There’s a reason M&S is out of fashion: As High Street giant prepares to shed thousands of jobs, RUTH SUNDERLAND argues its decline extends way beyond coronavirus lockdown By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:46 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 01:13 BST, 19 August 2020 Even the thought of the High Street … Read more
More and more people are desperate to know if they have already had coronavirus as evidence grows that the vast majority of those infected with Covid-19 have no symptoms at all. Antibody tests are still held up as our way out of lockdown — at the very least, allowing healthcare workers to assist vulnerable patients, … Read more
Is 8am too early to mow the lawn? Woman tempted to cut her grass first thing is told it’s ‘unreasonable behaviour’ – but others argue it’s fine, saying ‘the bin lorry comes at 7am’ British woman considered using an electric mower to cut her grass at 8am Posting on Mumsnet, explained she’s too tired to … Read more
A federal judge seemed skeptical he could block the sale of John Bolton’s tell-all book, ‘The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,’ because the ‘horse is out of the barn.’ Federal District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, heard arguments Friday over Zoom from Bolton’s lawyer Charles Cooper and Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Morrell, … Read more
Flanked by two nurses in uniform, and still in his backless NHS hospital gown, my 66-year-old father, Don, takes a few tentative steps. He pauses, steadying himself, using his IV drip stand for balance, and then takes a few more – slightly more assured – paces. There are tears in my eyes. My big, strong dad, … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are reported to be taking legal action against the society magazine Tatler for its cover story entitled Catherine The Great. Perhaps Martin Tett, the leader of Buckinghamshire County Council, should do the same. In the article, an unknown visitor to William and Kate’s Norfolk home describes it as ‘like … Read more
In my dealings with China over many years, I have learnt one hard fact: they do not play by the same rules as other countries. They play dirty. When I went to Beijing as Transport Minister, I was warned by the Foreign Office not to take my phone or my laptop as it was assumed … Read more
Well, thank goodness for that! After many long, sunny, spring weeks, Britain’s garden centres have reopened. And it hasn’t come soon enough. All those unmown lawns, privets that need to see a good pair of secateurs, bare patches of land hungry to be planted out — at last they can be tended to. But even … Read more
Carl Heneghan, a professor of medicine at Oxford University, claims the UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown and that draconian measures were unnecessary The UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown, according to a leading expert who argues the draconian measures were unnecessary. Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, … Read more
Lauren Goodger argues with NHS worker over not staying at home as she’s slammed for ‘using coronavirus to make a fashion statement’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 12:13 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 13:09 GMT, 22 March 2020 Lauren Goodger has been criticised by NHS workers for defying government orders to stay home … Read more