Anger flared last night after the Department of Health and Social Care’s Twitter account was used in an effort to rubbish a report challenging official scaremongering by analysing key facts about the coronavirus pandemic. Under the headline ‘Covid: What They Don’t Tell You’, a two-page article in yesterday’s Daily Mail raised multiple questions about the … Read more
With bin bags, gloves and boundless enthusiasm, it’s the little litter pickers who are leading the charge against rubbish. Scouts and community teams, conscientious siblings and eco-tots have shown just what the Daily Mail’s Great British September Clean is all about. The campaign – run in conjunction with Keep Britain Tidy – comes to a … Read more
An Inspector calls… at The New Inn in Gloucestershire, revamped by a brand that wants to ‘bring a bit of London to the countryside’ The New Inn is housed in a honey-coloured building in Coln St Aldwyns, a beautiful honey-coloured village It has undergone a revamp – by the Baz & Fred brand – in … Read more
The Great British September Clean got off to a flying start yesterday as an army of volunteers turned out across Britain to clear their areas of litter. With rubbish piling up in town centres and all over the countryside during lockdown, community-spirited champions have begun a mass tidy-up. Children led the charge with families, local junior … Read more
An Inspector calls… at The Greyhound Inn in Oxfordshire and loves the nooks and crannies, his ‘wonderfully comfortable’ bed and the ‘terrific’ food The Greyhound Inn, in the village of Letcombe Regis, has eight rooms that are all named after places nearby It has a ‘mish-mash of tables and chairs’, ‘various nooks and crannies’ and … Read more
An Inspector calls… at the family-run Combe House Hotel in Somerset, which has warm, cosy rooms and dazzling country views Combe House Hotel is a 17-room property in Somerset’s Quantock Hills The hotel is inside an old mill and the 26ft-diameter waterwheel is still in place The Inspector was impressed with his £89 room and the … Read more
An Inspector calls… at The Elms in Worcestershire, which has been ‘blinged up’ by its new owner The Elms, in Worcestershire, has recently been acquired by a local businessman The hotel was built in 1710 by Thomas White, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren The Inspector was impressed by the bars but found his room … Read more
A ‘drab’ room, a ‘tough and tasteless’ steak and ‘teeny weeny’ breakfast eggs: An Inspector calls at Crouchers Hotel near Chichester and awards it just one star Crouchers Hotel is on the outskirts of Chichester – close to West Wittering beach Inspector says his £137-a-night room was ‘dark, drab and lacking imagination’ He had a … Read more
The Cabinet has backed the Great British September Clean to tackle the litter that has blighted the country during lockdown. All 22 ministers, led by Boris Johnson, have pledged to take part in a socially distanced litter pick when the scheme begins in September. The Mail and Keep Britain Tidy are encouraging the public and … Read more
£10k in treasure? That’s made my year, says cancer patient, 64, who scooped the Mail’s second Great Summer Treasure Hunt prize Michael Ariss had to start shielding and give up his job as a driver due to illness He and his wife Claire will use their windfall to pay bills and help their children The … Read more