‘It’s easy not to get a virus if no-one wants to visit’: Controversial comedian Tom Gleeson says Darwin has stayed safe during the pandemic because it’s a ‘s**thole’ By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:04 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 10:04 GMT, 1 November 2020 Tom Gleeson is known for making controversial … Read more
BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has already bid farewell to a refugee he housed in his Surrey mansion, proudly showing a thank-you note from the man The former England and Leicester ace, 59, had announced he was taking in a migrant after he was criticised for virtue signalling when he had publicised their … Read more
A remote Scottish holiday cottage where Boris Johnson stayed during the pandemic has been booked up by staycationers who want to holiday like the PM until May 2021. A tourist board has welcomed the surge in bookings but campaigners warn the influx could overwhelm local services in the small coastal village, and spread Covid-19. The … Read more
HISTORY THE SECRET LIFE OF THE SAVOY by Olivia Williams (Headline £20, 323pp) The Savoy Hotel, situated in a court off the Strand where vehicles are required to drive on the right, opened in 1889 ‘with great pomp and publicity’. For the century they ran it, the D’Oyly Carte family insisted upon ‘the most careful … Read more
It was all about the hometown visits on Wednesday’s episode of The Bachelor Australia. And despite Locky Gilbert meeting the family, it seems that fans just couldn’t get enough of the stunning homes shown during the visits. Some viewers flocked to Twitter saying that they were convinced the contestants were staying in lavish Airbnbs for … Read more
Dream the dream! Iconic former French coaching inn where Victor Hugo stayed while writing Les Miserables on sale for £847,000 An iconic former French coaching inn in France’s Nord Pas Calais regon is on sale for £847,000 It boasts a number of impressive guests including French writer Victor Hugo and actor Gerard Depardieu Victor Hugo stayed at … Read more
Sir David Attenborough has revealed how he helped reunite the families of two Jewish refugee sisters who fled Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport and were taken in by his parents during the Second World War. Irene and Helga Bejach, aged 13 and 12 respectively, arrived in August 1939, just 17 days before war broke out, … Read more
Man, 23, has a live 5-inch worm that ‘stayed inside his brain for 17 years’ removed as doctors link the parasite to the eating of raw wild animal meat The Chinese man is said to have suffered numbness in his body since he was six He eventually went to a hospital after losing sensation in … Read more
A 20-year-old who went to stay with a no-nonsense pensioner for a unique experiment has told how she decided to take part because she wanted to dispel the ‘misconception’ among the older generation that people ‘have it easier when they’re younger.’ The Channel 4 programme, Lodgers for Codgers, sees pensioners who live alone paired with … Read more
Manchester United star Harry Maguire was staying at an eight-bed luxury villa costing £29,000 a week on the south coast of the Greek island of Mykonos before he was convicted of attacking police officers. The stunning waterfront property overlooks the golden coastline of popular Paradise and Paraga Beaches – the island’s two most famous beaches. It is … Read more