It's a proud town in the North East which was once at the heart of Britain's industry. But after years of job losses, austerity and a lack of investment Middlesbrough is struggling to keep pace with the rest of the country. Exclusive data obtained by the Mirror for its Town 2020 series reveals that it's the most deprived town in […]

A supermarket worker has revealed he spends $8,000 (£6,500) a year to speak to his pregnant "virtual girlfriend" on webcam. Channel 4 documentary Adventures in Futureland: Virtual Sex explores the world of digital sex, including virtual reality porn, where avatars interact with clients in 3D. In the first episode, comedian and filmmaker, Jamali Maddix met 23-year-old Missy who has been […]

Power is one of the most unexpected successes in television today. The show is set around James “Ghost” St. Patrick as he deals with his double life of running a Fortune 500 business and a drug empire. View this post on Instagram Tariq can count on Uncle Tommy. #PowerTV A post shared by Power (@power_starz) on Aug 28, 2019 at […]

WITH one pound in every fiver being spent online, the phrase “add to basket” is becoming more and more familiar. It can be a great way to save but delivery costs can stack up if you are not careful. Here are my tips to help drive them down. Pay monthly: This can help trim your weekly delivery bill. Sign up […]

John Wesley, the actor best-known for playing Dr. Hoover on “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” has died. He was 72. Wesley died from complications due to a long battle with multiple myeloma, his family confirmed to Variety. Gerry Pass, Wesley’s manager and producer, said in a statement, “John Wesley was a gift to the world, for his kindness and […]

“We’re not thieves,” insists the ringleader of a heist in “Heroic Losers,” a South American crowd-pleaser about a rural collective seeking justice against big-city banking elites. He may be wrong in the most literal sense, but like an Argentinean Danny Ocean, he’s assembled a group of amateurs who have no intention of filling their coffers with ill-gotten gains — they […]

Antonio Brown has been released from the Oakland Raiders, just two days before the team’s scheduled season opener against the Denver Broncos. The decision to release the wide receiver comes after he was at odds with general manager Mike Mayock throughout most of the offseason, culminating in Brown’s request to the Raiders to “release me” in an Instagram post early […]

Prison officers stressed out by surging violence from lags are being offered places on Buddhist meditation retreats to achieve “peace of mind”. An advert in an internal magazine said the Vipassana techniques on the ten-day residential courses can “help you face challenges better”. It comes as attacks on jail staff hit a record high – with 27 assaults a day. […]

There's an apocryphal line some attribute to Oscar Wilde: if you want to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh or they'll kill you. Todd Peydo trained in music theatre but comes from a family of tradesmen. The two worlds are united in She'll Be Right: A Tradie Cabaret. "My old man, when I told him about the […]

In 1895 Paris, Polish immigrant Maria Salomea Skłodowska (Rosamund Pike) was already headed toward a scientific breakthrough when she met fellow researcher Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). When the two physicists first collide, she’s a coiled mass of awkward tics. “Radioactive,” directed by Marjane Satrapi (“Persepolis,” “The Voices”), is the saga of how this blunt, fast-walking workaholic proved the existence of […]