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Taylor Swift is countersuing a US theme park that accused her of trademark infringement, alleging it has used her music without permission. It emerged earlier this month that the owners of Evermore, a fantasy theme park in Utah, had sued the popstar over the title of her most recent album . Lawyers for the owners said they owned the trademark to the name Evermore and it was violated when Swift began selling merchandise related to her album of the same name. Swift, 31, has now hit back with a lawsuit of her own. The singer's TAS Rights Management filed a suit in her home state of Tennessee for wilful copyright infringement. Advertisement They are accusing the park and its founder Ken Bretschneider of "routinely" using the Bad Blood singer's music "without authorisation or licence agreement", according to legal papers. The park, which opened in 2018, is said to employ actors who "routinely perform copyrighted songs... to large crowds." More … [Read more...] about Taylor Swift sues US theme park that accused her of trademark infringement

VACCINE passport apps which will allow vaccinated Brits to travel are to be ready "within weeks". The apps, which show the holder has received both of their jabs, will allow holidays to go forward restriction-free. According to the Telegraph, vaccine passports could be ready ahead of the start date of holidays abroad, which will be announced on April 12. The earliest holidays abroad could go ahead is May 17 , with a more likely restart date of June 21. The pass is being developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and will be verified at the borders when travelling. Vinoop Goel, IATA’s regional director of airports, said: "We are currently working with a number of airlines worldwide and learning from these pilots. And the plan is to go live in March. "So basically we expect to have a fully functional working system over the next few weeks." Boris Johnson has said there "may well be a role" for vaccine passports for both domestic and … [Read more...] about Vaccine passport app for foreign travel will be ready in weeks – sparking hope for hols abroad this summer

TRIPADVISOR has revealed the best beaches in the world for 2021 - and two in the UK have made the list for Europe. Bournemouth beach and Porthminster beach in St Ives, Cornwall, made the top ten, coming in at 5th and 10th, respectively. This is up from sixth place in TripAdvisor's 2019 awards . Perranporth Beach, also in Cornwall, came in 16th place while Filey Beach in Scarborough, North Yorks., ranked 18th. Beaches are ranked over 12 months, factoring in reviews and ratings for each beach, as well as "saves" from TripAdvisor users, due to the lack of travel due to the pandemic. While no UK beaches made the top 10 in the world, Spiaggia dei Conigli in Italy was in 8th place for the second year running , while being voted the best in Europe. TripAdvisor Vice President Christine Maguire said: "Your last trip to the beach probably feels like a lifetime ago, but with vaccine programs rolling out worldwide, safely making that beach getaway a reality just might be in … [Read more...] about TripAdvisor reveals the world’s best beaches – and Bournemouth is No.5 in Europe

WE all do it. We all try to outsmart our cars. If the satnav says we will arrive at 12:53, we have to beat it. If the tyre-pressure warning light flashes up, we’ll keep going until the wheels are square. If we have 40 miles of fuel and we’re 50 miles from home, we’ll slow to 50mph and risk it. Sometimes we make it. Sometimes we won’t. It’s like a game. But what happens when we are all running about in battery-powered cars and run out of electrons? We can’t ask a friend to fetch a green plastic can. Hyundai has the solution: An electric car that can recharge another electric car at the side of the road, in a field, anywhere. A mobile power bank, if you like. It’s called Ioniq 5 and it also has a 220v socket under the rear seats to juice up pretty much everything else — laptops, e-scooters, even a microwave or mini fridge when you go camping. Chelsea players used it to power football launchers. The video is out tomorrow. There’s something else about this car that … [Read more...] about Hyundai’s amazing Ioniq 5 can recharge another electric car anywhere

An alarming ignorance of the law is being displayed by some police officers. Take the fiasco over a Merseyside Police campaign involving a truck driving around with the slogan “Being offensive is an offence”. Er, no it’s not. We still have free speech in this country and if free speech means anything, it means the right to saying things other people might not like. Faced with a torrent of social media ridicule, Merseyside plod backtracked and issued a statement saying: “We would like to clarify that ‘being offensive’ is not in itself an offence.” The statement added that the message “although well-intentioned was incorrect”. But, refusing to admit defeat, insisted that it was still all-systems-go for “Our Hate Crime Co-ordinators”. Meanwhile, over in West Yorkshire, there was a crime, this time a horribly real one, only the police didn’t think so. Tehreen Din, 25, worked at a care home in Huddersfield, where she stole the contactless bank card of a bed-bound resident and … [Read more...] about Serious crooks escape justice while police chase imaginary crimes