Countries led by women have NOT fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic than those led by men, study finds US and UK experts compared data on COVID-19 mortalities across 175 countries Of these nations, 16 are led by women and 159 are governed by male leaders The team found no statistically significant difference in … Read more
Last minute mathematics bungles, using the Les Miserables soundtrack as a rallying cry and explosive negotiations worthy of being streamed on Netflix all managed to get a Brexit deal over the line. Four-and-a-half years after Brits voted to leave the EU, Boris Johnson yesterday announced that a trade deal had finally been agreed. The Prime … Read more
One of the more heartwarming stories of 2020 was footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign on free school meals which prompted a Government U-turn to provide them to disadvantaged children over the holidays. Now, a fascinating series of photographs has revealed the fight for free school meals dates back more than a century to 1907 when Bradford … Read more
Taraji P. Henson says the COVID-19 pandemic led her to thoughts of suicide earlier this year. The Empire star, 50, made the jarring revelation on her Facebook Watch show Peace of Mind with Taraji. ‘For a couple of days, I couldn’t get out of the bed, I didn’t care; that’s not me,’ the Washington, D.C. … Read more
Modern day romance! Actress Teresa Palmer shares the tweet she sent to Mark Webber which led to her marriage to the American director By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:09 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 03:10 GMT, 22 December 2020 Teresa Palmer got all gooey on Tuesday as she celebrated her seventh … Read more
Hollywood still has a long way to go to fix its culture of sexual harassment, according to an extensive new report from a commission led by Anita Hill. The Hollywood Commission, which formed in late 2017 following an avalanche of abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, on Tuesday released its Culture and Climate Report 2019-20, based … Read more
Veteran journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil has claimed Martin Bashir set off a ‘series of events’ that led to Princess Diana‘s death by using ‘subterfuge, fraud and forgery’ to obtain his controversial 1995 Panorama interview. The 71-year-old, who spent 25 years working for the BBC, said Bashir ‘fed [Diana’s] paranoia’ which led to her getting … Read more
Mass coronavirus testing in Slovakia slashed infection rates by 60 per cent in a week during a national lockdown, according to a study. Rapid tests were given to 5.2million people, almost the entire population (5.5m), with those who tested positive or refused to take a test forced to quarantine at home for 10 days. Operation … Read more
How a revolutionary group of activists led by two veteran Marxists are waging campaign to stop foreign criminals being deported from Britain Movement for Justice By Any Means Necessary has been called a Trotskyist cult It uses social media to oppose flights returning criminals including murderers The group is led by two long-standing Marxists who … Read more
Dosing ERROR by researchers in the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine trial boosted its success rate to 90%, firm’s vice-president reveals AstraZeneca scientist Mene Pangalos says ‘serendipity,’ led to a break through ‘Mistake’ helped scientists discover half-dose was more effective than a full one More analysis needed to explain why an initial lower dose was more effective … Read more