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Steven Spielberg will forever be known as the great catalyst for what has become a rapidly expanding and controversial super-luxury marketplace.The US movie mogul’s 1993 film, Jurassic Park, and the ensuing franchise sparked a worldwide interest in dinosaurs and led to a surge in fossil trade.And it’s continued ever since. Let’s say you’ve got a private jet and helicopter, a yacht with full crew moored in the south of France, an original Picasso line drawing… how about a 125 million-year-old skeleton of a dinosaur as the centrepiece for your marble hall?Last month, one such skeleton fetched more than $30million in…
A man who thought he had the flu was devastated to be told he has just one year to live after his grogginess turned out to be a deadly brain tumour.Kieran Shingler, 26, from Warrington, suddenly began experiencing a headache, sore throat and runny nose on Bonfire Night 2022, that he initially suspected was Covid. When he tested negative for the virus, he and his girlfriend, Abbie Henstock, 26, brushed off his symptoms as the flu.But, in the following weeks he felt so unwell that he was struggling to keep food down and had ‘excruciating headaches’.Previously, his girlfriend said: ‘He was so…
Many Brits put in dozens of hours at work each week, while their wages barely grow. The average worker in the UK works for 1,524 hours a year, earning a median of £45,688, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).Research by Remitly has revealed there are places abroad where Brits could bank the same while putting in hundreds of hours less.Eight out of the top ten countries are in Europe too, so British workers wouldn’t need to travel far.Luxembourg ranked the highest, with an estimated hourly rate of £48.69 it’s a big leap from the UK’s average of £29.98.Workers in…
By SHANIA OBRIEN, LIFESTYLE REPORTER Published: 01:47 BST, 6 August 2025 | Updated: 01:49 BST, 6 August 2025 Aussie burger lovers will soon be able to bring one of the country’s most popular takeaway meals into their own kitchens – without the price of dining out.For the first time, Grill’d is launching its burger patties in supermarkets, teaming up with Coles to sell a range starting at $8 for a two-pack.The move comes as cost of living pressures continue to bite, with many Australians cutting back on takeaway and cooking more at home.Customers can buy three varieties of Grill’d patties…
The future of Howard Stern’s long-running SiriusXM radio show is in jeopardy as the end of his $500million five-year contract looms.Shock jock Stern, 71, has hosted the second incarnation of The Howard Stern Show since 2006, but a show insider confirmed to the Daily Mail that the host is in ‘very serious negotiations’ with SiriusXM on whether he will renew his contract.Stern’s shift from having the most fearsome reputation in American entertainment to being what Kanye West described as an ‘irrelevant old man’ has been dramatic in recent years and he has faced backlash after admitting he was proudly ‘woke’.The insider said: ‘He may do a…
The company behind the fatal Titan submersible voyage had ‘critically flawed’ safety practices and a toxic workplace culture, a damning report has concluded, as the family of two victims called for ‘meaningful reform’ to industry standards.Jason Neubauer, chair of the Titan Marine Board of Investigation (MBI), said in the wake of the major report released Tuesday that the June 2023 tragedy ‘was preventable’.Their investigation found the ‘primary contributing factors’ in the implosion were ‘inadequate design, certification, maintenance and inspection process’. They also uncovered wider cultural issues, including what they called a ‘reckless disregard for safety’ and ‘an ineffective whistleblower process’.OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during…
By ERIC BLUM, US SPORTS REPORTER Published: 03:34 BST, 6 August 2025 | Updated: 03:47 BST, 6 August 2025 Scott Hanson has confirmed he will be retained as host of NFL RedZone after ESPN’s new billion-dollar deal acquired the show and sparked a fan meltdown that the iconic broadcaster may now longer be the property’s presenter. Hanson confirmed the news, promising to continue to be the narrator for seven hours of live football every Sunday during the regular season. RedZone shows live highlights from every NFL game as they happen, allowing fans to not channel surf and see all the major plays…
How jolly good it is that financial justice has finally caught up with disgraced investment guru Neil Woodford and his irresponsible and deceitful management of the collapsed Woodford Equity Investment Fund (WEIF).There is satisfaction to be drawn from the ban imposed on Woodford from holding senior management roles and looking after retail investors’ cash.Moreover, Woodford personally will have to cough up £5.8million in fines and his eponymous investment firm some £40million.Yet the process of delivering verdicts for Woodford savers (including this writer), which started when Andrew Bailey was chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has been exasperating.It has…
By ASHLEIGH GRAY Published: 03:27 BST, 6 August 2025 | Updated: 03:29 BST, 6 August 2025 Jenna Ortega showed off a vampy look at Tuesday night’s season two screening of her hit Netflix series Wednesday, based off The Addams Family, in New York City.The 22-year-old actress flashed her cleavage in a plunging, satin black dress complete with accents of leather fabric.She sported her go-to bleached eyebrows look, which has divided her fans since she debuted them in April.Jenna teamed her slinky dress with a pair of knee-high lace-up black boots.And she wore her dark brunette locks in a center part…
Millions of Americans living along the Northeast coastline have been warned to prepare for a potentially catastrophic hurricane disaster.Meteorologists for AccuWeather issued the alert on Tuesday, saying the region has not seen a major hurricane landfall in more than 70 years, making it ‘climatologically overdue.’Lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said the region has not experienced a direct Category 1 hurricane landfall, or stronger, in over three decades.’Typically, every 15 to 20 years on average, a hurricane will strike New Jersey northward into southern New England,’ DaSilva added.’A major hurricane, so that’s Category 3 or higher, for the Northeast is every 60…