All posts tagged: darker

Emmerdale confirms a darker future for Dr Todd’s storyline

Emmerdale confirms a darker future for Dr Todd’s storyline

Published by Sam Flores

Emmerdale spoilers follow. Emmerdale is set to continue its dark storyline involving Dr Todd, with things getting worse for Jacob Sudgen. The workplace bullying plot has seen Todd target Jacob, making him question his abilities as a doctor. But in recent episodes, viewers have seen Dr Todd move to the village and last week, she told Manpreet Sharma and Vanessa Woodfield that her student has an inappropriate crush on her. ITV Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 – including Disney+, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV Speaking about Dr Todd, actor Caroline Harker revealed that she didn’t know the direction her character would take when she first joined the soap for a guest role. “I slightly sensed that – I mean, there was nothing, on paper, I didn’t know, but I slightly sensed that because they reacted to the character so well over in the hospital,” Harker said. “But I honestly thought that she would be more of a maternal figure to Jacob. I had no idea that this was in the air.” Harker added that …

Trump’s DoorDash Grandma isn’t a plant — the truth is much darker

Trump’s DoorDash Grandma isn’t a plant — the truth is much darker

Published by Sam Flores

Despite the myriad political failures of his second term, Donald Trump still has an annoying skill. His reality TV-style antics create the illusion that he’s relatable, even though, having grown up with unimaginable wealth, he’s probably never performed basic everyday tasks like grocery shopping, filling a gas tank or DoorDashing an order from McDonald’s. On Monday the president emerged from the Oval Office to receive two bags of his beloved cheeseburgers and French fries from Sharon Simmons of Arkansas, a 58-year-old who quickly became known as “DoorDash Grandma.” The staged photo-op was meant to showcase Trump’s near-meaningless “no taxes on tips” policy. But White House reporters, clearly starved for a break from the stress of covering the administration’s non-stop scandals, lapped up the opportunity for a feel-good story. As Parker Molloy detailed in her Present Age newsletter, the press played along with the stunt, pretending in headlines — and sometimes in the stories themselves — that Simmons actually drove in from Arkansas to deliver food, ignoring that she’s an anti-tax activist who has previously played …

Cairo faces darker nights as global energy prices continue to soar | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Cairo faces darker nights as global energy prices continue to soar | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Published by Sam Flores

NewsFeed Cairo’s streets and storefronts have been forced to go dark at night as part of measures to curb Egypt’s electricity use. Egypt is one of several countries facing energy shortages due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Published On 6 Apr 20266 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Threats against Israeli reporter spotlight darker side of booming prediction markets

Threats against Israeli reporter spotlight darker side of booming prediction markets

Published by skeptic

Polymarket says it has banned several users and will share their information with authorities after bettors allegedly issued threats against a journalist whose reporting affected a high-stakes wager tied to an Iranian missile strike. The cryptocurrency-based prediction market posted a statement on X denouncing the behavior. The company said it “condemns the harassment & threats directed at Emanuel Fabian — or anyone else for that matter.” It added that such conduct “violates our Terms of Service & has no place on our platform,” and said it had “banned the accounts for all involved & will pass their info to the relevant authorities.” Polymarket condemns the harassment & threats directed at Emanuel Fabian — or anyone else for that matter. This behavior violates our Terms of Service & has no place on our platform. We've banned the accounts for all involved & will pass their info to the relevant authorities. — Polymarket (@Polymarket) March 16, 2026 Emanuel Fabian, a military correspondent for The Times of Israel had published a report about a missile launched from Iran …

Smirking man told police ‘I’ve done something silly’ but the truth was much darker

Smirking man told police ‘I’ve done something silly’ but the truth was much darker

Published by Sam Flores

A gambling addict taxi driver was filmed smirking at a bookies shortly after murdering one of his two elderly victims. Andrew Flood, from Southport, murdered Margaret Biddolph, 78, and Anne Leyland, 88, who also lived in the seaside town during a devastating four days of violence, which also included the robbery of another elderly woman. All of his targets were previous customers who he drove during his stint as a taxi driver for Southport-based All Whites Taxis. Dad-of-four Flood was being chased for money by credit companies, bailiffs and his landlord when he strangled Ms Leyland on February 20, 2012. Flood was seen on camera smiling outside the bookies’ shop after Ms Leyland on the day of the murder. His car was later seen a mile away from Ms Biddolph’s home. It is believed he killed her on the same day. Flood sobbed when he entered guilty pleas to two counts of murder and a single count of robbery for the “unspeakably wicked crimes”. As part of a weekly series about Merseyside’s criminal history, the …

Shadowlands review, Aldwych Theatre – Hugh Bonneville’s performance can’t capture the darker realities of grief

Shadowlands review, Aldwych Theatre – Hugh Bonneville’s performance can’t capture the darker realities of grief

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter At the end of CS Lewis’s classic Narnia series [spoiler alert], the children find out that they’ve died in the real world – and that the magical land they’ve been having such wonderful adventures in is actually a version of heaven, where they’ll live for ever. If you find that idea at all disconcerting or mawkish, then don’t dream of setting foot in the heavily moralistic, intensely sentimental world of film-turned-play Shadowlands. It opens with a gown-clad Lewis sermonising that real life is a shadowy land compared with the golden rewards after. Then, it shows him testing his faith to its limits, when his late-blooming love affair takes a tragic turn. Television’s favourite nicely brought up Englishman Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington) brings plenty of affable charm to this devout, emotionally repressed character, but neither this sanitised production nor his unstintingly …

Popular lyrics keep getting darker and dumber, but there was a surprising shift during the first Trump presidency

Popular lyrics keep getting darker and dumber, but there was a surprising shift during the first Trump presidency

Published by José Betancourt

A new analysis of popular music from the last half-century reveals that while the lyrics of chart-topping American songs have generally become angrier and simpler over time, this trend shifts unexpectedly during major societal crises. The findings suggest that during events like the COVID-19 pandemic, listeners may seek out songs that offer an emotional escape rather than those that mirror their anxieties. This research was published in Scientific Reports. Art has historically been viewed as a reflection of the society that creates it. Philosophers and scientists alike argue that cultural artifacts can reveal collective psychological states that are difficult to measure through individual surveys alone. Music is particularly suited for this type of historical analysis because it is widely consumed and contains explicit emotional messages within its lyrics. The consumption of music provides a unique window into the emotional needs of the population at a specific moment in time. Markus Foramitti and Maurício Martins led the research team at the University of Vienna. They collaborated with Urs Markus Nater and Claus Lamm. The team sought …

Large parts of the world’s oceans are growing darker, study finds

Large parts of the world’s oceans are growing darker, study finds

Published by Jenni Sidey

Scientists at the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory found evidence that large portions of the world’s oceans are darkening, and the sunlit zone, vital for marine organisms, is decreasing in size. Data collected over the past two decades shows that one-fifth of the global ocean has been affected by this phenomenon. The research team conducted a global analysis from 2003 to 2022, determining the amount of light that penetrates the ocean’s surface. Researchers believe the change is indicative of a substantial environmental shift, which will impact fish migration patterns and the ocean’s ability to help mitigate climate change. Their findings indicate that the blue water zone to the east of Indonesia has been darkened, while other regions have also experienced significant loss of light in deeper layers, including the Northern Pacific Ocean, Northern Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean. The researchers used long-term data from satellite images to quantify the changes occurring in the photic zone, which is the upper layer of the ocean where sunlight and moonlight penetrate deeply enough to stimulate living …