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'Pressure' Review: Brendan Fraser is Dwight D. Eisenhower in gripping WWII drama on run-up to D-Day

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of films about World War II. You'd think by now that everything there is to know about it has already been depicted on the big screen. But not so fast!"Pressure" revisits the turbulent planning of D-Day, specifically the attempt to track the weather for the invasion of Normandy.

Pressure review – Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser can’t save lower-tier D-day drama

A behind-the-scenes second world war drama focused on the importance of weather is too stodgy and repetitive to work as anything but a so-so TV movieIn a world of increasingly segmented audiences, the new movie Pressure cleverly brings together two adjacent demographics: weather dads and history dads. Those designations are honorifics, not gender-essentialist; spiritually dad-curious people of all ages (but, let’s be real: mostly over 50) may be interested in a behind-the-scenes story set in...

Pressure review – Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser can’t save lower-tier D-day drama

Alasdair Fraser: consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who fought to preserve the character of St Mary's medical school

bmj;393/jun05_3/e349465/VS1F1vs1Alasdair was born in Wales and educated at Swansea Grammar School, but he spent every holiday roaming around Glen Urquhart in the Highlands. He studied medicine at St Mary's in London and did his national service with the Border Regiment. He did his postgraduate training at the Samaritan, Queen Charlotte's, St James', and St Mary's hospitals in London.

Citi CFO Sees Trading Revenue Jump as CEO Fraser Drives Turnaround

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on May 21, 2026. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Mike Ashley’s Frasers seeks Big Four auditor after push to improve governance

Retail group has tried to professionalise after previously struggling to find a firm to sign off its accounts

Frasers Weighs £500 Million Bid for Shopping Center, Sky Reports

A shopper passes a sale sign in Leeds, UK, on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. UK retail sales grew more slowly than expected in November suggesting Christmas shoppers might not boost the economy in the crucial final months of the year. Photographer: Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg

$700,000 required to provide 'vital' palliative care

'Godsend': Queensland hospice needs funding boost to keep end-of-life service alive Mon 1 Jun 2026 at 7:50pm In short: Residents are calling for the state government to provide extra funding to save a hospice facility from entering voluntary administration in Hervey Bay. The Fraser Coast Hospice needs an extra $720,000 to cover its annual operating costs. The board of directors have until next week to find a potential donor.

The daughter of Thailand's beer billionaire says she never doubted women belonged at the top

For Thapanee Techajareonvikul, the conviction that women belong in top leadership roles was never unusual. Her late mother, Wanna Sirivadhanabhakdi, was instrumental in building TCC Group into a multi-billion-dollar empire spanning beverages, property, retail and manufacturing, with holdings including Chang beer and Singapore-listed Fraser & Neave. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, her father, ensured his two sons and three daughters received equal opportunities within the family business.

Study explains why shoppers avoid plant-based proteins

Study explains why shoppers avoid plant-based proteins Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Incorporating more plant-based proteins could help people save on their grocery bill, but new research has found that it's not so simple when it comes to choices at the supermarket. Simon Fraser University researchers peeked into more than 87,000 grocery carts in Canada and Finland to study how much price influenced the type of protein people bought: animal-based or plant-based....