Just before dawn a moon like a burning orange balloon appears, its reflection gilding our pilgrim path across the sands to Holy Island, Northumbria. I cry out in delight and start describing this luminous beauty into my microphone — we have been tasked with finding hope and wonder in the depths of the darkest year, … Read more
Annette Guest, 69, a retired sales manager, developed shingles three weeks after having Covid-like symptoms — a pounding headache that lasted days and a sore throat — in early March Are we living through a quiet epidemic of shingles triggered by Covid-19? Doctors have been reporting a higher than expected number of cases of the painful … Read more
Pretty pastel colours were spotted in the morning skies before the nation fell silent to mark the death of fallen soldiers on Armistice Day. But forecasters warn the country is set for a weekend washout with up to two inches of rain expected to fall in one day on western parts of the country. Scotland … Read more
When will I ever learn? All I can say in my defence is that I’m not alone. In common with pretty well every pundit on both sides of the Atlantic, I assumed Joe Biden would trounce Donald Trump. The polls uniformly predicted a Biden landslide. On the eve of the election, a ten-point lead for … Read more
When will I ever learn? All I can say in my defence is that I’m not alone. In common with pretty well every pundit on both sides of the Atlantic, I assumed Joe Biden would trounce Donald Trump. The polls uniformly predicted a Biden landslide. On the eve of the election, a ten-point lead for … Read more
Silent e-scooters will be fitted with fake noises to warn pedestrians they are coming as trials across the UK are plagued by riders mounting pavements. Experts will be setting up focus groups with local communities from next year to work out what noise will be most effective to warn pedestrians and other road users that … Read more
Why was Keir Starmer so damningly silent on Jeremy Corbyn for so long, asks Jewish Chronicle editor STEPHEN POLLARD By Stephen Pollard For The Daily Mail Published: 22:49 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 22:49 GMT, 29 October 2020 Jeremy Corbyn has never been a fit person to be a Labour MP – let alone … Read more
Journalist Darren Grimes has accused the BBC of ‘failing in its obligation to inform the nation’ after the broadcaster stays silent on the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into the Brexiteer’s interview with David Starkey Journalist Darren Grimes has accused the BBC of ‘failing in its obligation to inform the nation’ as the broadcaster stays silent on … Read more
Police officers across the UK have fallen silent to remember ‘gentle giant’ Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana who was shot ‘several times’ by a suspect in handcuffs inside a police station. The 54-year-old was shot as he was preparing to search a handcuffed suspect – widely named as Louis De Zoysa, 23 – who had … Read more
Loved ones of the 22 people murdered at the Manchester Arena bombing have stood in silent remembrance at the opening of the public inquiry into the terror attack. The sombre start to proceedings began with Paul Greaney QC, counsel to the inquiry, reading the names of each of those murdered by suicide bomber Salman Abedi … Read more