My pelvis thumps against the floor for the fifth time in five minutes. I push hard against the rubber mat under my palms, willing the rest of my body to magically rise upwards. But my arms are mashed potato. ‘I… can’t… get… back up,’ I moan between strained breaths. I’m crumpled on the floor of East … Read more
Boris Johnson plans a post-Brexit boost for UK shipbuilding as part of defence review Defence review said to be changing rules around giving British firms contracts Currently EU rules require international competitions for contracts These restrictions could be releaxed by 2023 Ministers have hinted at a new £1.5 billion deal to build Royal Navy supply … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. D.M. writes: In February, I booked a return flight to Canada through travel agent Opodo. The flights were … Read more
Kim Kardashian showed she wasn’t just talk on Saturday as she announced a $1 million donation to the Armenia Fund. The 39-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star posted a short video to social media in which she revealed her support for the humanitarian organization dedicated to helping those in Armenia and the disputed region … Read more
Swollen toes, prickly skin, long-term heart damage, disturbing hallucinations – it seems there’s nothing that Covid-19 won’t do to you, doctors have discovered over the past eight months. At first, experts believed the main complication of this ‘mystery lung disease’ was pneumonia. The symptoms were a dry cough and a fever. Then a loss of … Read more
Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime Sunday, BBC2 Rating: Spitting Image Saturday, BritBox Rating: Michael Palin’s Around The World In 80 Days, originally broadcast in 1989, was the first ‘celebrity travelogue’, paving the way for the situation we have today where, in recent years, we’ve had Sue Perkins doing Japan, Paul Hollywood doing Japan, and … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Chancellor Rishi Sunak has a beady eye on investors for tax rises to balance the books after coronavirus is beaten By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 10 October 2020 As sure as night follows day, mighty tax rises will come once … Read more
World Mental Health Day is celebrated annually on October 10 with the goal of educating and advocating against mental health stigma. And some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Hailey Bieber and new mom Katherine Schwarzenegger, offered their words of encouragement via social media on the important day. Hailey, 23, who has been open about her own … Read more
For the best part of four months during the height of the pandemic, 65-year-old Mandy Simons, who lives alone and has severe asthma, saw not a single other person. So, when the Government announced a pause to shielding in August, she instantly phoned her best friend Donna, who lives on the other side of London, … Read more
Talking Heads at the Bridge Theatre is a truly heroic project: Both these excellent, very short evenings are proof that less can be a whole lot more By Robert Gore-Langton for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 10 October 2020 Talking Heads: Nights In The Gardens Of Spain & … Read more