Who gave BBC bully boys a licence to terrorise? Over-75s face TV bills

Money Mail today lays bare the bully-boy tactics used by TV Licence fee collectors to hound the elderly and vulnerable. Scores of pensioners are being bombarded with terrifying letters threatening fines and court action. Many are being chased for money they don’t owe and end up paying twice out of fear. In one case, a … Read more

Shazam director David F. Sandberg confirms Helen Mirren will play villain in the sequel

Shazam director David F. Sandberg confirms Helen Mirren will play villain in the sequel: ‘Awesome cast getting awesomer!’ By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 00:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 00:51 GMT, 24 March 2021 Dame Helen Mirren is set to play the villain Hespera, a daughter of Atlas, in her first-ever superhero film, … Read more

ASK TONY: Will we face a nasty tax bill if we give our girl a house?

My daughter’s family have lived for 17 years in a house my wife and I bought. It cost £156,000 and is registered in our names.  We have never charged rent and never lived there. We’d now like to give them the house. We’ve made no money from the purchase, even though the house has risen … Read more

Daryl Somers’ most shocking moments on Hey Hey It’s Saturday are revealed

Footage has resurfaced of Daryl Somers’ most shocking moments on classic variety show Hey Hey It’s Saturday – and they would never be allowed on TV today. In one scene, the 69-year-old entertainer appeared to wear blackface as he impersonated Malaysian-born singer Kamahl. Daryl seemingly darkened his skin with makeup and wore a wig as he performed … Read more

Suez canal blocked after massive container ship breaks down

Suez Canal is BLOCKED as enormous 1,312ft, 200,000-ton cargo ship Ever Given runs aground – causing tailbacks snaking HUNDREDS of miles as every tugboat in Egypt is sent to help clear shipping lane The 200k-tonne MV Ever Given lost power while going through the Suez Canal The 1,312ft long vessel is blocking the entire width … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Regulators must become more streetwise about abuse

After London Capital & Finance (LCF) and the implosion in the Woodford investment funds, it is smart for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to get its defences in first. The rise of easy-to-use online social media sites such as Reddit, no-fee trading platform Robin Hood and all sorts of other digital platforms and apps … Read more

Buddy and Jesinta Franklin welcome their second child – a baby boy  

‘Our baby boy has arrived’: AFL power couple Buddy and Jesinta Franklin welcome a son By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 00:20 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 00:29 GMT, 24 March 2021 Sydney Swans star Buddy Franklin and his model wife Jesinta have welcomed their second child.  Buddy, 34, announced the happy news on … Read more

Boris Johnson says UK left EU trailing in its wake over Covid vaccines through self-interest

‘It’s because of greed, my friends’: Boris Johnson says UK left EU trailing in its wake over Covid vaccines through self-interest… but later apologises and insists he ‘regrets’ remark Boris Johnson made comments during private meeting of the 1922 Committee He said: ‘The reason we have the vaccine success is because of capitalism…’ But the … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Rolls-Royce shares dive 5.9% on Norway engines woe

The recovery plan at Rolls-Royce has been dealt a blow after Norway blocked the sale of an engines company to a Russian group. The Norwegian government called a halt to the £130million deal to sell Bergen Engines to TMH on national security grounds. The takeover ‘would have been of significant military strategic interest to Russia, … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Bicycle bandit mugs V&A boss Nicholas Coleridge for his mobile phone 

Nicholas Coleridge, ebullient chairman of the V&A Museum, has become the latest victim of London‘s crime wave. He was mugged last week opposite the Royal Hospital Chelsea and the assailant cheekily bicycled off with his mobile phone. ‘I was talking on the phone and standing by the kerb to try and get a better line … Read more