed Mercurio is arguably one of the UK's most bankable TV writers.With credits including Bodyguard and Line Of Duty, the author, director, producer and screenwriter has created some of the 'must see' TV moments of the last decade.But as Line of Duty returns to the small screen for a sixth season, he puts down the show's success to "word of mouth" from the police drama's many fans.Let's block ads! (Why?) BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

Sep42020 by adminNo Comments

The surprising secret hidden in a pregnancy test

Technology

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Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

World’s oldest living man, who said secret was to smile, dies at 112

World

Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Guinness World Records oldest living man, who said the secret to a long life was smiling, has died at 112. Chitetsu Watanabe of Niigata, Japan died Sunday, Guinness World Records and the funeral home handling his services confirmed Tuesday. On Feb. 12, Guinness World Records presented him a certificate as the world's oldest living man at age of 112 years, 344 days. Watanabe said the secret to a long life was to "not get angry and keep a smile on your face." Japan's nationally circulated newspaper Mainichi reported that he died of old age. His eldest son's 81-year-old wife Yoko, said he became unable to eat after celebrating his Guinness World Record, and was put on intravenous drip. He also developed a fever and difficulty breathing a couple days before his death. Watan...

Jan252020 by adminNo Comments

Audit watchdog in secret talks to bolster ‘challengers’

Business

Major British companies will be forced to ring-fence a substantial proportion of their audit work for challenger firms outside the "big four" under secret proposals drawn up by the accounting regulator.Sky News has learnt from sources in Whitehall that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has told the government that it wants to oversee a regime it is describing as "managed shared audits". Under the system, all but the very biggest FTSE-350 companies would be required to include at least one challenger firm in their audit tender process.If a big four firm - one of Deloitte, EY, KPMG or PricewaterhouseCoopers - is appointed, work equating to a substantial minority of the audit fee would then have to be undertaken by a smaller rival.One City figure said that substantial minority could be ar...

Nov152019 by adminNo Comments

Jury awards Planned Parenthood $1 million for secret videos

Health

A federal jury has found an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics liable for violating federal and state laws and ordered him to pay nearly $ 1 million in damagesByThe Associated PressNovember 15, 2019, 10:09 PM1 min read A federal jury has found that an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics and is liable for violating federal and state laws. The jury ordered him and others to pay nearly $ 1 million in damages. After a six-week civil trial, the San Francisco jury found David Daleiden trespassed on private property and committed other crimes in recording the 2015 videos. He and the Center for Medical Progress claimed Planned Parenthood illegally sells fetal tissue, which the group says it...