He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and wrote If, which remains among the nation’s favourite poems. But Rudyard Kipling’s accomplishments appear to count for little in 21st-century Britain. Less than a month after I disclosed that the BBC had expunged another of his most celebrated poems, Mandalay, from its commemoration of the 75th … Read more
Little Mix singer Jade Thirlwall was spotted boarding a taxi boat with her boyfriend Jordan Stephens on Tuesday as the couple enjoy a romantic getaway to Venice. The pair donned protective face masks as they climbed into the waiting boat to head into town, as they enjoy the romantic break just three months into their … Read more
Paris Hilton has revealed the devastating impact of physical and mental abuse she suffered at a boarding school during her teen years. The heiress is baring all of her personal life, as she strips away the facade of fame in her upcoming documentary This Is Paris. She opens up in the YouTube Originals documentary for … Read more
Anyone travelling to China must prove they do not have COVID-19 before boarding flights under tough new rules Chinese aviation authorities today announced the new rules on foreign travellers All air passengers must prove they are virus-free with negative testing results Those who fail to show the documents are banned from boarding flights to China … Read more
Three women ‘throw phones, shoes, food and a metal boarding sign at Spirit Airlines staff in a Florida airport after their flight home to Philadelphia is delayed’ Danaysha Cuthbert Dixon, 22, Kaira Candida Ferguson, 21, and Tymaya Monique Wright, 20, were arrested Tuesday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport An altercation broke out after a Spirit Airline flight … Read more
Authorities searching for Glee actress Naya Rivera have released CCTV footage of the mother and her son Josey arriving at Lake Piru and boarding their small boat, which would eventually be found with the young boy alone. The Ventura Sheriff’s Department released the footage Thursday, showing the 33-year-old and her four-year-old son arrive at the … Read more
Popular historian and bestselling author Tom Holland said many Britons will regard the boarding up of Winston Churchill’s statue as ‘sinister’ after it was covered to protect it from further attacks. Mr Holland, 52, also claimed the sight of locals in Poole, Dorset, needing to defend the statue of founder of the Scouting movement Robert Baden-Powell … Read more
A housemistress at one of Britain’s top boarding schools is suing it for £1.8m in compensation after breaking her wrist slipping on a wet corridor floor. Lindsey Shaw, 59, fractured her right wrist at £35,000-a-year Mill Hill School, in north London, in June 2016, when she slipped and fell following a meeting with a pupil … Read more
Furious Ryanair passenger blasts airline after being stopped from boarding flight from Dublin to Gatwick because he was not wearing a face mask James Higgins was refused entry as he attempted to board a flight to London Passenger told he needed to wear face mask but airline ‘couldn’t provide one’ He claimed he had travelled … Read more
London buses will resume front-door boarding on 124 routes from tomorrow with a limit of 20 passengers per double-decker and drivers sealed in for their safety after 26 of the capital’s transport workers died of coronavirus Front door boarding returns on 124 routes with customers required to touch in Process had been abandoned on April … Read more