Wales finally lift the Six Nations trophy in private behind closed doors ceremony at their training ground after Scotland denied France – with coach Wayne Pivac describing captain Alun Wyne Jones as one of the ‘all-time great players’ after winning fifth title Wales lifted the Six Nations trophy during a private ceremony on Saturday Wayne … Read more
Never mind the title, France couldn’t even win the match, as Duhan van der Merwe’s dramatic, match-winning, injury-time try in Paris meant a joyous climax to the Six Nations for both Wales and Scotland. Going into this delayed decider needing to win by 21 points and score four tries, France’s ambitions were reduced to dust. … Read more
Ireland beat England 32-18 on the final day of the Six Nations – as ALL of the Irish team decide not to take the knee before kick-off while 11 of the English side make the gesture First place is out of reach for both sides because undefeated Wales have racked up too many points Today … Read more
Finland has been ranked the world’s happiest nation in a new study while the UK slumped five places to 18th after a year of turmoil and Zimbabwe came last in the global rankings. Nordic countries dominated the the World Happiness Report in the year of the pandemic, with Finland, Iceland and Denmark taking the top … Read more
Defiant Britons have today insisted they are not fazed by Europe’s ‘scaremongering’ against the AstraZeneca vaccine, as they backed the UK’s scientists as ‘the best in the world’. Fourteen countries across the continent have now turned their backs on the Oxford University-researched jab in a knee-jerk reaction over unproven blood clot fears. France, Italy, Germany … Read more
The Netherlands has joined a growing list of EU nations to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca jab amid fears of blood clots – with Italy set to start a new lockdown and cases spiking in France. The Dutch Government announced the vaccine was being suspended until March 29 as a precaution, based on reports … Read more
Boris Johnson gives his backing for the Oxford Covid vaccine amid blood clot fears in EU nations The European Medicines Agency said it had received reports of 22 cases of blood clotting among the three million vaccinated with the jab on the Continent Denmark, Norway and Iceland have said they will temporarily halt the rollout … Read more
Private equity giant CVC scores £365m deal to take a 14% stake in rugby’s Six Nations By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 11 March 2021 Private equity giant CVC has struck a deal to take a stake in the Six Nations. The 14 per … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK LIFE AFTER GRAVITY: ISAAC NEWTON’S LONDON CAREER by Patricia Fara (OUP £25, 288pp) So who exactly was Sir Isaac Newton? Legend has it that he invented the catflap, although this is much argued over by historians. In his year as an MP, he spoke only once in the House of Commons, … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Hitting the nation’s wealth creators would be folly By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 GMT, 28 February 2021 | Updated: 22:31 GMT, 28 February 2021 No post-war British Chancellor has faced a more difficult challenge than the one confronting Rishi Sunak on Wednesday. He knows he must release the ‘coiled … Read more