Beverley Turner, 46, gushes over beau James Pritchett, 32, as he sunbathes during lockdown

They first met in 2018, after she and ex-husband James Cracknell accepted that their marriage was over. And Beverley Turner appears to be enjoying her romance with James Pritchett, who, at 32, is 14 years her junior, as she shared a snap of him topless during the UK’s lockdown on Tuesday. The eco-property developer was happily sun-bathing … Read more

UK’s coronavirus death toll could be 15% higher than official figures show

The true scale of Britain’s devastating coronavirus crisis was today laid bare by data suggesting there are potentially thousands of hidden victims.  Figures from the Office for National Statistics shows the true number of people who have died of COVID-19 is around 15 per cent higher than official figures. While hospitals in England recorded 5,186 … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Food wholesalers, lockdown’s ‘best kept secret’

 JJ Foodservice  Order online for next day delivery – depending on your location The business who supplied Wasabi, You Me Sushi and schools are also now selling to the public.  Sezer Ozkul, Chief Products Officer told FEMAIL: ‘Our business literally changed overnight –  on March 21st we had an emergency strategy meeting.  ‘By the end … Read more

Why things go VIRAL and why the world goes mad when they do

 BOOK OF THE WEEK  THE RULES OF CONTAGION   By Adam Kucharski (Wellcome Collection £16.99, 352 pp)  Were there a Booker Prize for timeliness, this nuggety gem of a book would be a shoo-in. But don’t think this is an opportunistic (or a simply lucky) attempt to ride on the back of the coronavirus pandemic. The … Read more

From the useful new Coronavirus Global Update to Mel Giedroyc Is Quilting: This week’s top podcasts

From the BBC’s useful new Coronavirus Global Update to Mel Giedroyc Is Quilting and Blackout, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 28 March 2020 Coronavirus Global Update  Covid-19 may have come from China but its spread has been horrifyingly global. This useful new BBC … Read more

When the school run looks like this… Inside the lives of uber-rich kids

Private members’ club playdates, bespoke designer wardrobes and a personal bodyguard… Sadie Nicholas gets a peek into the rarefied life of a billionaire’s child   ‘These children are surrounded by staff yet, ironically, they are often lonely’ When personal bodyguard Leanne* arrived to meet her client one afternoon, she was informed of an impromptu change of … Read more

Irishman claims he saw the Loch Ness Monster for the second time this year on a live stream

Rumours of a strange creature living in the waters of Loch Ness have abounded over the decades, yet scant evidence has been found to back up these claims. One of the first sightings, believed to have fuelled modern Nessie fever, came in May 2, 1933.   On this date the Inverness Courier carried a story a local … Read more

Digital wizardry restores some of Europe’s most stunning castles to their former glory

Seven of Europe’s most impressive ruined castles have been given an extreme makeover. They have been ‘rebuilt’ by a team of designers and architects using the wonders of computer-generated imagery. Scroll down to see these epic ruins – from a beautiful fortified Irish mansion to Vlad the Impaler’s former Romanian abode – and travel back … Read more

How are the world’s biggest tech companies coping with coronavirus?

As global markets continue to react violently to the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, technology firms have weathered the storm reasonably well – so far. The technology sector has performed better than most other industries and regions over the past six weeks, which have seen key indices suffer their biggest drops in history. Both … Read more

Astronauts who spend too long in space suffer brain damage that may lead to dementia

Spending months in space changes the brain and can increase the risk of developing brain damage and dementia, a new study revealed. Researchers from the University of Texas studied brain scans of astronauts a year after they returned from the International Space Station for signs of damage.  The lack of gravity experienced by humans in … Read more