When it was announced in March, the Government’s Job Retention Scheme was rightly hailed as an unprecedented and inspired policy to save British business. And yet, as the cost of furloughing more than quarter of the entire workforce passes £20billion, and with still no end in sight, I fear it could end up being the most … Read more
When it was announced that schools in Denmark were reopening – five weeks after lockdown began – many were anxious. My twins, a boy and a girl aged six, are in their first year of primary school. Was it too soon, we wondered. How could social distancing be enforced with the younger children? How would … Read more
Tyler Cameron flashes his chiseled abs as he writes about finding his ‘own way’ on a shirtless trek in West Virginia By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 03:58 BST, 30 May 2020 | Updated: 03:58 BST, 30 May 2020 Tyler Cameron showcased his chiseled abs and muscular biceps during an off-road adventure on the Hatfield McCoy … Read more
The death of 25-year-old Chris Bruney, an electrical engineer with a good career and his whole life ahead of him, will seem inexplicable to many people. How could this intelligent and hard-working man, with a loving and supportive family, become so hopelessly in debt through gambling that he felt he had no option but to … Read more
His son is 5,400 miles away with a new family and new life. But if anything might have sharpened the pang of separation for Prince Charles still further, it would be hearing that Harry has a new father figure. So claims the singer and actress Katharine McPhee, 36, an old acquaintance of the Duchess of … Read more
Just as children are facing the coronavirus crisis today, I grew up during another time of crisis — the economic recession of the 1980s. In my home town of Rotherham I saw the fallout of that major recession impact my local community and even my family. Alongside so many other people working in the steel … Read more
Back in 1968 and 1969, the Hong Kong flu hit the world. In the UK, 80,000 people died and the lives of one million were lost worldwide. I was 24 at the time, just starting my career, and while I still vividly remember the Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy’s assassination which were a little earlier, … Read more
A brave nurse has sent a heartbreaking apology to a church warden who was stabbed to death on a supermarket shopping trip saying: ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.’ NHS worker Lisa Way, 53, was also injured in the attack inside a village Co-op where grandfather John Rees, 88, was killed as his wife Eunice … Read more
Back in November 1918, the San Francisco authorities thought they had beaten the deadly Spanish flu pandemic that had spread across the globe in only a matter of months. Infection levels in the city had peaked, then dwindled to apparent insignificance. At the centre of the city a whistle blew, signalling the official end of … Read more
After nearly 1,000 performances of Robin Hood at the Regent Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent, I was becoming weary of pulling on my green tights each night. I come from Stoke, so I’m biased in favour of its attractions, but I realise abundant winter sunshine isn’t one of them. After a long panto season, I was ready … Read more