Bookies have slashed odds on this winter being the coldest since records began as the same weather conditions behind the Beast from the East make a comeback. Tonight temperatures could drop to -12C (10F) overnight in Scotland as Britian is engulfed in wintry conditions during the first week of 2021. Leading bookmaker Coral cut the … Read more
A cocaine addict whose reliance on the drug left him feeling ‘worthless’ and suicidal has told how he used the coronavirus lockdown to get clean. Jonathon Macleod, 24, from Motherwell, Scotland, began using at 15 and would regularly take it when out with his friends at pubs and football matches. While he initially became hooked … Read more
Couple organised wedding in TWO HOURS so they could walk down the aisle before Tier 4 Covid restrictions began in London Chloe Collins, 31, and Jamie, 29, got married two hours before restrictions began Had been forced to rearrange their wedding three times due to coronavirus They finally got married at Edgware United Synagogue at 10pm … Read more
Trench fever was first identified in 1915 when 500,000 British soldiers contracted the disease, but new evidence suggests the sickness has been running rampant for much longer and is not only associate with warfare. Traces of the bacteria that causes trench fever, called Bartonella quintana, has been discovered in teeth of 34 ancient Romans who … Read more
We’re the audience… get us out of here! ‘Too nice’ I’m A Celebrity loses four million viewers since the new series began a fortnight ago By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:07 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 01:54 GMT, 29 November 2020 It’s news that will be about as … Read more
Europe’s coronavirus second wave may have begun among fruit pickers in northern Spain before being spread across the continent by tourists, new research suggests. Scientists have identified a new strain of the virus that they believe is responsible for a large part of the second wave, which first emerged in June in northern Spain. From … Read more
Touching moment schoolboy, 7, and pensioner, 93, who became pen pals during lockdown meet for the first time through a care home window Michael Lugg, seven and Lewis, 93, from Cornwall, became pen pals in March They finally met after months of correspondence last week through window pan Letters have given Lewis a ‘new lease of life’ … Read more
The Yorkshire Ripper started planning his own funeral five years ago, as it is revealed his four surviving siblings will not attend the ceremony. Peter Sutcliffe contacted an undertaker while he was being treated at Broadmoor Hospital. It was just a year before a mental health tribunal deemed he was well enough to serve the … Read more
Prince Charles and Camilla will become first royals to attend a German Remembrance event – as they make first overseas trip since Covid crisis began The pair will be the first royals to attend the Central Remembrance Ceremony Trip likely to be seen as part of monarchy’s ‘soft diplomacy’ to renew ties President of Germany, … Read more
Stocks tumbled again Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing 157 points lower and posting its biggest weekly losses since March. Wall Street is closed out a punishing week with all three major indexes in the red, dragged down by a slide in shares of tech heavyweights following their quarterly results. The Dow had earlier … Read more