Coronavirus outcome in the UK has not been good, Sir Patrick Vallance admits

Vallance goes rogue: Boris’s own science chief torpedoes PM’s efforts to get Brits back to the office saying there is ‘absolutely no reason’ to stop working from home – and says lockdown should have happened a WEEK earlier – in astonishing intervention Sir Patrick Vallance said ‘absolutely no reason’ to change work from home rules  … Read more

Speed cameras being used by police and councils in ‘good hunting grounds’, watchdog report reveals

Speed cameras are being used by police and councils in ‘good hunting grounds’ to fine drivers and make money rather then preventing accidents, watchdog report reveals Claim was made in a report by inspectorate of police and fire services in the UK It shows speeding fines handed out grown by 41 per cent between 2011 … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: The Secrets She Keeps is good but forgettable

DEBORAH ROSS: Just as gripping as the last thriller I can’t remember! By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 11 July 2020 The Secrets She Keeps Monday & Tuesday, BBC1  Rating: The Kemps: All True Sunday, BBC2 Rating: The Secrets She Keeps is one of those … Read more

Britons drink as they take advantage of some good weather after pubs and restaurants reopened

Thirsty Britons continued to lap up the sunshine today as they embraced the eased lockdown rules and fantastic weather. In Battersea, south-west London, people shopped, settled in for a pint and enjoyed dinner at a variety of eateries as Northcote Road area has effectively become pedestrianised to help with social distancing. Meanwhile, nearby Soho, in … Read more

TOM UTLEY: Has the virus really killed off the suit and tie for good? 

As I write, I’m sitting at an enormous mahogany desk in my oak-panelled, book-lined study, attired in formal evening dress.  My starched shirt-front, dazzlingly white, is as stiff as a sheet of tin. You can see your face in my patent-leather shoes, polished to a brilliant shine. My black tie and matching cummerbund are spun from … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Half an hour just isn’t enough for a family drama this good

There She Goes Rating: Talking Heads Rating: There’s a moment in every dad’s life when he realises his growing child is now faster than he is, and always will be. For David Tennant’s character, Simon, in There She Goes (BBC2), it came at a school sports day as his 11-year-old daughter Rosie legged it across … Read more

Peri good news! Nando’s announces plans to reopen 10 restaurants for diners to eat in

Peri good news! Nando’s announces plans to reopen 10 restaurants across the country for diners to eat in from Wednesday Nando’s is reopening 10 restaurants across the UK for diners to eat in this week Safety measures include ‘virtually queuing’, ordering and paying at the table  Restaurant chain announced in May they would open for takeaway … Read more

Composer Ennio Morricone who wrote the music for The Good, The Bad And The Ugly dies aged 91 

The Hollywood composer who wrote music for the classic film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly has died at the age of 91. Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, ‘The Mission’ and ‘Cinema Paradiso’ made him one of the world’s most famous and prolific screen … Read more

Greta Thunberg slams world leaders who only want selfies with her to ‘look good’

Greta Thunberg slams world leaders who only want selfies with her to ‘look good’ and says they should be ‘ashamed’ for betraying future generations on climate change Greta Thunberg claimed Angela Merkel queued to have a ‘selfie’ with her Activist said world leaders have betrayed future generations on climate change 17-year-old has also met Prince … Read more