Best-selling children’s author sacked after posting hashtag ‘I stand with JK Rowling’ on Twitter

Best-selling children’s author Gillian Phillip is sacked – after adding hashtag ‘I stand with JK Rowling’ to her Twitter handle amid bitter row over transgender rights JK Rowling has become embroiled in a transgenders rights row in recent weeks  Children’s author Gillian Phillip tweeted her support for the Harry Potter author  Ms Phillip has since … Read more

Anker’s PowerWave wireless charging stand is now just £13.99 on Amazon

Wireless charging for less: Anker’s PowerWave Stand has been reduced to just £13.99 on Amazon By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 14:29 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 14:32 BST, 2 July 2020 The Anker PowerWave Wireless Charger is a seriously sleek and practical way to charge your phone.   The charging pad eliminates the need for … Read more

How can I make myself stand out in an interview from home?

As Britain slowly eases out of lockdown, there is pressure on jobseekers to make a good impression – this is likely to be on interviews conducted online amid increased competition for fewer jobs. Early indicators suggest that last month, the number of employees on payroll fell by more than 600,000 compared with March, according to … Read more

Former ITV wrestling star Jim Breaks is ruled unfit to stand trial over the death of ex-girlfriend

Former ITV wrestling star Jim ‘Cry Baby’ Breaks, 83, who ‘punched his British ex-girlfriend to death’ on Gran Canaria is ruled unfit to stand trial due to dementia Jim Breaks was accused of fatally punching his ex-girlfriend in Gran Canaria The former wrestling star was facing a potential 15-year sentence in prison Donna Cowley, 47, … Read more

Academics are too scared to stand up for the British Empire, scholar says

Academics fear they might get mobbed and their career may be at risk if they stand up for the British Empire, an Oxford historian has said.  Nigel Biggar, regius professor of moral and pastoral theology at Oxford University’s Christ Church college, said most academics knew little about the country’s imperial past which has come under … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Why Ceeney’s stand to protect cash can succeed

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Why Ceeney’s Last Stand to protect cash CAN succeed By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 Cash is withering on the vine at an alarming rate. It is yet another victim of economic lockdown, to go with a shopping … Read more

Businesswoman apologises after urging people to dress up as the Ku Klux Klan and ‘stand our ground’

Businesswoman apologises after urging people to dress up as the Ku Klux Klan and ‘stand our ground’ during Black Lives Matter protests Wendy Rowland posted on Facebook encouraging people to dress up as the KKK Rowland, who owns Amore Pizza mobile pizza van, claimed to have been hacked She eventually admitted to posting the messages … Read more

Woman, 38, to stand trial for murdering her missing mother, 65

Daughter, 38, is to stand trial for murdering her missing mother even though the 65-year-old’s body has not been found Lucy Fox, 38, has been charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life by police investigating concerns for the welfare of Judith Fox Police said the charges brought against Fox were connected to … Read more

Statue defenders stand in front of sculpture of writer George Eliot during Black Lives Matter demo

‘Are they worried about Jane Austen fans?’: Statue defenders draw scorn as they stand in front of sculpture of writer George Eliot during Black Lives Matter protest The ‘defenders’ surrounded a statue of George Eliot in Nuneaton, Warwickshire  The writer was a known critic of slavery and she strongly opposed anti-semitism   Statue defenders have been … Read more

The Circle will return for a third series AND a celebrity version for Stand Up To Cancer  

Channel 4 reality show The Circle will return for a third series AND a celebrity version for Stand Up To Cancer By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 16:20 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 16:46 BST, 15 June 2020 Channel 4 has recommissioned award-winning reality series The Circle for a third run, alongside an additional … Read more