The police crackdown on Britons breaking lockdown rules has intensified with fines issued to a man travelling 14 miles to play Pokemon Go and a woman who drove 100 miles across three counties to get a McDonald’s burger. Another man was fined after travelling more than 110 miles from York to Leicester via Birmingham to … Read more
STEPHEN DAISLEY: Splitting up the Union would be even harder than quitting the EU By Stephen Daisley For The Daily Mail Published: 00:29 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 00:29 GMT, 26 December 2020 The Scots are so sceptical of Boris Johnson that, whatever he does, the question is not whether he will damage the … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump for the recently revealed cyber attack, saying it happened on his predecessor’s watch. ‘His failure will land on my door step,’ Biden said Tuesday of the suspected Russian hack. ‘The attackers succeeded at catching the federal government off guard and unprepared.’ He accused the president of failing to … Read more
More British motorists have complained about pothole-strewn local roads damaging their cars this year as poorly-maintained roads continue to cause drivers misery, according to new research. A large study by the RAC published today shows that 38 per cent of drivers listed the terrible state of council-maintained roads as the biggest concern, up from 33 per … Read more
UK hit harder by Covid than any other developed economy except Argentina, in OECD ratings By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:16 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 23:16 GMT, 1 December 2020 The UK has been hit harder by the pandemic than any other developed economy except Argentina, a global watchdog says. … Read more
More than a quarter of Britons found it harder to follow the second lockdown compared to the first, a survey has revealed. The most common reasons for struggling were feeling fatigued by Covid restrictions, a belief measures were unjust and bad weather restricting people from going outside and seeing friends and family. Experts feared that ‘lockdown … Read more
The plight of face masks: Protective coverings DO make it harder to talk to people and can lead to feelings of stress and isolation, survey reveals Research from the University of Manchester quizzed 460 people in June and July They were asked about how they felt wearing a mask affected conversation Impact is more severe on … Read more
Kerri-Anne Kennerley reveals she ‘could not have picked anything harder’ than stage musical Pippin after her exit from Studio 10 – as she describes ‘cruel’ training sessions that leave her ‘starving’ By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:01 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 08:02 GMT, 21 November 2020 Kerri-Anne Kennerley was dumped … Read more
HEALTH Living better by Alastair Campbell (John Murray £16.99, 320 pp) Each morning, as he wakes, Alastair Campbell takes stock of his mental health and rates it on a scale of one to ten. ‘One’, he says, ‘is pure unadulterated happiness. Ten is actively suicidal. I never hit, or even acknowledge either of those, deliberately. … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has continued to eat away at the finances of Britain’s poorest families, an economic think tank has warned. Families from lower-income groups have been left bearing the brunt of the struggling economy, with their outgoing costs outstripping any savings brought about by the current restrictions and leaving them with increasing debts. In comparison … Read more