Keeley Hawes has discussed her experience of playing the real-life police officer who solved Britain’s most notorious honour killing in a new ITV drama. Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode led an inquiry into the murder of Banaz Mahmod, 20, at the hands of her family after she was found in a Birmingham garden in 2006. The … Read more
Killing Eve’s villain Harriet Walter: I planned to snub the Queen’s ‘anti-egalitarian’ damehood – but accepted honour to make a feminist statement By Caroline Graham In Los Angeles For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:56 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 22 August 2020 Killing Eve villain Harriet Walter has revealed that she … Read more
Sheridan Smith has returned to the stage as she performed a tribute to Vera Lynn in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of VJ Day. The singer and actress, 39, joined a host of other famous faces at the event hosted by the Duke Of Cambridge at the Horse Guards Parade to mark the special occasion. … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore has been awarded the freedom of his home town of Keighley after raising almost £33 million for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 100-year-old war veteran, who became a national hero after walking 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire to fundraise for the NHS, was given the honour … Read more
Woman, 24, is stoned to death ‘by her husband and his brother’ in latest brutal honour killing in Pakistan 24-year-old Waziran from Wadda Chachar village stoned to death in Jamshoro Her father alleges her husband Allah Baksh and his brother stoned her to death Police arrested both men who remain in custody as investigations continue … Read more
The Cabinet Office has said recipients of the Queen’s ‘racist’ knighthood honour can exchange the award for an updated design after after a petition was launched claiming its insignia is ‘racist’ and ‘looks similar to George Floyd‘s killing’. The insignia for the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George – one of the Queen’s highest … Read more
Heart-warming moment hundreds of villagers line street to give guard of honour to beloved GP as she retires after 31 years at the same practice Dr Annie Linley-Adams retired from local practice in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset The GP was much loved in the area for her caring nature in doing her job Villagers were unable to … Read more
Royal honour showing an angel standing on the neck of Satan gets slammed for ‘looking like George Floyd killing’ Campaigners are in uproar over one of Britain’s most senior Royal honours Image on The Order of St Michael and St George features angel on Satan’s neck But activists say that it looks like the recent … Read more
After more than three months gathering dust and moths in a cupboard, the UK’s red carpet was unrolled yesterday. For the first time since lockdown began in March, Britain had a visitor, a proper one – a head of state no less. The arrival of President Emmanuel Macron of France might not have been quite … Read more
A £3.2million monument to honour Britain’s fallen emergency service workers including those who died during the coronavirus pandemic will be opened. More than 7,000 emergency service workers have died in the line of duty over the last 250 years, with more than 180 NHS staff known to have died from Covid-19. The National Emergency Services Memorial … Read more