Female comic says comedy circuit is full of creeps and misogynists

It’s no joke: After TV comedian Katherine Ryan reveals she confronted a ‘sexual predator’ she worked with, a fellow female comic says the male dominated ‘liberal’ comedy circuit is full of creeps and misogynists As the only female comedian on an otherwise all-male TV panel show in the 1990s, I often felt as if my […]

Mountain guide is killed after falling 2,500 feet from Mount Shasta

Mountain guide is killed after climber slips on treacherous ascent of California’s Mount Shasta: Three people tethered together plummet up to 2,500 feet Jillian Elizabeth Webster, 32, of Redmond, Oregon died while guiding a couple up Mt. Shasta A boyfriend and girlfriend accompanied Webster up the Avalanche Gulch The three climbers were tethered together and […]

PGA Tour signals its vulnerability

Confronted with a tough lie in the rough, the PGA Tour has opted to play it safe and lay up. Facing the most serious challenge to its dominance in its half-century-long history, the Tour has handed out sweeping justice, indefinite but also uncertain. Players who have defected from the PGA Tour to play on the […]

Council chief executive quits after he found to have breached rules

Council chief executive quits after he was found to have breached rules over tweet expressing surprise that Tory voter had ‘compassion and empathy for others’ Steven Pleasant, head of Tameside council in Greater Manchester, has resigned He breached government acts after he tweeted a remark about a Tory voter  Mr Pleasant had been the head […]

Passport delays could be slashed if govt embraces tech used by Amazon

Delays to passport applications could be slashed if government embraces technology used by Amazon, Cabinet Office minister Steve Barclay says Tech used by big firms like Amazon could improve public service delivery Examples include increased automation, machine learning and data analytics  Cabinet Office minister Steve Barclay said it could speed up passport delays The same […]

Tearful parents of teen 'brainwashed' by Ezra Miller speak out

EXCLUSIVE: Tearful parents of missing Sioux teen claim ‘queer’ Flash star Ezra Miller tried to climb into bed with her when she was 14 and he was 25, then brainwashed her and plied her with LSD, booze and weed Ezra Miller, 29, has been accused of ‘grooming’ and ‘brainwashing’ Tokata Iron Eyes, 18, a member […]

Friends of ex-Qatari royal dead of OD say 'no way' she used drugs

Friends of a US-born former Qatari princess who married a sheikh say there is ‘NO WAY’ she OD’ed and never touched drugs, as her mysterious sudden death is investigated as an accidental drug overdose Close ‘confidants’ of Kasia Gallanio, 45, told the Daily Beast that they did not believe she used drugs Gallanio was found […]