A galaxy far, far away! NASA’s New Horizons travels 4.3 billion miles to perform the first interstellar ‘parallax’ experiment that shows stars are positioned differently in space than when viewed from Earth NASA’s New Horizons performed the first interstellar ‘parallax’ experiment It snapped images 4.3 billion miles from Earth of Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359 Due … Read more
Indian holy man who claimed he could perform ‘Covid exorcisms’ by kissing people’s hands dies of coronavirus – having already infected 20 of his followers Coronavirus spreads through contagious droplets from the mouth or nose Despite this, a holy man from Madya Pradesh, India, claimed he had a ‘kiss cure’ He would kiss devotees’ hands … Read more
A schoolboy gymnast has vowed to perform again days after he had part of his leg amputated following a hit-and-run horror crash involving a motorbike. Little ‘warrior’ Max Clark, 9, was rushed to hospital after he was struck by a bike while in a park in Hull, East Yorkshire, on Monday – the first time … Read more
Rock and rolling! Neighbours perform hilarious lockdown dance routine to Tina Turner hit in the street – complete with wigs and wheelie bins A group of neighbours on Aberdeen’s Norfolk road performed a dance routine The group was socially-distanced and used their wheelie bins as dancing props Some dressed as Tina Turner for the energetic … Read more
Paul Elliot, known as Paul Chuckle, has spoken out about ‘the worst day of my life’ – when he was forced to perform on stage on the day of his baby daughter’s funeral. The comic, one half of the stand-up duo The Chuckle Brothers, was torn apart by grief when his three-month-old daughter Nicola died … Read more
Miracle twin girls defied five per cent survival odds when doctors performed life-saving surgery while they were in the womb. Matilda and Felicity Harvey had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, where one twin receives more blood supply than the other. Keziah Harvey, 30, and her husband Jordan, 33, were told at 16 weeks pregnant that it was unlikely … Read more
A Monty Python fan cheered up his neighbours by encouraging them to echo some of the walks seen in John Cleese’s famous sketch. James Ruffell, 37, decided he would bring some humour to his home village of Sonning, Berkshire, during lockdown. He put up sign which stated: ‘You are now entering the jurisdiction of the … Read more
Strictly Come Dancing‘s Katya Jones and Ed Balls recreated their iconic Gangnam Style dance while Davinia Taylor posed for a sultry bath snap following a 26-mile treadmill run as they led the stars taking part in the #twopointsixchallenge. The 40th edition of the London marathon was due to take place on Sunday, but it was … Read more
Captain Tom Moore is reportedly set to perform his charity single with Michael Ball during this year’s Britain’s Got Talent final. The 99-year-old war veteran, who has raised £27million for the NHS during the coronavirus crisis by walking 100 laps of his garden, is thought to be ‘in talks’ with show bosses for a special … Read more
Last Easter in Venice’s Guggenheim Museum, my daughter Deia, then aged 13, announced she’d had enough culture for one morning, was fed up with my ‘selfishness’ and wasn’t prepared to do what I wanted a minute longer. ‘I want to go shopping,’ she insisted mutinously. So we trudged to a grimy area near the station … Read more