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Strategy game from hell Solium Infernum gets a week delay to February 22nd
League Of Geeks’s remake of cult strategy game Solium Infernum is having its release date pushed back by a week, the studio have announced. It will now launch on February 22nd, instead of its original date of February 14th – which is a damn shame, if you ask me, as nothing screams “romantic Valentine’s night-in” like trying to backstab your other half in a bid to rule hell in Satan’s absence. Alas, we’ll just have to make do with the altogether more pedestrian date of a regular Thursday in February, as the team need just a bit of extra time to ensure it’s “as polished as possible” before release.
Ryan Gosling Won’t Say Whether He’ll Sing Barbie’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ at the Oscars
The Oscars are quickly approaching and the anticipation to see if Ryan Gosling will perform “I’m Just Ken” from the Barbie movie continues to build. Recently Gosling politely declined an invite from Clive Davis to perform it at a Grammys gala, so the film’s music producer Mark Ronson tapped Lainey Wilson to sing the…
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Michael Gove vows to young Brits he’ll never let NIMBYS crush their dream to own a home
MICHAEL Gove today vowed he’ll never screw over young people to appease NIMBY MPs.
In an interview with The Sun, the Levelling Up Secretary insisted he’s categorically pro-house building – but only where developments are high quality and beautiful.
Michael Gove has vowed not to let NIMBYs in his party and the public crush the home ownership dreams of young Brits[/caption]
It comes as a child born this year has a less than one in three chance of owning a home by the time they’re 50[/caption]
As the UK battles a crippling housing crisis, the minister pledged not to let old generations gate-keep the property market.
Mr Gove said: “My son is an 18-year-old Sun reader and he will be reading the paper today and holding me to this pledge.”
It comes as battle lines have been drawn between Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak over the dismal homes shortage blighting Britain.
A child born this year has a less than one in three chance of owning a home by the time they’re 50.
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And across England average house prices are more than ten times the average salary, with vacancy rates plummeting below one per cent, according to the Centre for Cities.
Despite this, in December the PM gave the green light to scrapping town hall building targets.
In a major win for NIMBYs, centrally determined targets are now “advisory” only.
Pro-building Tories hit out at the move.
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In a speech to the British Chamber of Commerce today, Sir Keir will vow to bring targets back.
“A generation and its hopes are being blocked by those who – more often than not – enjoy the secure homes and jobs that they’re denying to others,” the Labour leader will say.
“We choose the builders, not the blockers; the future, not the past; renewal not decline. We choose growth.”
Mr Gove stood by his decision, insisting a record number of homes have been built under the Tories.
He said his planning reforms will mean “more homes built, not fewer”.
And the Levelling Up Secretary blasted Labour’s pledge to build up Britain.
“Sir Keir’s interest in housing is as cosmetic as Holly and Phil’s on air relationship,” he said.
“It’s totally skin deep.
“Sir Keir doesn’t understand the housing crisis, his experience has been, silence, opportunism and superficiality.”
The Tory party has been bitterly divided on house building.
MPs including Theresa Villiers and Bob Seely have spoken out against rapid development as a solution to soaring property prices.
The Chipping Barnett MP in particular sparked fury after telling The Times too much building risks turning Britain into East Berlin.
Ex Cabinet Ministers including Simon Clarke and Brandon Lewis criticised the position, insisting more homes are essential to unleashing economic growth.
But Mr Gove refused to slap down his “friend” Ms Villiers.
He said he benefits from hearing her views, as well as Mr Clarke’s.
“We are a big church and a big family and Theresa was very clear in the interview that we need to build more homes,” Mr Gove said.
“When you’ve got a family people try to sometimes set brother against sister, but actually we are united in recognising the importance of helping the next generation enjoy the opportunities previous generations did to own their own home.”
Mr Gove refused to bash Tory MPs who boast about blocking homes in their constituency on social media.
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with sticking up for your local community, provided you take the approach that development of the right kind, which is high quality, is welcomed,” he said.
The Levelling Up Secretary also told The Sun soaring migration is locking millions of Brits out of the housing market.
But he added that as net migration figures are set to soar to up to one million, the construction industry needs skilled labour from abroad.
When grilled on migration numbers, he said: “There are so many factors that are creating issues with affordability and we need to look at them all in the round.
“We need to have controlled migration and controlled is the word. In the building sector we do need to have some skilled people who will come to contribute.
“But we need to control the numbers overall. We need to stop the boats.”
Boosting his housing credentials, Mr Gove today unveiled a fresh set of laws to help 11 million hard-up renters with “unscrupulous” landlords.
Hated no-fault evictions, where tenants are kicked out of rentals for no reason, will be banned.
And landlords will have to allow tenants to keep pets unless they have a reasonable excuse against it.
The Decent Homes Standard will apply to the private rented sector – not just social housing – for the first time.
And it will be illegal for landlords to impose bans on renting to tenants on benefits or with kids.
Housing campaigners hailed the long-awaited new laws last night.
Tom Darling, Campaign Manager at the Renters’ Reform Coalition said: “Everyone deserves to live in a home that is secure, decent and affordable.
“The abolition of Section 21 ought to give tenants assurances that they can stay in a property long term, and make it easier for them to demand improvements to poor quality homes and disrepair.”
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Mr Darling added: “We will fight any attempts to water down the bill, and campaign to amend the legislation so that renters get a four-month notice period when they are forced to move; are protected from eviction for two years at the start of a tenancy; and to ensure there are sufficient safeguards against illegitimate evictions.
“We don’t want this opportunity to transform private renting to be missed.”
Vin Diesel and Jason Momoa gear up for one hell of a ride in ‘Fast X’s trailer
What better way to announce the new Fast & Furious film than an almost five-minute-long trailer of cars exploding?
Fast X, the tenth sequel in the Fast & Furious franchise, sees our favorite car-chasing, gravity-defying, iconic action man, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel), up against his most lethal opponent yet.
You might remember Dom taking out a ruthless, Brazilian drug lord — Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida) — in Fast Five. And if you don’t, it’s time for a rewatch because Reyes’ son is out for revenge. Played by Jason Momoa, Dante is Reyes’ wickedly wild kin, and he’s thirsty for vengeance by any means necessary. In Fast X, it’s family against family (Dom’s biggest nightmare), and it looks like one hell of a ride.
Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, John Cena, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron return to the cast. With Brie Larson and Rita Moreno joining as newcomers.
Fast X releases in theaters on May 19.
Google’s AI pitch is a recipe for email hell
Of all the emotions I expected out of this week’s Google I/O keynote, “dread” was not on my short list. Google has spent a couple of decades creating products that make my life easier. This week, it demonstrated the exact opposite: a way to make communicating with other people worse.
Google I/O, this year, was focused on artificial intelligence, and one of its centerpieces was prompt-based text generation, particularly in Google’s office suite. At several points throughout the keynote, it demoed a system called “Help me write” — which rewrites simple prompts in Gmail and other apps as more polished paragraphs of text. But more polished doesn’t automatically mean better.
Good writing can delight us with an intriguing turn of phrase. It…
Rishi Sunak warned to return to traditional Tory tax cuts or he’ll lose the next election
RISHI Sunak must return to traditional Tory tax cuts and freedom or lose the next election, he will be told today.
As the Tories mark 13 years in power, the PM will be warned after last week’s dire local elections results he must buck up and listen to his grassroots Tory army.
Rishi Sunak warned to return to traditional Tory tax cuts or he’ll lose the next election[/caption]
Tory big beasts including Priti Patel, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries will call on party bosses to return to proper Conservativism or risk another drubbing at the ballot box.
The allies of Boris Johnson will speak to thousands of party members at the Conservative Democratic Organization conference in Bournemouth today, organised by big beast Lord Cruddas, and show them some love after the worse-than-expected results.
Many are furious with the party for booting out BoJo, then putting Rishi Sunak in No10 without giving them a say.
The former PM is not himself expected to attend, but allies including former MEP David Bannerman want him back in Downing Street.
Former Home Secretary Ms Patel is expected to say: “We risk losing votes if we forget who we are and what we stand for.
“The solution to these challenges is not more state control, more spending, and more taxes – which sadly have featured in recent budgets.
“As Conservatives, we must never forget that we are here to serve the public, and to do so in a way that promotes freedom, enterprise and opportunity.”
She lashed out at party chiefs who “rarely seem to be out there meeting the people”, adding: “perhaps if they did that, last week we could not have seen 1,000 of our friends and colleagues lose their seats”.
Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries told The Sun: “Members are quite bruised over what’s happened over the last year – many of those campaigned and voted for Boris and are dismayed at how the party has behaved.
“We want to prevent such a catastrophe from ever happening again.” The Tories lost more than 1,000 seats during the local elections as thousands opted to give them a bloody nose and put Labour in power.
Downing Street failed to shut down speculation of tax cuts – after DWP boss Mel Stride suggested they could slash 2p off income tax if enough Brits went back to work.
No10 insisted the PM wanted to cut taxes “as soon as possible”.
But the PM’s spokesperson said it would be a decision for the Chancellor at the next budget.