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H&M will be changing its measurements and the fit of a size 12 will now be a size 10. Many customers stated that sizes were smaller than other high street shops. A spokesperson said: ‘We are taking the steps to change our womenswear measurements to be in line with the UK sizing.’ A number of […]

This is not a goof. Newcastle, the veritable jewel of the north, will be blessed with its first Greggs drive-thru after the idea was approved by planning officers. The plan is to open the branch at Tyneside Autoparc, North Gosforth, off the A1056. The project was drawn up by The Kay Group UK and will also […]

PwC has banned all-male shortlists for positions in the UK, in an attempt to increase the number of women roles in the firm. This move was prompted by the recent pay gap reports, which showed men earned, on average 43.8% more than women. The company stated that recruitment was one of the areas it was […]

Sony’s upcoming animated take on Spider-Man is shaping up nicely if this Into the Spiderverse trailer is anything to go on. The story will follow Miles Morales, being taught by an older, albeit shiftier looking Peter Parker, as he learned to become Spider-Man. The stunning visual style is far removed from your average animated movie […]

‘Plastic’ has been determined as the children’s word of the year after an analysis of the stories submitted by five to 13-year-olds in the UK. These stories were examined by Oxford University Press. The stories were sent to the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show’s 500 Words contest. Plastic apparently appeared 3,359 in the whopping 134,790 stories […]

If Pokémon Go isn’t your thing or you just prefer giant reptiles, Jurassic World Live might be up your alley. Or you could have an addictive personality and play both. You’ll be delighted to hear, that it’s actually: Jurassic World Live begins with Chris Pratt (because he’s in the movies) telling you how to play […]

An off-duty FBI agent accidentally shot a bystander in the leg, after his gun fell out of his holster, as he busted out some sick moves on a dancefloor in Denver Colorado, police have said. The video, shared on Twitter, shows the agent getting jiggy with it then performing a backflip. His firearm then fell […]

Another week, another cavalcade of game news to get through. This week, we had Fallout 76, the newest game from Bethesda. We had a school shooting game get removed from Steam and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole sued Epic Games. Oh boy. Starting with Bluehole, the company has levied a lawsuit against Epic Games, stating it […]

Andrew Lincoln, who has played Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead for the past eight years, will be leaving the show after the next season. The show became a cult classic rapidly after its first season in 2010, spawning a whole host of games and spin-offs. Reported via Collider, they state that the ninth season […]

Star of Friends and Episodes, Matt LeBlanc, is to leave Top Gear, after two years. He took over the frontman role after Chris Evans left after one season. His co-hosts were Rory Reid and Chris Harris. The 50-year-old stated that despite the show being ‘great fun’, the ‘time commitment and extensive travel takes me away […]

A Met Office amber warning, meaning there is a risk to life, has been put in place, from 16:00BST until 06:00 on Friday the 1st. The flooding of homes is ‘likely and could happen quickly’ and travel could be disrupted, the Met Office said. Up to 80mm of rain is due to fall in fewer […]

This week, we saw a ‘beef’ that we had no idea could exist. No, we aren’t talking about Drake. We’re talking about Poundland and Thameslink. It came about as one disgruntled user tweeted Thameslink. In an attempt to be quirky and ‘personable’, it replied: ‘Very sorry Kevin. Appreciate at the moment the service is less […]

In an effort to tackle inner city crime, YouTube has deleted more than half of the ‘violent’ music videos that Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has requested to be taken down. More than 30 videos have been removed so far. She asked YouTube to remove the videos associated with drill music. Drill originated in the […]

It’s not often we do a game focused on Midweek Blues. However, with the passing of one of my favourite YouTubers and video-game personalities Totalbiscuit, I feel as though it would be fitting to show the best stuff he did for the YouTube gaming space. From podcasts to hour-long videos chatting about whatever had happened […]

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has helped broadway to a record-breaking season. Box office and attendance rose to an insane $1.7bn (£1.28bn) over the past year, according to the Broadway League. Tina Fey’s Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton also helped to bring the record number of theatregoers. Broadway League president Charlotte St […]

Hello there and welcome to another Charts and That. This week, Detroit Become Human tops games charts, Solo stomps out Deadpool 2 and Dua Lipa. Because nothing ever changes. Let’s have a look at this week’s lists, shall we? Starting with games, we have Undead Labs’ State of Decay 2 being pushed to second, to make way for David Cage’s latest […]

A man has shot dead two police officers and a civilian in Liege, the eastern city of Belgium. The gunman took a female cleaner hostage, before being shot by police. Two other officers were injured. There has been no motive revealed as of yet, but the incident is being treated as an act of terrorism. […]

So instead of throttling the main page with a million and one game news stories, this is what we’re doing from now on. So, this week, we had Dark Souls Remastered, the Battlefield V reveal and the PS4 is selling like hotcakes. Which is a phrase I never got? Are hotcakes good? Do they sell […]

After what seems like a lifetime, Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to the New York police today, US media reports. He faces arrest following a grand jury investigation into the numerous allegations of sexual misconduct. Weinstein was dropped from his own company, which was later acquired by a majority female board. It was after […]

Popular YouTuber and game critic John Bain, otherwise known as TotalBiscuit, had passed away at the age of 33, after a four-year fight with cancer. He was known for his no-nonsense approach to games, with a ‘love him or hate him’ personality. Earlier this year, he stated he would be retiring, after the current therapies […]

US film star Morgan Freeman is the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct, by eight women and several other people in Hollywood. One assistant accused Freeman of harassing her for months during the filming of Going in Style, CNN reports. She said that the now 80-year-old man repeatedly tried to lift her skirt, asking […]

Some schools given an outstanding rating by Ofsted may no longer be as good as that rating would suggest. It was found that some 1,620 schools, mostly with outstanding ratings, had not been inspected for more than six years. A National Audit Office report saw that a further 290 schools had not been inspected for […]

What up, we have two stories that we’re going to mush into one. Mission Impossible got its latest trailer and The Lego Movie is getting a sequel! Sweet. Starting with Tom Cruise’s longest-running acting gig, Mission Impossible is getting its sixth film in the series. Mission Impossible: Fallout has had a new international trailer and […]

Welcome back to another edition of Charts and That where Infinity War has finally hopped off the top spot, in favour of Deadpool 2. Games and music-wise there are a few changes so, come, sit and let’s look at some titles of stuff for about 300 words. We’re going to start with games this week. […]

Nigel Farage. A name we seldom see now after the Brexit vote came out and it was revealed he completely lied his ass off on the way to that vote. Well, like a troll emerging from under a bridge made of closeted racism and unbrushed teeth, a post of his has been gaining traction. For […]

After a water pipe burst early Monday morning in Newburn, the bridge connecting the small village to the likes of Ryton and Blaydon will be closed for the foreseeable future, while inspections take place. Water shot metres into the sky and flooded 20 homes at the height of the burst. Fire crews were called to […]

Hundreds of people have gathered to commemorate those who died in last years bombing of the Manchester arena. 22 people were killed, and hundreds were injured at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on the 22nd May 2017. Prince William and Prime Minister Theresa May joined the families of the victims and the Manchester […]

Ed Sheeran has come out to say he does not ‘approve’ of anti-abortion campaigners using his song Small Bump to promote their ideals. He put on his Instagram story a short statement stating that this was not the intent of the song. The song is actually about a miscarriage and discusses the trauma around it. […]

Deadpool 2 opened last weekend and made quite a bit of money at the box office. Pulling in $125 million in the US and Canada it has finally pushed Marvel Studios’ Infinity War off the top spot. However, it has made slightly less than the original movie’s first box office haul. The movie’s first-week performance […]

Those bereaved in the awful Grenfell Tower fire will be attending the enquiry into how the blaze began, almost a year ago in June of 2017. The public inquiry will begin soon and the hearings are expected to last for up to two weeks. There will be no limit for how long each person can […]

Last week, it was reported that John Wick would be returning to screens in Chapter 3 and had started filming. It will be released exactly a year from now in May 2019. A short teaser was tweeted to herald its coming. That was a weird sentence. It essentially just features Keanu Reeves as Wick looking […]

It’s been a bad week for game delays. Metro Exodus, Ubisoft’s next big title, and Shenmue 3 have all been pushed to a 2019 release window. Plus, a Black Ops 4 trailer and the Rage 2 reveal. So…wooo? Developer 4A games released a tweet regarding the delay for the upcoming Metro Exodus. The title was […]

A Japanese rail company has apologised after a train left a station 25 seconds earlier than expected. This is the second time in months that this has happened. The operator said it was a ‘great inconvenience we placed upon our customers’ and ‘was truly inexcusable’. A train last November left 20 seconds early and they […]

YouTube has announced it will be launching its own music streaming service, offering both videos and audio, in an effort to compete with the likes of Spotify and Apple.  YouTube Music will combine millions of official tracks including remixes and rare songs. It will offer a paid subscription and a free version. The subscription will […]

Those monsters. A change to the system will mean that American Airlines will no longer allow emotional support hedgehogs on flights. New rules stretch further than these small spiky creatures, however, with a whole array of woodland creatures being banned. Ferrets, rodents, anything with tusks, horns or hooves have been denied access to flights. Or […]

Remember when we mentioned that meme-ing Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover’s This is America might be the whole point of the song, to begin with? Well, someone made a woman’s edit, which we also mentioned in that article. While feminism is something we here at B**p align ourselves with, this may not be the best way […]

The first trailer for the upcoming Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody has been released and it looks legit. The movie will star Mr Robot’s Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. The film will chronicle the band’s rise to fame and their performance at Live Aid in 1985. The film will place an emphasis on Mercury, Queen’s larger […]

Welcome to this week’s edition of Charts and That, a comprehensive look at all things in the charts…and that. This week, at the top we have God of War, Avengers and One Kiss. Let’s count them down. Starting with movies, Avengers continues to make all the money ever, raking in another £6 million this week […]

After the response Rita Ora’s recently released Girls got from the LGBT+ community, she has issued an apology on Twitter. Several LGBT+ artists criticised the lyrics openly, calling them harmful. In her apology the singer said: ‘I would never intentionally cause harm to other LGBTQ+ people or anyone. I have strived to be a contributor […]

If you fancy getting your hands on a decent game for next to nothing, you are in luck, as Bethesda’s Prey has seen a price slash this week on every platform. It was massively overlooked when it came out last year, simply due to the amount of stuff that was released around it. The bulk […]

Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover’s This is America essentially broke the internet last week, after hitting over 99 million views in the first few days of it being on YouTube. The music video addresses America’s ongoing inner conflict with things like racism, gun violence and police brutality. People quickly began to hail the video as […]

Everyone likes to be the little spoon at some point. It’s more comfortable and you don’t have hair in your grill while trying to sleep. If you live under a rock, ‘spooning’ is the act of hugging side by side lying down, with one person acting as a ‘big spoon’. It’s like a big human […]

Cast members of the cult classic Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV show have thanked fans for their support, as it was revealed that Fox would not be renewing it for another season. The network has said that the final season will air later this month. The show starred the likes of Andy Samberg, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero […]

In what will be the last bit of Deadpool 2 news before the film releases next week, we have something pretty funny. In the first movie, there was a joke at the expense of famous footballer David Beckham, pertaining to how he speaks. Deadpool is here to apologise. Star Ryan Reynolds tweeted the skit, saying: […]

Drones that monitor crops, control mosquito populations and even deliver defibrillators have been given the green light to start testing in US airspace. Ten commercial drone projects have been selected to try out new ways for the unmanned craft to be integrated into the skies. This includes Zipline, which offers a blood delivery service in […]

A report released a few weeks ago, showing parents across the UK racking up fines of £24m, for taking their children out of school during term time, may not have deterred parents as much as hoped. A review has found that fining parents has no overall effect on absence rates. It showed the number of […]

Blizzard’s powerhouse FPS game Overwatch is helping fund breast cancer research in its limited-time event. The centrepiece for the effort will be a skin for the hero Mercy, with all proceeds going to Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Blizzard has committed to a guaranteed minimum donation of $250,000 and will update players with a final tally […]

A BMW advert designed to show off the vehicle’s four-wheel drive has been banned from further screening due to ‘faster, dangerous and irresponsible driving’. In short, they done messed up. The UK’s advertising watchdog feared that the mix of fast-paced scenes would encourage dangerous manoeuvres on the road. The 30-second-long advert was originally shown last […]