Series 1: Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole Did they/didn’t they? Natasha Kaplinsky and her hunky partner Brendan Cole sparked affair rumours Strictly hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons during season one. Viewers were transfixed by the apparent close bond between newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky and her hunky partner Brendan Cole. Although the pair went on to … Read more
Tackling obesity is ‘one of the greatest long-term health challenges’ this country faces, the Government announced recently as it launched a new strategy to address it. The figures speak for themselves: about two thirds of adults in the UK are overweight and, of these, half are obese. It is known that excess fat is a … Read more
Fans have been awaiting the return of Strictly Come Dancing amid uncertainty of its future due to the coronavirus pandemic. But Janette Manrara, 36, and Neil Jones, 38, led the pros arriving at a SECRET hotel in Buckinghamshire to begin training for the upcoming series of the BBC show. The dancers and their celebrity partners … Read more
In March, Alphagreen Group, which claims to own Europe’s largest consumer marketplace for legally certified cannabis (CBD cannabidiol) products, secured £500,000 in its first equity funding round. Several tech angel investors were behind the deal alongside cannabis-focused investment company Enexis AB, which has backed several cannabis industry businesses in the past. While some angel investors … Read more
Strictly Come Dancing professionals will reportedly isolate together in a hotel for two weeks as bosses put forward drastic measures to ensure the show goes ahead later this year. According to sources, the ballroom experts, including the likes of Oti Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Dianne Buswell, will be able to practise their group dances together in … Read more
Many people have turned to baking and gardening in lockdown, but others have used their free time on the sometimes lucrative pursuit of ‘comping’. Comping is where you enter as many competitions as you can — from online prize draws to magazine quizzes. The idea is that the more you enter, the more likely you … Read more
The vaunted iPhone 11 Pro has a ‘night mode’ – and where better to test it than in Arctic Murmansk during December, when the sun never rises? That was the thinking behind Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple’s odyssey to the Russian city. And the results are mesmerising. Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple visited … Read more