Transport chief apologises after weekend of travel chaos

The head of Wagner force said he has told his troops to stop their march on Moscow and instead withdraw to their field camps in Ukraine in a bid to avoid shedding Russian blood.

The head of the Wagner force said he has ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to their field camps in Ukraine to avoid shedding Russian blood.

Nearly five years after Rihanna launched her Savage x Fenty lingerie brand, she is stepping down as its chief executive officer.

Bus and tram tickets are to be launched cutting the cost of travel in Greater Manchester for many users by 20 per cent from September. The Bee Network starts on September 24, when the city-region becomes the first to bring bus services under local control since 1986.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Zenia Mucha, who spent two decades as Disney’s top spokesperson before leaving the company in 2021, has been hired at TikTok. She’ll serve in the newly formed role of chief brand and communications officer and will be responsible for TikTok’s global marketing and communications strategies. Mucha’s hiring is part of a larger shakeup at TikTok. Vanessa Pappas is stepping down as the company’s chief operating officer and Adam Presser, the current chief of staff, has been promoted to head of operations. “Given all the successes reached at TikTok, I finally feel the time is right to move on and refocus on my entrepreneurial passions,” Pappas said in a note to staff.  “I know the company has a very bright and stable future under the strong leadership of Shou Chew and our executive team, I will be here to support him, the leadership team and all of you during this transition by taking on an advisory role for the company.”

TikTok is overhauling its executive ranks, with Chief Operating Officer V Pappas leaving the company and longtime Disney communications chief Zenia Mucha joining in a newly created role.

Angelique Jackson After Warner Bros. Discovery announced layoffs at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on Tuesday, filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson conferred with WBD chief David Zaslav about the future of the cinema network. Variety has learned that the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO convened a call with the trio of top filmmakers on Wednesday for guidance following the departure of top TCM execs, including general manager Pola Changnon, who stepped down after more than 25 years with the network and Turner. Spielberg, Scorsese and Anderson are key parties of the Film Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of classic cinema. The Film Foundation was founded in 1990 by Scorsese, with Spielberg serving on its original board of directors and Anderson joining in 2006. In 2022, TCM expanded its partnership with the nonprofit, announcing a multi-year financial commitment to fund education and restoration of classic movies. The expansion was commemorated at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival, where Spielberg made a special appearance to debut a 4K restoration of the Warner Bros.’ classic “Giant.” In April, Spielberg, Anderson and Zaslav also sat for a Q&A at the festival following a special screening of the 4K restoration of “Rio Bravo,” moderated by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz.

Students at the University of Manchester will continue a rent strike into next academic year after increases in the cost of university-owned accommodation.

Pola Changnon, who runs Turner Classic Movies (TCM), is the latest executive to leave as part of the Warner Bros. Discovery shakeup.

Dermot Kennedy has apologised to the Irish Traveller community after using a racial slur in an interview earlier this month.The singer shared an Instagram story to apologise for the use of the term “knacker” in an interview with the Canadian music channel Much on June 10.“I would like to apologise to the Irish Traveller Community for any offense caused when discussing Irish slang in a recent interview,” he wrote. “I was not referring to anyone specific, and I never mean to cause harm with the words I say, so I am sorry for any distress I caused.”In a now deleted live interview, Kennedy was asked to share different examples of Irish slang.

Tish Cyrus celebrated her engagement to Dominic Purcell — and their upcoming nuptials — with a trip to Italy.

Amanda Bynes has been placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold.

Selome Hailu “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” has had the biggest debut of any documentary series ever produced by Amazon Studios, Variety has learned. The limited series investigates controversies surrounding the Duggar family, best known for TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” including Josh Duggar’s conviction for possession of child pornography and the family’s connection to the Institute in Basic Life Principles, a controversial Christian organization. After premiering on Amazon Prime Video with all four episodes on June 2, “Shiny Happy People” reached more viewers in its first nine days than any Amazon docuseries, including high-profile titles like “LuLaRich,” the 2021 docuseries that examined the LuLaRoe pyramid scheme. (An exact tally of viewers for these series is unknown.)

the New York Post. Nicholas Carson was filmed in the compromising position amid the news website’s labor strike. According to the Post, last Friday Carson was seen removing the flyers from lamp posts in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn.

CNBC) Wednesday, suggesting that man’s best friend still has a leg up.“What it tells you we are missing something really big … to reach not just human level intelligence, but even dog intelligence,” LeCun said at the Viva Tech conference in Paris, after noting that AI can pass the Bar exam to become a U.S. attorney but cannot learn to load a dishwasher.“Most of human knowledge has nothing to do with language,” he said, “so that part of the human experience is not captured by AI.”He said that because many systems are trained purely on text, they lack an understanding of “the underlying reality of the real world.” This circles back to a point LeCun has previously addressed in his emphasis on the value of teaching AI with videos.“By training itself to predict what will happen in the video, it will produce hierarchical representations of the world,” LeCun wrote in a Meta AI post discussing systems to help AI learn and reason like animals do.This may be why OpenAI reportedly used YouTube videos as training data for a while, despite such activity appearing to be a violation of YouTube’s rules regarding using its content for commercial purposes.In any event, AI’s current limitations aren’t enough to stop companies from being cautious with the tech.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4’s content chief Ian Katz has acknowledged that the UK broadcaster is going through a “tough time” amid widespread discontent over show cancelations and cash flow issues.

A 27-year-old motorcyclist died after a crash in Bolton. Police were called to Moss Bank Way following an incident on Tuesday, June 14.

Velma will be back. Max has renewed Mindy Kaling’s adult animated series for a second season. Suzanna Makkos, EVP, Original Comedy and Adult Animation, Max and Adult Swim, revealed the renewal during a panel at Annecy International Animated Film Festival Thursday, where she also talked about upcoming projects and previewed Max’s upcoming adult animation slate.

A weekend of major events in Greater Manchester was marred by transport chaos, as public transport passengers were forced to pay inflated taxi prices or even walk hours to get home.

With forecasts predicting soaring temperatures this weekend, doctors are urging the public to exercise extreme caution this weekend to avoid potentially severe consequences of heat-related conditions, such as heat stroke and dehydration.