Daft Punk have SPLIT: French dance music duo announce they’ve retired after 28 years

Daft Punk have split after 28 years together. The French electronic dance duo confirmed they’d parted ways in an emotional farewell video released on Monday, after an incredible career boasting four chart-topping albums and six Grammy wins. The split comes eight years after Daft Punk, formed by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter in 1993, released their … Read more

Covid kills two cops: ‘Gentleman’ PC, 49, and ‘hero’ retired officer, 48

Tributes have been paid to two much-loved police officers who died after contracting coronavirus. Jon Wain, 49, who had worked as a police constable in Bury for Greater Manchester Police for 17 years, passed away on Monday, February 15. He leaves behind his partner, Gaynor, and two sons. Nick Oldfield, 48, who worked as a police … Read more

Retired chartered accountant, 65, ‘stabbed her fourth husband, 78, to death with kitchen knife’

A retired chartered accountant ‘stabbed her fourth husband to death with a kitchen knife in a row over an iPad charger’ at their £300,000 home, it is alleged. Penelope Jackson, 65, has been charged with murdering David Jackson, 78, at the property in the village of Berrow, near Weston-super-Mare, on Saturday night. Mrs Jackson’s son-in-law, … Read more

Retired tennis player Caroline Wozniacki shows off her incredible figure in a black swimsuit

Retired tennis player Caroline Wozniacki shows off her incredible figure in a plunging black swimsuit as she holidays in the Bahamas By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 18:55 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 20:59 GMT, 19 January 2021 She retired from tennis a year ago because she wanted to start a family with husband … Read more

Retired Colonel, 84, ‘rather amused’ by ‘sad news’ of his OWN death in Army newsletter 

Colonel Ron Back, 84, who served in the Army for 38 years, said he was completely taken aback when he read his own obituary in the publication. Pictured: Back while serving as a Major A retired Colonel was shocked to read the ‘sad news’ of his own death in an Army newsletter. Colonel Ron Back, … Read more

Retired Air Force officer was carrying zip ties during Capitol siege

Prosecutors believe the MAGA mob rioters who stormed the US Capitol last week planned to ‘assassinate elected officials’ – as it’s alleged that a retired Air Force officer carried plastic zip-tie handcuffs because he intended ‘to take hostages’.   Claims that some rioters intended to assassinate elected officials have now been made by federal prosecutors in … Read more

Retired Pennsylvania firefighter arrested for ‘throwing fire extinguisher at cops in Capitol riots’

A retired Pennsylvania firefighter who is suspected of throwing a fire extinguisher at police during last week’s US Capitol riots has been arrested, a Justice Department spokeswoman has confirmed.   Robert Sanford, 55, will appear in a virtual hearing in federal court in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Thursday to face charges of unlawful entry, civil disorder and assaulting, … Read more

Retired medics are still being asked to fill out THIRTEEN forms to join Covid vaccine effort

Some of the 13 requirements are essential, including evidence of handling and administering the jabs, a criminal background check and proof of employment. But other modules seem less critical, such as ‘safeguarding adults’ and ‘data security’ Concerns are mounting that red tape is still strangling Britain’s coronavirus vaccine scale up, with retired medics still required … Read more

Retired medics have to fill in 15 forms to join vaccine drive

Retired medics have to fill in 15 forms to join vaccine drive despite Boris Johnson’s pledge to cut red tape to aid the roll-out Boris Johnson promised ‘all obstacles’ to volunteering had been removed The 21 pieces of evidence needed have been cut down by only six forms Liam Fox MP, a doctor who wants … Read more

Checklist retired medics have to wade through to qualify as Covid vaccinator volunteers

Retired doctors and nurses face a 21-point checklist in order to qualify as a Covid-19 vaccinator volunteer which includes ‘fire safety’ and ‘preventing radicalisation’.  The recruitment process for former surgeons, nurses, GPs and physicians to assist in delivering the vaccine rollout has been faced with ‘dispiriting layers of red tape.’  Applicants must provide 21 pieces … Read more