Ex-Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley ‘claimed £50k in furlough funds amid the pandemic’

Ex-Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley reportedly claimed £50,000 on the government’s furlough scheme to keep her business afloat amid the pandemic.  According to the Daily Star, Catherine, 37, used the funds to help her production firm – Dreambig – from December 2020 through April 2021. Despite working amid the pandemic – on drama Viewpoint and as a … Read more

Bill Gates resigned from Microsoft board in 2020 after female staffer claimed they had affair

Bill Gates resigned from Microsoft board suddenly in 2020 after female staffer wrote letter claiming they had an affair in 2000 which was ‘deemed inappropriate’ amid MeToo furor Bill Gates is alleged to have had an affair with a female Microsoft employee in 2000 The employee, a  Microsoft engineer, wrote to the company board last … Read more

MP Margaret Ferrier claimed £175 in expenses for overnight hotel stay

Coronavirus carrying SNP MP Margaret Ferrier claimed £1175 expenses for trip from London to Glasgow after testing positive for virus Margaret Ferrier, 60, travelled from Glasgow to Westminster and back again She allegedly travelled to London while waiting for the results of a Covid test She made a return journey after being informed she had … Read more

MP Margaret Ferrier claimed £175 in expenses for overnight hotel stay

Coronavirus carrying SNP MP Margaret Ferrier claimed £1175 expenses for trip from London to Glasgow after testing positive for virus Margaret Ferrier, 60, travelled from Glasgow to Westminster and back again She allegedly travelled to London while waiting for the results of a Covid test She made a return journey after being informed she had … Read more

ISIS brag of ‘killing Christians’ in Mozambique massacre that claimed at least one British life

The Islamic State has bragged of ‘killing dozens of Mozambican armed forces and the Christians’ in a days-long assault near a major gas plant in the country’s northeast.  ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement issued by its Amaq news agency on Monday alongside a photo of militants from the group celebrating the … Read more

Jake Quickenden slams cruel trolls who claimed his baby son Leo ‘needed Botox’ and is ‘ugly’

Jake Quickenden has slammed vicious trolls who claimed his one-month-old son Leo ‘needed Botox and was weird looking’. The reality star, 32, took to Instagram on Friday to hit back at the comments as he shared an adorable picture of his little boy in a blue babygrow. Jake also defiantly promised to keep posting updates as he … Read more

Preliminary data shows virus claimed the lives of 41 hospital patients

UK Covid deaths fall again: Preliminary data shows virus claimed the lives of 41 hospital patients in last 24 hours – including healthy 37-year-old 35 people died in hospitals in England alone, while 6 people died in Wales 41 hospital deaths in England and Wales is down from 61 reported last Sunday  Scotland reported no … Read more

Billionaire tax exiles claimed millions of pounds under the furlough scheme, investigation reveals

Billionaire tax exiles, an oil-rich nation and Saudi royals have claimed millions of pounds under the furlough scheme, an investigation reveals. The super-rich owners made the ‘obscene’ claims for taxpayers’ cash for staff who were sent home after their businesses, which include the Ritz Hotel and Harrods department stores, were closed under coronavirus restrictions. The cost … Read more

Petrol cars waste far more raw materials than electric, it’s claimed

Cars with petrol and diesel engines waste hundreds of times more raw materials than an equivalent electric vehicle, according to a new study by a green campaign group.   Over the course of a fossil-fuel car’s lifetime it burns through the equivalent of a stack of oil barrels 25 storeys high, while electric vehicles waste only … Read more

Covid UK: Donald Trump among rich celebrities who claimed furlough cash

Famous names worth billions have claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money from the government to furlough staff during the coronavirus pandemic. They include well-known figures like Guy Ritchie, Cara Delevingne, Petra Ecclestone, the Queen’s nephew David Linley and even former US President Donald Trump. The job retention scheme was designed to help employers keep and … Read more