Activist scales Big Ben scaffolding to unfurl giant banner

Activist scales Big Ben scaffolding to unfurl giant banner as police attempt to coax him down By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 08:30 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 08:30 BST, 22 October 2020 An activist began scaling scaffolding around Big Ben in Westminster this morning, putting up banners protesting about the coronavirus lockdown.  A … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘HAD to call grandstanding Andy Burnham’s bluff’

When Boris Johnson threatened to abandon talks with Andy Burnham on a Covid rescue package, Manchester’s mayor figured he was bluffing. Having come to power on a pledge to ‘level up’ the North, the Prime Minister wouldn’t dare face him down over a £5million gap in their positions, would he? Johnson, who craves being loved … Read more

Ashley Benson teases a hint of her toned abs in a white T-shirt

Ashley Benson teases a hint of her toned abs in a white T-shirt as she heads out for an alfresco lunch with pals By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 08:22 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 08:22 BST, 22 October 2020 Ashley Benson looked effortlessly stylish as she headed out in West Hollywood on Wednesday.  … Read more

Carers are to be banned from working in more than one home to halt Covid spread

Carers are to be banned from working in more than one home to halt Covid spread after claim outbreaks in first lockdown were fueled by staff employed at multiple sites Government understood to be drawing up laws to make staff movement illegal  ONS found care homes with agency staff had higher Covid rates than others  … Read more

Czech hospitals are three weeks from being overwhelmed, PM warns

Czech hospitals are three weeks away from being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases, the government has said as Germany announced a new high of more than 11,000 infections today and Rome imposed a curfew to fight off the second wave.   The Czech Republic is seeing Europe’s biggest surge in infections with a new one-day record of … Read more

iCarly alum Nathan Kress and his wife London are expecting second daughter ‘after miscarriages’

iCarly alum Nathan Kress and his wife London Elise Moore were ‘thrilled’ to announce Wednesday that they’re expecting their second daughter in 2021 after suffering ‘multiple miscarriages.’ The 27-year-old Glendale native first spilled the beans on Wednesday’s episode of his RadioActive Dads podcast. ‘We are having a baby! And it’s a girl! [London] is great,’ … Read more

Katie Holmes rocks black cap and blue peacoat as she steps out with boyfriend Emilio Vitolo Jr.

Katie Holmes rocks black cap and blue peacoat as she steps out with boyfriend Emilio Vitolo Jr. in NYC By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 08:07 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 08:08 BST, 22 October 2020 Katie Holmes was mostly private about her relationship with Jamie Foxx, which ended earlier this year after six … Read more

Wales ‘will nationalise its 900-miles of railway’ after bailout talks with current operator collapse

The Welsh Government is today poised to nationalise its railways after last ditch talks with its current operator failed, according to reports. Welsh political leaders had been in talks with KeolisAmey about a possible bailout due to a fall in passenger numbers in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the negations have now reportedly … Read more

Too young to buy a pint…but you can apply to be a PC after recruitment age lowered to 17

Too young to buy a pint…but you can apply to be a PC: Police lower recruitment age to 17 to meet pledge of adding an extra 20,000 officers Rules have been changed so teenagers can apply to become officers Would-be police can put themselves forward at 17 but can only start at 18 College of … Read more

King Juan Carlos’ mistress accuses Spanish royals of launching a ‘smear campaign’ against her

The former mistress of Spain‘s King Juan Carlos has accused Queen Sofia and other members of the country’s royal family of launching a ‘smear campaign’ against her following their affair.  Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 56, had a relationship with the ex-monarch, 82, between 2004 and 2009 and became caught up in scandal following the revelation that … Read more