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  BBC to upload EastEnders episodes directly to iPlayer during the European football Championships so fans won't have to miss out when a match is on.  There was a time when football tournaments played havoc with TV schedules and soap addicts in particular were left hanging while a match was screened instead. But now we live in a digital age – and the makers of  EastEnders  are exploiting the technology so fans can still get their regular fix. For the duration of the  European Championships  next month, a whole week of episodes will be posted on iPlayer every Monday, giving viewers a choice between streaming the soap like a box-set drama or tuning in on  BBC  One when it hasn’t been moved for evening games.  Jon Sen, executive producer of EastEnders, said: ‘Giving viewers the ability to decide when they drop in on all things Albert Square is something we’re excited about.  'Box-setting all four episodes will ensure everyone gets their dose of drama and football fans won’t miss o

  A younger mayor from the San Francisco Bay’s wine united states had been accused of sexually abusing and assaulting women. First there have been 4 accusers. Then 4 more. A former lady friend accused Dominic Foppoli, the mayor of “friendly, family-oriented” Windsor, of sexually abusing her. Another lady stated he compelled himself on her at some stage in an alcohol-fueled warm bath celebration at his family’s winery. A city council colleague stated she may have been drugged earlier than she was once sodomized following a neighborhood clambake. The headlines had been stunning, however they got here now not from Sonoma County’s main media outlet, the Press Democrat, however from its big-city rival, the San Francisco Chronicle. The allegations, which led Foppoli to resign his mayorship on May 21, have rocked the Pulitzer Prize-winning Press Democrat, after its pinnacle editor made the gorgeous admission that the newspaper had failed to pursue the story when a reporter added ahead the fir

  If President Joe Biden receives his way, it will quickly be a long way easier to immigrate to the United States. There will be shorter, less complicated forms and applicants will have to soar thru fewer security hoops. Foreigners will have higher possibilities to join their households and greater probabilities to secure work visas. A 46-page draft blueprint acquired through The New York Times maps out the Biden administration’s plans to appreciably enlarge the criminal immigration system, consisting of methodically reversing the efforts to dismantle it by means of former President Donald Trump, who decreased the waft of overseas workers, households and refugees, erecting procedural limitations more difficult to move than his “big, stunning wall.” Because of Trump’s immigration policies, the common time it takes to approve employer-sponsored inexperienced playing cards has doubled. The backlog for citizenship purposes is up 80% considering 2014, to greater than 900,000 cases. Approval

    China’s top decision-making body said Monday the government would ease its birth-control policy to allow all couples in the country to have three children, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. The move is the latest measure aimed at tackling China’s aging population after Beijing  relaxed its birth policy  to let couples have up to two children in 2015. The announcement comes just weeks after a once-in-a-decade census  showed China’s population on the cusp of a historic turning point  after decades of rapid growth. The Communist Party’s Politburo said after a meeting Monday chaired by leader Xi Jinping that it would offer more equitable educational resources and reduce educational expenditures for families—widely seen by experts as factors holding back many young couples from having more children. The Politburo also pledged to improve the nation’s maternity-leave policies, enhance its tax and housing policies and better protect the rights of female workers in a bid to encoura

  Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 when she skipped the news conference after her first-round victory at the French Open on Sunday — and drew a stunning warning from all four Grand Slam tournaments that she could face stiffer penalties, including disqualification or even suspension, if she continues to avoid the media. Osaka returned to Roland Garros after sitting out the tournament last year and turned in a mistake-filled 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over 63rd-ranked Patricia Maria Tig at Court Philippe Chatrier on Day 1. She had declared Wednesday on social media she would not speak to the press and kept that promise. Hours later, Osaka turned to her preferred method of communication these days, tweeting: "anger is a lack of understanding. change makes people uncomfortable." Other results perhaps were more newsworthy than a straight-set win by the No. 2-ranked Osaka — U.S. Open champion and two-time French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem's 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 loss to 68th-ranked

 China on Monday re-imposed anti-coronavirus tour controls on its southern province of Guangdong, asserting all of us leaving the populous location ought to be examined for the virus following a spike in infections that has alarmed authorities. Guangdong, which borders Hong Kong, recorded 20 new tested cases, all shrunk locally, in the 24 hours thru middle of the night Sunday. Guangdong's numbers are low in contrast with many locations in the world, however the upward jab has rattled Chinese leaders who idea they had the disorder beneath control. People leaving Guangdong with the aid of plane, train, bus or non-public auto after 10 p.m. on Monday should existing outcomes of a nucleic acid take a look at inside the previous seventy two hours, the provincial authorities announced. It stated trying out stations for truck drivers would be set up on primary roads. The authorities of the provincial capital, Guangzhou, a commercial enterprise middle of 15 million people, ordered mass tryi

  Republicans hit a widespread stumbling block in their push to enact some of the strictest vote casting legal guidelines in the nation. But they ought to but ignore the measures thru a distinct session of the Legislature. Democrats in the Texas Legislature staged a dramatic, late-night walkout on Sunday night time to pressure the failure of a sweeping Republican overhaul of nation election laws. The move, which disadvantaged the session of the minimal variety of lawmakers required for a vote earlier than a middle of the night deadline, used to be a wonderful setback for country Republicans who had made a new vote casting regulation one of their top priorities. The effort is no longer completely dead, however. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, indicated that he would name a specific session of the Legislature, which ought to begin as early as June 1, or Tuesday, to restart the process. The governor has stated that he strongly supported an election bill, and in a announcement he known as

  Celebrity health practitioner Christian Jessen has stated he is going through financial ruin after being ordered to pay Arlene Foster £125,000 in libel damages. The TV host is asking his followers to assist him elevate cash to cowl his prison charges after Northern Ireland’s First Minister took him to court docket for tweeting false allegations that she was once having an extra-marital affair. Dr Jessen, 44, who seems on Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies, stated he solely has £20,000 to his identify and can't pay for an enchantment barring crowd-funding. He stated his intellectual fitness is ‘cracking’ after a decide at the High Court in Belfast dominated closing week that the tweet, posted in 2019, was once ‘grossly defamatory’. Mrs Foster, former chief of the DUP, stated it had brought on her ‘grave upset, distress, embarrassment and humiliation’. Dr Jessen has raised greater than £4,900 on a Go Fund Me web page however confronted a backlash on Twitter after asking for help. He i

  EU leaders will call on Boris Johnson to respect the rights of their citizens in the wake of scandals over their treatment in the UK, including their detention in removal centers, according to a leaked draft statement seen by the Guardian. The message to the British prime minister will follow a first discussion of EU-UK relations between the 27 heads of state and government since the ratification of the trade and cooperation agreement struck last Christmas Eve. “The European Council calls on the UK to respect the principle of non-discrimination among member states and the rights of EU citizens,” the leaders are due to say, adding that the deals agreed with Downing Street must be implemented in full. There is growing concern within EU capitals over the UK government’s approach to their nationals, including those whose rights are guaranteed by the tortuously negotiated Brexit withdrawal agreement. A new body set up under the withdrawal agreement to ensure citizens’ rights are upheld af

 Chelsea fans are celebrating the biggest prize in European club football for a second time after their team beat Manchester City in the Champions League final in Portugal. More than 16000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in Porto. The host city was changed, of course, from Istanbul because of coverage restrictions.  Nine years on, from their first taste of European glory, Chelsea crowned champions once again put on a frenetic night in Porto.  They had to keep fighting right to the wire on paper. Manchester City were all out attack, but their best early opportunity was thwarted by a perfectly timed challenge from Antonio Ruediger, goalless after a frenzied first 40 minutes.  And then this Toasties most expensive player of all time high havert securing the all important breakthrough cumulation on the pitch from the stands and many more back.  After the break, city's pain worsened as a nasty clash ended, Kevin de Bruyne, his night early city, still threw everything at it and