French fishing boats spotted off the coast of a British Channel Island are continuing to ‘decimate’ the seabed with unsustainable ‘industrial fishing methods’, officials say. Don Thompson, president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association, made the comments after multiple vessels appeared a few miles off the coast. He said that some of the boats had up to … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Maggie O’Farrell take to a desert island? Maggie O’Farrell is currently reading Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina for the ninth time Author would take William Boy’s Any Human Heart to a desert island Moominland Midwinter first gave her reading bug when she was eight or nine By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, … Read more
A handful of Arabian silver coins unearthed from an orchard in Rhode Island and other parts of New England are shining a fresh light on the ‘world’s first manhunt’. Conducted by the English, the target was the notorious pirate Captain Henry Every and his crew, who plundered an armed trading ship of the Mughal empire. The vessel — … Read more
Archaeologists in Wales have an unusual source to thank for the discovery of prehistoric artifacts on a remote island: Burrowing rabbits. Wardens on Skokholm Island, a wildlife preserve some two miles off the coast of Pembrokeshire, found a smooth stone tool by rabbit hole near their cottage. Used to skin seals, the ‘bevelled pebble’ dates … Read more
Remember her? Love Island star looks unrecognisable as she shows off her sleek new look at star-studded event By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 00:46 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 00:48 BST, 1 April 2021 She rose to fame as the long-haired brunette ‘born-again Christian’ on Love Island. But reality star Cartier Surjan looked … Read more
Love Island will reportedly return to Majorca for this year’s series of the hit show. It is thought that TV bosses have even arranged for an extra cast to fly out in May and quarantine like the main set of singletons as a Covid precaution, reports The Sun. Although usually filmed in a villa near Sant … Read more
Claire Fuller is currently reading Help Yourself by Curtis Sittenfeld. The author reveals she would take We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson to a desert island.
The likes of the Caribbean, Maldives or South Pacific are usually conjured up in the mind’s eye during island-retreat daydreams. But there is also an option in Germany for such matters – Wilhelmstein island. It’s a haven in the middle of Lake Steinhude, close to Hanover in Lower Saxony, that’s popular with tourists for its … Read more
It’s been reported that the summer series of Love Island could be filmed in Jersey due to travel restrictions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. However, Laura Whitmore has insisted that we need ‘a little bit of sun,’ in the upcoming season as she implied that filming in the UK would be ‘miserable’. Nevertheless, the pregnant TV presenter, … Read more
Love Island bosses are now accepting applications from singles via dating app Tinder, as they shake up the casting process ahead of the show’s summer return. The ITV2 dating show was forced to take an unprecedented break in production last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic made logistics all but impossible to surmount. But it will … Read more