The European Commission announced yesterday it’s reached a data-sharing agreement with vacation rental platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor — trumpeting the arrangement as a “landmark agreement” which will… Read more »
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Renaissance work sold to foreign bidder has now been declared ‘national treasure’ France has blocked the export of a tiny early Renaissance masterpiece found in a French woman’s kitchen that… Read more »
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James died at his home in Cambridge on Sunday almost 10 years after his first terminal diagnosis Clive James, the broadcaster, poet and television critic, has died aged 80 after… Read more »
Theatre director also had career in medicine and was member of Beyond the Fringe Sir Jonathan Miller, the writer, theatre and opera director, and member of the Beyond the Fringe… Read more »
The award, previously won by Adele and Sam Smith, is voted for by music industry figures predicting 2020’s biggest new stars Nominations for the Brits rising star award, formerly known… Read more »
Top grime MC and other artists write letter encouraging people to register to vote Read the letter in full All the day’s election news – live Stormzy has thrown his… Read more »
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Newsnight presenter says corporation set ‘semantic conundrum’ in Trump racism ruling The Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis says the BBC is in danger of looking “massively out of touch with the… Read more »
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