Blue-chips hit by biggest boardroom exodus for two decades

Blue-chips hit by biggest boardroom exodus for two decades: 45 top-flight executives quit Footsie firms By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 30 December 2020 Departing chief executives included Imperial Brands boss Alison Cooper (pictured) Britain’s blue-chip companies have experienced their biggest exodus of top … Read more

Kim Kardashian looks back on her family’s most memorable Christmas cards over the past decades

Kim Kardashian shared decades worth of family memories amid the holiday season, after they were unable to come together for their annual Christmas card photo.   The majority of the close-knit brood’s festive traditions, like their cancelled yearly Christmas party due, have also been derailed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.   ‘Since we didn’t do a Christmas card … Read more

Woman, 56, who has had Bell’s Palsy for nearly two DECADES has her confidence restored with Botox

A grandmother who has been living with a facial palsy that left her unable to speak properly for nearly two decades has her confidence restored using Botox. Susan Baldock, from Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy in 2010. Bell’s palsy is temporary weakness or lack of movement affecting one side of the face. The condition … Read more

AJ McLean celebrates one year of sobriety after decades battling drug and alcohol addiction

AJ McLean celebrates one year of sobriety and admits he decided to get clean after daughter smelled him reeking of alcohol By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 18:17 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 18:27 GMT, 8 December 2020 AJ McLean is celebrating one year of sobriety after decades battling an alcohol and drug addiction. … Read more

Boris Johnson’s ‘green industrial revolution’ will take decades

Boris Johnson‘s ten-point ‘green industrial revolution’ will take decades to deliver, cost £48billion in wind farms alone and every home will need double glazing to make hydrogen heating work, it was suggested today. The Prime Minister launched a £12billion plan for the environment on Wednesday, saying it could create 250,000 jobs and significantly slash the country’s carbon … Read more

Des O’Connor: The all-round entertainer and chat show king whose success spanned decades

Des O’Connor, who has died at the age of 88, was an all-round entertainer whose success spanned decades, appearing as a regular in prime-time television slots.  O’Connor was born in Stepney in London‘s East End in 1932 to a Jewish cleaner and an Irish binman. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was evacuated … Read more

‘Spy cops’ inquiry hears how Piers Corbyn was a surveillance target for almost two decades

Anti-shutdown protester Piers Corbyn was targeted by Scotland Yard’s undercover police for nearly two decades, a public inquiry heard yesterday. The older brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was the main organiser for squatting groups in London between 1972 and 1982. Mr Corbyn, 73, helped to organise the All London Squatters Federation, the Squatters … Read more

International Space Station hails two decades of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit

The first astronauts arrived on the International Space Station 20 years ago today, marking the start of two decades of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit. NASA‘s Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev were the first on the station after arriving on a Soyuz capsule from Kazakhstan.  Construction of the £75 … Read more

Youth unemployment is set to hit the highest level in four decades

Covid jobs crisis hits young people and ethnic minorities the hardest: More than one fifth of BAME workers and 19% of 18-24 year olds who were furloughed are now unemployed, report reveals One in five furloughed 18 to 24-year-olds  have already been thrown out of work Resolution Foundation says it’s the worst jobs crisis for … Read more

The most iconic scents of the last five decades revealed

Certain scents can often bring back nostalgic memories, and smelling a specific perfume can have the power to transport us back to whenever we last wore it.  And now experts have revealed which fragrances have defined the last five decades after online perfume retailer PerfumeDirect asked 2000 UK adults to vote for the top perfumes … Read more