“It’s a nightmare for everybody involved.” That’s how former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika describes TV election debates. “The amount of prep is phenomenal,” she told Sky’s Electoral Dysfunction podcast, adding that when she was working with former leader Ed Miliband on the 2015 campaign, preparation for the TV debates took “months and months”. Former Scottish
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Regulations to allow the emergency early release of prisoners will come into force after MSPs backed the Scottish government’s plan to ease pressure on the country’s jails. Around 514 prisoners will be released in four waves, starting at the end of this month. Only inmates serving short sentences of under four years who have 180
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Europe is attempting to boost its homegrown semiconductor industry.  Darya Komarova | Moment | Getty Images Black Semiconductor, a startup aiming to create next-generation chip technology, on Wednesday said it raised 254.4 million euros ($274 million), mainly from the German government, in a further sign that Europe is ramping up its push in the critical
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A British indie band formerly called Easy Life have changed their name to Hard Life after they said they were sued last year by the brand owners of the easyJet airline. Writing on Instagram, the Leicester group admitted the “last nine months have not been easy” but they have now released a new single, Tears.
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Kevin Spacey has admitted to “being too handsy” in the past and “touching someone sexually” when he didn’t know they “didn’t want him to”. The actor has largely been out of the spotlight since 2017 when he first faced allegations of sexual misconduct. At the time, he was the lead star of Netflix’s House Of
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EXCLUSIVE: Tomer Capone has long been a household name on Israeli screens, having worked on a number of successfully exported TV shows such as Hostages, political thriller Fauda and When Heroes Fly. He won an Ophir (equivalent to an Oscar in Israel) after he was handpicked by Natalie Portman for the romantic lead in her directorial debut A Tale of
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USA Network is returning to the legal drama arena with The Rainmaker, based on the bestselling John Grisham novel and its film adaptation. The project, from writer Michael Seitzman (Code Black), Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television, has received a series order by the NBCUniversal cable network, capping a six-year journey by Seitzman to bring the
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