Paul Allen: Largest art auction ever to sell $1bn collection.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 19:000

At the greatest art auction in history, around $1 billion (£847 million) worth of paintings belonging to the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will be sold. As Mr. Allen desired, Christie’s auction house stated that the earnings from the November sale will be donated to charity. The collection contains works by Botticelli, Renoir, David Hockney,...

In Australia’s largest meth bust, drugs worth £1bn were found concealed in marble tiles.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 18:000

The finding led to the arrest of three individuals, each of whom faces the possibility of a life sentence if proven guilty of drug trafficking. Australia’s officials have confiscated 1,8 tonnes of methamphetamine in the country’s largest-ever seizure of the banned substance. The drugs concealed in marble tiles delivered from the Middle East to Sydney...

Pakistan floods: 33 million impacted by unprecedented rainfall, according to the government.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 17:000

More than 33 million people have been affected by Pakistan’s extraordinary rainfall and flooding, according to the country’s climate minister. Since June, more than 900 people have perished as a result of monsoon rains and flooding that continue to shatter weather records. The climate minister of Pakistan stated that the country was facing a “humanitarian...

In Portugal, an 82-foot-long dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a man’s backyard.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 16:000

Paleontologists from Spain and Portugal working on the site in the city of Pombal believe it may be the largest sauropod dinosaur remains yet discovered in Europe. A skeleton of an 82-foot-long dinosaur was uncovered on the property of a man in central Portugal. Paleontologists from Spain and Portugal working on the site in the...

Iran: First women to attend a league match in 40 years.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 15:000

According to state media, women have attended an official domestic league football match in Iran for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution. On Thursday night in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, an estimated 500 individuals attended the game. As a result of clerical disfavor, the Shia Muslim regime has practically excluded women from domestic contests...

“Racing is in our DNA”: Audi will join Formula One in 2026.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 14:000

Audi has revealed that it will make its Formula One debut in 2026. The German brand has stated that it would enter the sport as a maker of engines, and it is anticipated to form a collaboration with the Sauber squad, which now competes under the Alfa Romeo moniker. Alfa Romeo said shortly after the...

This weekend’s Premier League: 10 things to watch out for.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 13:000

1) Will the City punish the Palace? In a smash-and-grab victory against Manchester City ten months ago, Patrick Vieira’s men were instructed to feed Wilfried Zaha with rapid passes over the home high line manned by Rben Dias and Aymeric Laporte, with the attacker’s teammates rushing forward in support. It was accomplished flawlessly. Zaha harassed...

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi urges energy conservation but promises support.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 12:000

The shadow chancellor for Labour stated that the new energy price cap “will strike dread” into families and retirees, and she asked the government to support her party’s proposal to freeze winter costs. The Chancellor of the United Kingdom, Nadhim Zahawi, has urged individuals to reduce their energy consumption but added that “help is on...

Minimum of 23 years for murderer Lewis Haines, according to Lily Sullivan.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 11:000

A man who murdered Lily Sullivan, age 18, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 23 years and four months. Lewis Haines, 31, of Flemish Court, Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, accepted murder, but his defense argued that he was not motivated by sexual gratification. The body of Lily was discovered in Mill Pond,...

Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder: man arrested in Liverpool.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 10:000

A man has been detained in Liverpool on suspicion of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel. The schoolgirl was tragically shot by a shooter wearing a balaclava who chased a man into her home at 10 p.m. on Monday. During last night’s armed police raid, the suspect from the Merseyside neighborhood of Huyton was also arrested on...

On Friday, 115,000 postal workers strike for Royal Mail.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 9:000

Approximately 115,000 Royal Mail postal workers have gone on strike over a salary dispute. It is the first of four days of industrial action, with walkouts also occurring on August 31 and September 8 and 9. Royal Mail cautioned that letters will not be delivered on strike days and that some packages could be delayed....

As a result of a price cap increase to £3,549, energy prices for millions would surge.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 26 August 2022, 8:000

The Ofgem regulator concedes that the record increase will be “devastating” for Britain’s hard-pressed consumers and calls on the incoming prime minister to take “immediate and decisive action.” As a result of the price cap increase to £3,549 per year, the energy bills of millions of households will skyrocket, plunging many into financial hardship. The...

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