Controversial former deputy mayor of the Inner West Council Julie Passas, who was found to have homosexually vilified her gay neighbour, has failed in her re-election bid. Passas, a councillor for over two decades, was disendorsed by the Liberal Party before the elections, following a successful campaign by community groups. She had stood then as…
Boris Johnson has warned the Omicron COVID variant is “growing much faster” than Delta and its doubling rate could be between two and three days. Speaking during a Downing Street news conference, where he also announced the introduction of Plan B restrictions in England, the Prime Minister said Omicron’s “severity, its exact rate of transmission…
Boris Johnson has toughened coronavirus rules in England amid concern over the increasing spread of the Omicron variant.Speaking at a Downing Street news conference on Wednesday evening, the prime minister announced the measures in the government’s “Plan B” for dealing with COVID-19 this winter. What did the PM announce?The new COVID restrictions being implemented in…
Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish was “violently attacked” after four masked and armed men forced their way into his home in the middle of the night.In the early hours of Saturday, 27 November the men broke into his family home in Essex, threatened his wife and children, and ransacked their belongings at knifepoint. Mr Cavendish said…
December 7, 2021 by Tony Case This is a preview of a story that was initially published on our sister site, WorkLife, which covers the future of the workplace. After his father died in 2018, Paul Marlow struggled with fear, anxiety and depression. That’s when he turned to microdosing psychedelics as a remedy — and…
Plus, Anno 1404: History Edition currently free on PC. Acclaimed Industrial-Revolution-era city builder Anno 1800 has done really rather well for itself since its release back in 2019 – having recently surpassed 2m players – and Ubisoft is celebrating with the announcement of a fourth season of paid DLC, starting next year.Ubisoft says the Anno team…
Beginning with NFTs in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Ubisoft has announced Quartz, its own NFT platform for unique items in AAA games which it says will run on “energy-efficient technology” that uses “a million times less energy than a bitcoin transaction”. The first Ubisoft game to offer NFTs will be Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint,…
UPDATE: It is “being worked on”, 343 says. UPDATE 4.30pm UK: Halo developer 343 Industries has now said it is working on a way to replay campaign missions in the future – although there’s no word on when that might be.”We haven’t announced a date but that is being worked on,” 343 Industries associate creative director…
Plus it’s on Xbox Game Pass. Serious Sam 4 has been surprise released on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S and is available now.It’s also been added to Xbox Game Pass on both console and PC.The first person shooter was released on PC in September 2020 (Windows and Stadia) and now makes its console debut. “No Holiday…
Without Uncharted 4 multiplayer, with $10 upgrade option. Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, which includes Uncharted 4 and spin-off Lost Legacy, will arrive for PlayStation 5 on 28th January. If you’ve purchased either game on PS4, you can get the Collection for just $10, Sony announced today. (This doesn’t include those with access to Uncharted 4…
