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Production company behind blockbuster Paddington films listed in London today By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 07:15 EST, 16 December 2024 Canal+ has suffered a disappointing debut on the London Stock Exchange with the French film production firm’s shares plummeting on their first day of trading.The group, which is behind the blockbuster Paddington films, listed shares in London after investors voted to approve the break-up of its parent company Vivendi.Monday’s listing of Canal+ shares had been hailed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves as a boost to the City after another year marked by weak IPO activity, companies opting for rival stock exchanges and private…
Millions of people rely on medication every day, but some types of drugs must be avoided while flying. Dr Sean Ormond, from Atlas Pain Specialists, has warned fliers about certain medications that should never be taken while travelling on airplanes due to their potential side effects.’As a pain management doctor, I always emphasise the importance of being mindful of medications, especially while flying’, he said. ‘Air travel can impact how drugs work in your body, and some meds can cause serious issues at high altitudes.’He has also suggested passengers check with their doctors about any medications they are taking, especially if they…
By Meike Leonard Published: 21:09 EDT, 12 October 2024 | Updated: 21:21 EDT, 12 October 2024 A common diabetes drug could cut the debilitating side-effects of prostate cancer medicines, pioneering research has found.Hormone therapy – which involves taking tablets that limit the production of the male sex hormone testosterone – is one of the most common and effective prostate cancer treatments.However, it can also cause weight gain and raise the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.But type 2 diabetes drug metformin has been shown to halve weight gain and lower blood sugar and cholesterol in patients when taken…
By Shania Obrien For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:31 EDT, 15 September 2024 | Updated: 22:31 EDT, 15 September 2024 Taylor Swift was seen sipping on a viral cocktail dubbed one the most ‘delicious’ and ‘simple’ drinks to make at home – and here’s how you can do it on a budget.The superstar was spotted at the US Open with Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes to watch Italy’s world No 1 Jannik Sinner battle it out with American star Taylor Fritz for the last Grand Slam title of the year.During the tense match, Swift was photographed enjoying The Honey Deuce…
If this human rights lawyer thing doesn’t work out, Mrs. George Clooney should consider a career in Hollywood.She makes quite the lady villain.On Monday, Lebanon’s spiciest export since falafel announced – to the delight of pro-Palestine agitators everywhere – that she, alongside other legal experts, had urged the International Criminal Court to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, as well as Hamas’s October 7 massacre-masterminds, for ‘war crimes.”I hope that justice will prevail in a region that has already suffered too much,’ wrote Amal, the daughter of a Muslim mom and Druze dad, in a perfectly vacuous statement…
A woman has been found alive after being trapped with her dead sister-in-law for three days in their car, following severe flooding in Spain.It comes as rescue teams continue to search for victims trapped in swamped garages and cars in Valencia following the mega storm, which has claimed over 200 lives and left 2,000 still missing. Rescuers are said to have saved the unnamed woman in a tunnel in the town of Benetusser, after hearing her cries within a pile of stranded vehicles.The woman is thought to have been trapped by cars heaped on top of her vehicle, having all fallen…
By LEOCCIANO CALLAO Published: 13:32 EST, 17 December 2024 | Updated: 15:39 EST, 17 December 2024 Latvian basketball ace and former Orlando Magic player Janis Timma posted a somber video in the days leading up to his death on Monday.The 32-year-old was discovered lifeless on the entrance stairway of a high-rise residential complex in Moscow.Timma’s untimely death came on the birthday of his ex-wife, Ukrainian singer and actor Anna Sedokova. Reports suggest that a phone with a message from Sedokova was next to Timma when his body was found. The preliminary cause of death has been ruled as suicide.Four days…
A few years ago I employed a financial adviser to consolidate all my company pensions, and my personal pension, into one pension.They advised I get a plan with a big, well-known pension firm.Since signing up for the plan, I now pay a percentage of the value in fees to the financial adviser each year and I don’t feel I’m getting value for money.Basically I have an annual review where they advise not to do anything with the pension.Do I have to have a financial adviser or am I allowed to manage my pension myself? Financial advice: How do you negotiate a…
A terrified mother has warned of the dangers of e-cigarettes after her daughter developed a deadly, life-long lung condition linked to vaping. Brianne Cullen, 17, began using disposable vapes ‘in secret’ aged 14 to ‘ease anxiety’ triggered by the return to school post Covid lockdown. But one afternoon four months a go, the keen cheerleader from Nevada, the US, called home out of panic – she was struggling to breathe. Her mother, Christie Martin, rushed Brianne to a local emergency department where tests revealed she was suffering devastating bronchiolitis obliterans – better known as ‘popcorn lung’.The condition is a rare type of lung disease,…
She famously spoke out against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein as the #MeToo movement gathered pace.And Cate Blanchett has now insisted that the industry still has some way to go, not just in continuing the progress the campaign made, but also in addressing its persistent gender pay gap.Speaking just days before the release of spy thriller Black Bag, in which she stars opposite Michael Fassbender, the actress, 55, made her feelings clear on inequalities within Hollywood and in society in general.She told The Guardian: ‘We’re nowhere near equal pay! Talking about it noisily doesn’t mean action has happened. I mean, there’s…