From Tom Hanks in Greyhound to Cate Blanchett’s Stateless: The best on demand TV this week

APPLE TV+, BRITBOX, ACORN TV, SKY & AMAZON Greyhound Things went rapidly south the last time Tom Hanks was in charge of an ocean-going vessel – in Captain Phillips. Now he’s heading into choppy waters again as a newly promoted officer commanding a US Navy destroyer (call sign ‘Greyhound’) protecting a convoy of ships crossing … Read more

Nottingham pubs to demand council tax bills from patrons

Pub landlords in Nottingham will ask patrons to provide council tax bills to prove they aren’t from Leicester as bars outside the lockdown limits are told to brace for ‘Super Saturday.’ Police have advised landlords across the city, which is 30 miles north of Leicester, to prepare for a rush of customers from the locked … Read more

Furious parents demand primary school reinstates star head teacher who was suspended

Furious parents have demanded a school reinstates its star head teacher who was suspended for saying some teachers were ‘sat at home doing nothing’ during lockdown. Pauline Wood, from Grange Park in Sunderland, is under investigation after accusing her staff of bragging that they were spending ‘more time watching Netflix’ at home than they were working … Read more

Protesters set up guillotine directly in front of Jeff Bezos’ DC home to demand Amazon be abolished

Protesters set up guillotine directly in front of Jeff Bezos’ Washington D.C. home to demand Amazon be abolished Activists set up a guillotine outside of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s D.C. home  Videos posted to Twitter show protesters standing next to a guillotine One of the protester said in the video, ‘When they become threatened, and … Read more

St. Louis couple point firearms at protesters outside home marching to demand mayor’s resignation

‘Keep moving!’ Wild moment lawyer couple brandish an AR-15 and a handgun at protesters marching past their mansion in an upscale St. Louis neighborhood Twitter video shows lawyers Patty and Mark McCluskey aiming weapons at peaceful protestors who were walking by their home in St. Louis The married couple came out of their house armed … Read more

Hundreds of protesters camp outside City Hall in NYC and demand Mayor slash $1BN from NYPD

Hundreds of protesters camped outside City Hall are demanding that lawmakers slash the New York City police budget by $1billion. The ‘Occupy City Hall’ encampment began forming Tuesday following weeks of street protests sparked by the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement.  The protesters are part of a national … Read more

Demand for French Bulldogs and Pugs soars during the pandemic

Demand for ‘flat-faced’ puppies such as the French Bulldog and Pug has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the UK Kennel Club. This has prompted a group of leading dog health and welfare experts to issue a warning urging the public to ‘stop and think’ before buying a dog of this type. Brachycephalic dogs, … Read more

140,000 Mail on Sunday readers demand the government blocks attempts to remove Churchill’s monument 

Don’t pull down Winston Churchill’s statue: 140,000 Mail on Sunday readers demand the government blocks attempts to remove the wartime PM’s monument  More than 140,000 readers have already signed the petition to secure the statue Churchill monument boarded up with metal sheets after being spray painted ** We call on the PM to publicly guarantee … Read more

Business lobby groups demand cuts to National Insurance bill

Business lobby groups demand cuts to National Insurance bill ahead of mini-Budget By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 Three major business lobby groups have demanded cuts to National Insurance bills in the mini-Budget next month. They have told the Treasury … Read more

Britain’s property wish list in the areas with the biggest rise in demand

As the government begins to relax its social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic, estate agents are now seeing a surge in interest for properties once more. The UK’s leading property resource Zoopla has now revealed the top five areas which have seen the biggest rise in demand for properties, with areas such as Accrington … Read more