Britain today started to dish out Oxford’s game-changing Covid vaccine in what has been called a ‘pivotal moment’ in the fight against the pandemic, with an 82-year-old dialysis patient becoming the first person to receive the jab. Brian Pinker, a retired maintenance manager who describes himself as Oxford born and bred, said he was ‘so … Read more
Hugh Grant says he first found the idea of Renee Zellweger playing British character Bridget Jones was a ‘stretch’ By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 06:11 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 06:11 GMT, 24 December 2020 It’s one of the most beloved rom-coms of all time. But Hugh Grant says he wasn’t initially sure Renee … Read more
The mystery of missing Briton Esther Dingley’s disappearance deepened today after someone was spotted sleeping in the hiker’s campervan ten days after she vanished. A dog walker said she saw a light on in the British-registered Fiat Chausson camper and then, on closer inspection, spotted a figure lying on the back seat. The young woman, called … Read more
It’s been the subject of sporting conversations across the land this week. In the aftermath of Lewis Hamilton’s seventh Formula 1 world title, is he now the greatest British sportsperson ever? Hamilton made history on Sunday by equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time title record and few would bet against him sealing a record-setting eighth world crown … Read more
Big Brother is watching you: Number of CCTV cameras in the UK soars to 5.2million An almost 10% rise in number of cameras means there is one for every 13 people London has most with 689k public and private cameras for nine million people Second is Birmingham with 83,000, followed by Leeds, Glasgow and Sheffield … Read more
Brit moves English pub lock, stock and beer barrels to Germany to introduce the locals to a traditional English boozer (well, when their lockdown ends at any rate) The New Crown in Bridlington has been uprooted and transferred to Germany Property developer aims to introduce a traditional English pub to Iserlohn The pub is set … Read more
British, 29, is arrested after ‘BITING off part of fellow passenger’s EAR in air rage attack’ moments after their flight from Birmingham touched down in Majorca Assault took place shortly after the plane landed in Majorca from Birmingham The Briton had been denied alcohol on Thursday evening’s flight, police said Police were speaking to the … Read more
Care home worker, 31, becomes first Brit to catch Covid-19 and beat it twice and now faces another test The un-named care worker from Reading has been tested five times for Covid-19 The mother-of-two first became symptomatic in late March and tested negative In April, her condition deteriorated and she was tested again and was … Read more
George Ezra has revealed that he was ‘in bits’ before a Brit Awards after finishing a therapy course on the same day for the obsessive-compulsive disorder ‘Pure O’. The Budapest hitmaker, 27, described his struggled with the ‘purely obsessional’ form of OCD in which he told how he was ‘vacant to the world’ around him. … Read more
Greek police have said they treated Harry Maguire ‘like just another drunk Brit’ after the Manchester United captain claimed that plain clothes officers refused to identify themselves during his arrest. The £85 million centre-half, 27, was last week found guilty of assaulting police and attempted bribery after officers arrived to break up a brawl outside … Read more