QUICK READS By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 00:18 BST, 21 February 2020 We’re all rushed for time these days, but even so, the fact that one in three people in the UK doesn’t regularly read for pleasure is a shock. And research shows that one … Read more
Fraudsters have scammed Britons out of £1.8million during the coronavirus outbreak and police have issued 3,500 fines related to the pandemic, it was revealed today. But crime has reduced by more than a quarter during the period in the UK with assaults, robbery, rape, burglaries and shoplifting all significantly down. Among the scams are fraudsters getting … Read more
CLASSIC CRIME By Barry Turner for the Daily Mail Published: 22:12 BST, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 26 March 2020 KILLING WITH CONFETTI by Peter Lovesey (Sphere £8.99, 336 pp ) KILLING WITH CONFETTI by Peter Lovesey (Sphere £8.99, 336 pp ) It is a tough life for Peter Diamond. As head of … Read more
N-Dubz rapper Dappy’s former partner gets engaged to US triple-murderer she has never met Kaye Vassell, 29, has moved to Missouri to be closer to killer Deandra Buchanan The mother of two of Dappy’s children, has started campaigning for his release Buchanan jailed after killing girlfriend, aunt and stepfather in November 2000 By Joe Middleton … Read more
Daily death tolls are ‘airbrushing out’ hundreds of elderly people who are dying from coronavirus at care homes, furious bosses have warned today. Care England, the industry body, says around 1,000 residents could already have died from covid-19 – with even more ‘unrecorded’ deaths ‘swept under the carpet’. Matthew Reed, chief executive of charity Marie Curie, … Read more
Many of us (now more than ever) hope to find a glorious tropical island — somewhere small, perfectly formed, filled with wildlife, an exotic bolthole to escape from the trials of the world. Sao Tome and Principe, with only 200,000 inhabitants, is a good place to start. Especially as it has more rare birds per … Read more