Golden moment! Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi BOTH win high jump gold

Golden moment! Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi BOTH win high jump gold as duo make joint-decision to be crowned Olympic champions after failing to be separated during thrilling final By Richard Martin For Mailonline and Agencies Published: 09:00 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 10:09 EDT, 1 August 2021 Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi … Read more

Olympic triathlon held up by false start with a BOAT in the way of athletes ready to jump into water

Olympic triathlon held up by shocking false start with a BOAT in the way of athletes ready to jump into the water when the gun went to start in Tokyo – with the BBC commentator branding the scene ‘insane’ By Richard Martin For Mailonline and Reuters Published: 18:46 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 19:20 … Read more

Virgin Galactic shares jump after announcing it will test the SpaceShipTwo Unity on Saturday

Unlike other commercial spaceflight companies, such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic initiates its flights without using a traditional rocket launch. Instead, the firm launches its passenger-laden SpaceShipTwo and other craft from a carrier plane, dubbed WhiteKnightTwo. WhiteKnightTwo is a custom-built, four-engine, dual-fuselage jet aircraft, designed to carry SpaceShipTwo up to an altitude of around 50,000 … Read more

Deliveroo riders jump red lights and mount the pavements as they put the public at risk

Deliveroo riders jump red lights and mount the pavements as they put the public at risk by weaving in between pedestrians Some riders who work for Deliveroo drivers seen darting across pavements   Figures show 71mil orders made on Deliveroo app in first three months of year Complaints about riders congregating outside restaurants to pick up … Read more

Retail sales jump as shoppers buy new outfits before lockdown easing

Retail sales jump 5.4% in March as shoppers splash out on new outfits to wear ahead of lockdown easing Retail sales volumes up 5.4% in month to March and 7.2% in the year, ONS said Clothes sales particularly strong last month, up 17.5% in the month Sales at plant retailers and garden centres sales up … Read more

Average asking prices jump sharply to new all-time high of over £327k

Asking prices for homes up for sale across Britain have reached the highest level on record in the past month, fresh figures from Rightmove suggest. The average asking price jumped over £6,700 to a new ‘all-time high’ of £327,797 in a single month, with buyers flocking to snap up homes with ample outdoor space and options … Read more

Ratings for The Crown jump after Oprah’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Interview

The Crown got an 85 per cent viewership bump in the week after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s tell-all bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.    Royal fans rushed to watch the historical drama after hearing the Duke, 36, and Duchess  of Sussexes’, 39, explosive comments, including accusations of racism within the Royal Family. According to The Wrap, … Read more

Woman, 21, jailed after after repeated calls to emergency services and threats to jump from bridge

An ‘attention seeking’ timewaster who blighted emergency services with calls and repeatedly threatened to jump off a bridge causing road closures has been jailed. Bethany De Cogan, 21, threatened to jump from a bridge on the A19 near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, on February 8, September 28 and October 4, last year. Her actions caused … Read more