Paul Hollywood is ordered to stop his Bake Off handshakes: Accolade is scrapped by Channel 4 over coronavirus fears Paul Hollywood’s famous handshake won’t be available this year due to Covid-19 Channel 4 chiefs have ordered him not to offer his hand to Bake Off contestants Hollywood offered seven handshakes to the bakers during last … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. P.B.G. writes: In April last year, I paid Sash Home Improvements £9,600 to replace all the double glazing … Read more
Fashion: Anytime shine By Sophie Dearden For You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 28 June 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 28 June 2020 The simple way to make a statement? Bold accessories and standout details Big gold hoops add instant old-school glamour Earrings, £295, dinnyhall.com. Bikini top, £69, awaythatday.com. Bikini bottoms, £75, and belt, £35, lula-ru.com. … Read more
The acrid smell of cannabis wafts across the green as a group of young teenagers brazenly pass around a joint. Nearby, underage drinkers swig from bottles of vodka and inhale balloons full of so-called ‘hippy crack’ laughing gas. This was the scene at 8pm on Thursday in a London park, and is similar to those being … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: We should be aware of our vulnerability and resist losing national control of enterprises that are important to our society The IMF last week forecast that the UK economy would be down by 10 per cent By and large the Government – and the Bank of England – are doing the right things … Read more
Last week we had to stay two metres apart. Now it’s one metre. Are they making it up as they go along? The two-metre distancing rule was always an educated guess, given that the virus is new so the data available was limited. The UK was relatively strict in its distancing rules, compared with other … Read more
Police are struggling to disperse thousands of ravers at two events in London tonight as 1,000 riot officers remain ready to crack down on illegal parties. Officers are responding to ‘unlicensed’ raves on Clapham Common and Tooting Bec Common tonight after a week of violence and disorder. Video footage shows ravers dancing to loud music … Read more
Part self-help, part spiritual guidance, tarot is fast becoming the problem-solver for uncertain times. International tarot expert Alice Grist explains how we can all unlock its powers Part self-help, part spiritual guidance, tarot is fast becoming the problem-solver for uncertain times Throughout my life the tarot has guided me: from love and career queries to … Read more
Tiny antibodies found in ALPACAS could help suppress a second wave of coronavirus and allow countries to safely lift lockdown, researchers claim Scientists in Sweden and South Africa have used ‘nanobodies’ from an alpaca The experts have claimed that their research ‘potently neutralises the virus’ The small antibody targets the spikes of the virus which … Read more
Spreading the word about a new business is always hard to do. And when lockdown struck in March, that suddenly became an even greater hurdle for thousands of people who were trying to get a money-making idea off the ground. Without a large established customer base, Susan Leonard was one of those who found it … Read more