Holiday home owners have sparked outrage after claiming £50million of taxpayers’ money earmarked for small businesses in Cornwall. Five thousand lets in the county have claimed £10,000 each from the fund, which was set up to help minor firms survive the coronavirus lockdown. The shocking revelations are understood to be reflected in other ‘second-home’ regions across … Read more
Billionaire Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has given nearly $400 million less to his coronavirus relief effort than the ‘billion dollars’ he claimed, federal documents reveal. Earlier this month Dorsey tweeted that he would be donating $1 billion – which he said was about 28% of his wealth – to a fund he set up to … Read more
The world of classic cars can be a difficult one to predict. While the likes of limited-edition classic Ferraris and ex-racing Aston Martins are always going to soar in value, other less exclusive motors can also experience a surge in demand – take the crazy prices being paid for Fast Fords from the 1980s right … Read more
A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid for a new trial by President Donald Trump’s longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone after the veteran Republican operative accused the jury forewoman of being tainted by anti-Trump political bias. US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected Stone’s claim that the jury forewoman was biased against … Read more
A scaffolder who claimed to be a disabled ‘recluse’ after a fall at work has been left without a penny’s compensation after Facebook posts showed him playing football with a dog and stepping into a nightclub scrap. Leroy Baker, 51, from Erith, Kent, sued for over £150,000 saying multiple fractures suffered in a 30-foot fall … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A scientist who believes coronavirus came from space by meteor now says prevailing winds are spreading the disease to the hardest-hit countries. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology has alleged that the meteor that exploded over China in October released viral particles. Once in the upper stratosphere, the virus either fell to Earth or … Read more
A flamboyant gallery and club owner who claims to support the MeToo movement has been accused of sexually harassing a string of female employees. Alex Proud, 50, who is married with three children, is the self-promoting founder and boss of the Proud Group entertainment chain in London. Last year he publicly declared his support for … Read more
John Legend praises wife Chrissy Teigen’s ‘spectacular’ breasts after she claimed motherhood left her implants ‘deflated’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 13:14 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 14:40 GMT, 5 March 2020 On Wednesday, she admitted she was eager to have her current implants removed and breasts lifted, 14 years after having an … Read more