Plan to continue rollout of Covid vaccine by age rather than prioritising key workers ‘makes sense’

Plans to continue the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine by age rather than prioritising frontline workers ‘makes sense’, a former Government scientific adviser said today. Professor Sir Mark Walport, former chief scientific adviser to the Government, insisted the strategy maximised the number of vaccines on a basis of the most vulnerable.  It comes as fury erupted on … Read more

Police fury over Covid vaccine roll-out snub: JCVI says jab will be offered to people based on age

Fury erupted today after the Government confirmed police officers and teachers would not be bumped up the Covid vaccine priority list once the NHS has made its way through 32million people in the top nine priority groups. Ministers confirmed they will follow the age-based approach recommended by leading scientists, paving the way for everyone in … Read more

In an age when being gay was illegal, four literary men set up house in Dorset

History  The Crichel Boys by Simon Fenwick (Constable £25, 368 pp)  Holed up in a freezing Army camp in the far north of Scotland in 1941, the shivering and lonely young music critic Desmond Shawe-Taylor dreamed up the idea of living down South with like-minded friends after the war. He envisaged a pretty house with … Read more

Isla Fisher, 45, looks half her age as she shows off her line-free visage

Fountain of youth! Isla Fisher looks half her age as she shows off her flawless line-free visage just three weeks after her 45th birthday By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 22:18 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 22:19 GMT, 25 February 2021 She celebrated her 45th birthday just three weeks ago. But Isla Fisher looked … Read more

Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni was asked to model at AGE TWELVE but her mom refused

Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni was asked to model at AGE TWELVE but her mom refused: ‘I finally said yes because she’s now old enough, she’s almost 17’ By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 17:00 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 17:02 GMT, 25 February 2021 Heidi Klum gushed that it’s ‘mind-blowing’ seeing her daughter modeling. … Read more

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel actor Ronald Pickup dies peacefully at the age of 80

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel actor Ronald Pickup dies peacefully at the age of 80 after a ‘long illness’ His agent confirmed: ‘Ronald Pickup actor aged 80 passed away peacefully yesterday after a long illness surrounded by his wife and family’ The esteemed star was trained at RADA before joining Olivier’s National Theatre Company at the … Read more

Former I Killed the Prom Queen bassist Sean Kennedy dies at the age of 35

‘You were one of a kind’: Former I Killed the Prom Queen bassist Sean Kennedy dies at the age of 35 By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 10:54 GMT, 25 February 2021 Sean Kennedy, the former bassist for the Australian band, I Killed the Prom Queen, … Read more

New research shows statins are wrongly blamed for the aches and pains of old age 

Patients are warned not to shun statins after new research shows they are wrongly blamed for the aches and pains of old age New study suggests statins wrongly blamed for aches and pains in old age London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found the drugs had no effects They believe symptoms could be result … Read more

The Croods: A New Age repeats atop the box office with $1.7M crossing $50M domestic

Universal’s animated sequel The Croods: A New Age had no trouble repeating atop the box office for a second weekend in a row. The sequel took in an estimated $1.7 million in its 13th weekend in theaters, which marked its fifth frame in the #1 spot, according to Deadline.   It has also crossed the $50 … Read more

Over-40s to get Covid-19 jabs by end of March: Vaccine age bands will be widened in next phase

Britons as young as 40 could be offered a jab within a few weeks, the Mail can reveal. Government advisers are set to recommend the next phase of the vaccine rollout continues on the basis of age, rather than prioritising key workers. But the age brackets will be wider than before – meaning 40 to … Read more