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Watch Duty Is Adding Flood Alerts to Its Wildfire App

Watch Duty Is Adding Flood Alerts to Its Wildfire App

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Watch Duty, the wildfire alert app, is introducing flood alerts to its popular disaster-awareness service. This is the second disaster type to be broadly included, after wildfires; it’s available as a free update. If you have the app, allow it to track your location, and happen to be near a flood zone, Watch Duty will send you a push notification with more information about the flood. The nonprofit started in 2021 with a focus on California’s wildfires. The app has since expanded to the entire US, where it uses a combination of paid employee “reporters” and many more volunteers who monitor emergency responder radio channels and translate that information about disaster zones to app users. Watch Duty became a critical resource during the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles last year, providing real-time information about the fire’s movements that users came to rely on. In the year since, Watch Duty has capitalized on that increased recognition and brought in thousands of new users and partnerships, including one with Amazon’s Ring cameras that lets people …

“Surranne Jones at her best”: The compelling 6-part BBC thriller perfect for Line of Duty fans

“Surranne Jones at her best”: The compelling 6-part BBC thriller perfect for Line of Duty fans

Published by Sam Flores

Vigil is officially heading back to our screens – and this time, it’s getting even colder. The hit thriller is returning with a brand-new case that pulls DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) far from familiar waters and into a remote Arctic research station, where a member of a covert British special forces mission has been shot dead. Now, BBC has shared a first glimpse of Jones and Leslie on their brand new mission – and it’s safe to say this really is Surranne Jones at her best. And Rose Leslie too! We can’t wait to see even more episodes of this brilliant and compelling BBC drama. Here’s everything you need to know, including new cast details and when the show is likely to air on BBC One. What is Vigil season 3’s release date? BBC / World Productions / Mark Mainz While an exact release date hasn’t been announced, we do know the new series will air later this year, which means the countdown officially starts now. The third …

Line of Duty and NCIS star’s 90s drama Hear My Song hailed as a ‘treasure’

Line of Duty and NCIS star’s 90s drama Hear My Song hailed as a ‘treasure’

Published by Daniella Wilson

There’s nothing quite like watching a film from a bygone era, and Channel 4 recently added one of the best from the 1990s, and it was written by Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar. Not only did Adrian write the film, but he also stars in the 1991 hit as club promoter Mikey O’Neill, who attempts to woo his patrons by signing the legendary Irish tenor, Josef Locke. However, given the film is a comedy-drama, as you can expect, things don’t always go smoothly. The film is currently streaming for free on Channel 4, but audiences have only a month to tune in for the BAFTA-nominated film, which is due to leave the streaming site on 4 July.  It wasn’t just the BAFTAs where Hear My Song was recognised, as it was also nominated at the Golden Globes, while winning at the British Comedy Awards, Evening Standard British Film Awards and the London Film Critics Circle. Who stars in Hear My Song? As we mentioned, the film is led by Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar, …

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s surprising amount of stamp duty on Forest Lodge revealed

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s surprising amount of stamp duty on Forest Lodge revealed

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Prince and Princess of Wales have moved into their “forever home” – but it hasn’t come cheap.  Prince William, 43, and Kate, 44, alongside their three children, relocated from Adelaide Cottage to eight-bedroom Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park in the autumn last year.  The royal couple has secured a 20-year lease on the property and intends to live there until at least 2045 as a “private family home”.  And according to The Telegraph, they paid an estimated £42,000 in stamp duty – a sum that usually incurs on the purchase of a property, rather than a rental – before making their big move.  Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: Prince William reveals pet dogs’ naughty habit at Forest Lodge It is a tax that is levied on property or land purchases in England or Northern Ireland. In rare cases, stamp duty can also apply to expensive or long-term rentals.  The Prince of Wales paid the sum on 21 July last year, according to the paper – the same day that the lease was signed. …

Call of controversy? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 imagines a revived Korean war | Games

Call of controversy? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 imagines a revived Korean war | Games

Published by Sam Flores

There was a time when Call of Duty (CoD) regularly courted controversy. In 2009, Modern Warfare 2’s infamous “No Russian” mission saw players (optionally) shooting screaming civilians in a Moscow airport. In 2022’s entry, a drone strike mission that drew chilling parallels to the real-world US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani two years earlier was featured. The series has not always been straightforwardly palatable. In recent years, however, the world’s most popular shooter game has largely swapped grit for melodrama, following the misadventures of a troop of larger than life elite soldiers. For 2026’s Modern Warfare 4, however, Activision’s shooter series and its developer Infinity Ward are back in tabloid-baiting territory. Swapping super soldiers for relatable everymen, Modern Warfare 4 puts players in the military fatigues of four young South Korean conscripts on the first day of their mandatory service. Yet as the squad of 18-25-year-olds pop into a 7-Eleven during a routine patrol, South Korea suddenly finds itself thrust into all-out war, after being invaded by North Korea under the orders of a …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 announced as next game – autumn release date also confirmed

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 announced as next game – autumn release date also confirmed

Published by Daniella Wilson

After weeks of rumours on social media, Activision has finally confirmed that the next Call of Duty game will be Modern Warfare 4. Since first releasing in 2005, CoD has released on a yearly cycle, with new main-series games arriving every single year since Call of Duty 2. And 2026 will be no different, with a return to the hugely popular Modern Warfare series arriving on 23 October 2026. As predicted by leakers, the story will focus on a war on the Korean Peninsula. In a press release on the game’s official website, the game’s story is described as follows: “War erupts on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea launches a full-scale invasion that threatens to destabilise the world in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. “A young squad of South Korean soldiers fights to survive on the collapsing front lines, while half a world away a vengeful Captain Price wages a personal war from the shadows as he stays one step ahead of those hunting him. “As Price’s off-book mission collides with the forces …

2022 Pacific Division Presidential Address: Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation

2022 Pacific Division Presidential Address: Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation

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Below is the audio recording of Seana Shiffrin’s presidential address, “Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation,” given at the 2022 Pacific Division Meeting. The full text is available on the APA website (member sign-in is required) as well as on JSTOR. The audio of the lecture is available here: “Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation,” by Seana Shiffrin Seana Shiffrin is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice at UCLA, where she has taught since 1992. She is the cofounder and codirector of the UCLA Law and Philosophy Program. Shiffrin received her BA from UC Berkeley, where she was the University Medalist. She attended Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar and received the BPhil with distinction and the DPhil in philosophy. She earned her JD from Harvard Law School. Shiffrin teaches courses on moral and political philosophy as well as contracts, freedom of speech, and legal theory. Her recent book, Democratic Law (OUP, 2021), addresses the intimate connection between law and democracy and traces the implications of a democratic legal approach …

does reality TV’s duty of care support participants – or the industry?

does reality TV’s duty of care support participants – or the industry?

Published by Sam Flores

A BBC Panorama investigation has revealed serious allegations of assault on Channel 4’s hit reality show, Married at First Sight. Three women who took part in the programme say they were raped or sexually assaulted by their on-screen “husbands” during filming. They have alleged that both Channel 4 and the production company CPL failed in their duty of care obligations to protect them. According to the BBC, Channel 4 was aware of some of the allegations before broadcast. The accounts are deeply troubling. They also prompt concerns about why the industry’s extensive welfare protocols may not have been enough to prevent these alleged incidents from happening. As someone who has studied the experiences of participants in documentary television, I argue that not only are the duty of care procedures not adequate in protecting contributors, they might actually be helping to enable risky programme formats to continue. In Married at First Sight, women meet their husbands for the first time in a mock wedding ceremony. They are then propelled into an intimate relationship on an accelerated …

Lebanon’s first responders swing between duty and grief : The Picture Show : NPR

Lebanon’s first responders swing between duty and grief : The Picture Show : NPR

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The father of Hussein Jaber, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, on May 12, cries during the funeral ceremony in Sidon the following day. Diego Ibarra Sánchez/for NPR hide caption toggle caption Diego Ibarra Sánchez/for NPR SIDON, Lebanon — In this southern Lebanese city, Nareej Ramal is weeping in the arms of her father-in-law; the civil defense uniform her husband, Hussein Jaber, wore every day is draped around her shoulders like a final embrace. Jaber, 32, a veteran first responder with Lebanon’s interior ministry, was killed along with his colleague Ahmad Noura, 45, by an Israeli drone on May 12 in Nabatieh, a city in southern Lebanon, as they tried to rescue a man wounded in another strike moments earlier. His death came just days before Ramal and Jaber’s first wedding anniversary. The two men were the latest of over 100 first responders killed in Israeli airstrikes since the war between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah began on March 2. A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that began …

Oscar-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar says directors have a ‘moral duty’ to be political

Oscar-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar says directors have a ‘moral duty’ to be political

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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 Pedro Almodóvar, the acclaimed Spanish director, has said that filmmakers have a “moral duty” to speak up about politics. The two-time Oscar winner spoke out in criticism of US president Donald Trump during an appearance at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where he was promoting his new film Bitter Christmas. “I don’t want to judge anyone, but I think artists have to speak out about the situation in which they live in contemporary society,” he said. “It’s a moral duty.” Pedro Almodóvar in Cannes (Reuters) The 76-year-old also criticised Trump’s attacks on free speech, stating that European countries needed to avoid allowing similar forces into power. “Europe must never be subjected to Trump,” he said. Almodóvar, who won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1999’s All About My Mother) and another for Best Original Screenplay (for 2002’s Talk to …