BAYWATCH babes once ruled the waves. Gorgeous, glamorous and golden brown, the stars of the hit TV show — based around a lifeguard stand — were male fantasy made flesh. Sporting the highest-cut red swimsuits in history, the girls jiggled in slow motion along the white sands of California. They even saved the odd...
UNIVERSITIES will have to publish the amount of class and lecture time students receive in a Government crackdown on sub-standard courses. They will also be forced to list the jobs graduates get and how much they earn under proposals in a White Paper announced today. Plans to open up higher education to competition by allowing...
IT has been more than 20 years since Lucy Lawless made an eye-popping arrival onto screens as the title character in Xena: Warrior Princess. The actress became an instant hit with audiences who saw her tough alter ego go on a quest to redeem herself for her dark past alongside buddy Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor). It has been a...
DONALD TRUMP has warned that he may not have a “very good relationship” with David Cameron if he is becomes the next US president. The billionaire Republican candidate was responding to comments the prime minister made last year after Mr Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US. The presidential...
Iran has arrested eight people working for online modelling agencies deemed to be "un-Islamic", the prosecutor of Tehran's cybercrimes court has said. The arrests are part of an operation that has seen women targeted for posting photos showing them not wearing headscarves on Instagram and elsewhere. Women in Iran...
China's ICBC Standard Bank, the world's biggest bank by assets, has agreed to buy a massive vault in London. It will be the first Chinese lender to own a vault in London as it looks to grow its precious metals business The vault, which is in a secret location and is being sold by Barclays, can hold up to 2,000 metric...
In 1976, the screens released film directed by Francis Weber's "Toy" with Per Richard in the lead role. Now Fabrice Greco (the actor's name) is alive and very successful. The role in "toys" was his only appearance in the film. For a long time nothing was known about him, but still some of the...
Jeff Nichols’ new film Loving tells of an interracial couple in the 1950s who overcame racism to be together. Nicholas Barber is impressed by this sober and delicate movie. Jeff Nichols’ quiet and honourable new issue drama, Loving, could be seen as this year’s Spotlight: both films tell the true story of how...
Reaching its centenary amidst a general chorus of vilification around the region, the legacy of the secret Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 has never looked more under assault. As Iraq lurches deeper into turmoil and disintegration, Kurdish leaders in the already autonomous north are threatening to break away and declare outright...
Hundreds of Canadian oil workers have been ordered to evacuate camps near the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire heads towards them. Alberta State Premier Rachel Notley said up to 600 workers were being sent to oil sands installations further north. About 4,000 more workers are on standby to evacuate if...
Thai authorities are set to close the island of Koh Tachai, saying heavy tourism is negatively affecting natural resources and the environment. The island, off Phang Nga province, is part of the Similan National Park. Almost all Thai marine national parks close from mid-May to mid-October, for monsoon season, but Tachai will...
Husba The winner of the International musical competition "Eurovision" Conchita Wurst (Austrian artist Thomas Neuwirth) took part in a new photo session, during which the shocking actress showed her spouse. To the public was the revelation that Conchita generally have a husband. It was understood that Wurst —...