Chaos as delays from coronavirus lockdown hit passports, registering births and renewing licences

Bureaucratic backlogs caused by the lockdown are paralysing the country, campaigners said last night. Despite coronavirus restrictions being eased, lives are still on hold because of massive delays at official agencies. Thousands of elderly motorists are housebound and isolated because of chaos at the DVLA – and: More than 150,000 babies are thought to lack … Read more

Tragedy as 14-month-old girl dies after being hit by a reversing car her family’s driveway

Tragedy as 14-month-old girl dies after being hit by a reversing car her family’s driveway A 14-month-old girl has died at a family home after being run over by a car  Emergency services rushed to the Queensland home on Sunday evening An emergency helicopter was also called but the toddler died at the scene By Adam Mccleery … Read more

Beaches and parks brace for an onslaught of visitors as temperatures are set to hit 82F today

Beaches and car parks are bracing for an onslaught of visitors as London and the south is set for 82F (28C) sun hotter than Mexico today – but rain will keep things cooler further north.   The Met Office forecast a weather front to bring a split in temperatures between the two regions with a ‘fairly … Read more

Shocking moment road rage driver attacks bin lorry driver then picks up ‘hammer’ to hit dustman

Shocking moment road rage driver leaps from car to attack bin lorry driver then returns to vehicle to pick up ‘hammer’ to smash dustman over head A man jumped out of his car to attack a bin lorry driver in a boat of road rage He returned to his car to pick up a ‘hammer’ … Read more

Story of Rockfield Studios where rock legends like Oasis, Black Sabbath and Queen wrote hit music

There’s not much about Rockfield Studios that screams rock’n’roll. No helipad. No swimming pool. No screaming groupies at the five-bar gate. No security presence. Instead, there’s a clutter of slightly tired-looking farm buildings, a horsebox, the warm scent of manure and hens pecking in the mud. Manning it all is 80-year-old farmer Kingsley Ward, who … Read more

Ben Fogle’s New Lives in the Wild is hit with a second tragedy

Ben Fogle has urged fans to ‘not waste a single second of your precious time on earth’ after he announced a second star of his New Lives in the Wild programme has died.   The presenter took to Instagram this morning to reveal that Scotsman Chris Clark, who lived in Xixuau, in the Amazon basin, one … Read more

Mercury could hit 85F from Friday making Britain hotter than IBIZA 

Party island UK! Weekend of and BBQs and outdoor boozing lies ahead as mercury hits 85F from Friday making Britain hotter than IBIZA Sunshine and scorching temperatures are expected to make a comeback by the weekend with highs of 29C After a cloudy start to the day on Friday, most southern areas are likely to … Read more

National debt set to hit nearly £3TRILLION by next general election

National debt set to hit nearly £3TRILLION by the next general election as cost of pandemic spirals By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 15 July 2020 The national debt could be pushing towards £3trillion by the time of the next general election as the … Read more

Do you know the name of Daryl Braithwaite’s biggest hit?

Lisa Wilkinson reveals the real reason she was missing from The Sunday Project… before Daryl Braithwaite drops a clanger about his biggest hit By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:27 BST, 12 July 2020 | Updated: 16:27 BST, 12 July 2020 Lisa Wilkinson was missing from the desk on The Sunday Project this … Read more

Droves hit the towns on first Friday night after lockdown easing

Thirsty Britons went out boozing with their friends and munching on fast food last night on the first Friday night out since pubs in England reopened after months of coronavirus lockdown. Groups of millennials in Leeds yesterday dolled up and went drinking with pals before tucking into kebabs, pizzas and fish and chips in the … Read more