The best and worst performing funds of 2020 so far: Technology, US and gold

Funds invested in the US, in technology and in gold have topped the charts for the best performers of 2020 at the end of its tumultuous first six months.  While the massive global markets sell-off in March was indiscriminate, the recovery was less so. Sectors deemed vulnerable to Covid and the changing commercial landscape it … Read more

Katy Perry shows off her baby bump while performing Daisies as part of Dear Class of 2020 special

Katy Perry was one of many celebrities who took part in YouTube’s Dear Class Of 2020 YouTube special on Sunday. The 35-year-old singer performed her new single, Daisies, while showing off her baby bump in a form-fitting white dress.    The four-hour special featured speeches and performances for graduates of 2020 from the likes of The Obamas, … Read more

Sophie Ellis Bextor talks surviving lockdown with five sons and performing concerts from her kitchen

Any mother of five who is still sane after two-and-a-half months of lockdown will surely have some survival tips for the rest of us. And Sophie Ellis-Bextor does indeed have advice. Come Friday night, when the textbooks have been flung in a corner and you’ve finished screeching at the kids, you should dig out your heels … Read more

Dog owner creates spoof video of his ‘bored in the house’ pooch performing chores in lockdown

Ruff guide to lockdown! Dog owner creates spoof video of his ‘bored in the house’ pooch doing puzzles, working out, washing up and turning to alcohol Swim coach Greg Baskwell, 30, performs a hilarious skit with his pooch Finley The pair, from Charlotte, North Carolina, have over 1m views on social media   Their hilarious videos … Read more

The Archers to return with the actors performing soliloquies instead of talking to each other

The Archers will return next week with the actors performing soliloquies instead of talking to each other as lockdown takes hold in Ambridge The long-running Radio 4 soap has been on hiatus due to coronavirus Editor Jeremy Howe had to scrap 12 scripts and five weeks of storylines It will return with a smaller cast … Read more

British nurses at Tavistock Hospital slammed for sharing video performing Haka to coronavirus

British nurses spark outrage after donning face paint and head tape to perform a ‘cringeworthy’ anti-virus haka in their hospital ward Nurses at Tavistock Hospital in Devon, southwest England have come under fire  Staff with face paint and head tape performed the haka in one of the wards Health workers chanted mimicking the New Zealand All Blacks … Read more

Adam Sandler stays fit amid coronavirus lockdown by performing pushups in his driveway in Malibu

Adam Sandler, 53, tries his best to stay fit amid coronavirus lockdown by performing pushups in the driveway of his Malibu mansion By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 17:16 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 17:26 BST, 13 April 2020 While some celebrities have paid top dollar to have gyms opened privately just for them … Read more

Wuhan lab was performing experiments on bats from coronavirus caves

The laboratory at the centre of scrutiny over the pandemic has been carrying out research on bats from the cave which scientists believe is the original source of the devastating outbreak. Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away … Read more

Police officers have been ridiculed for performing Bee Gees’ hit Stayin’ Alive

Police officers slammed as ‘unfit for purpose’ after performing dance routine to the Bee Gees’ hit Stayin’ Alive as they urge the people to stay indoors Sandbach Police in Cheshire received hundreds of complaints for Twitter post  Four police officers were seen gyrating in front of three marked police cars  Twitter users asked if the … Read more

Rapper DaBaby slaps a woman as he makes his way to the stage and is booed off before performing

Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby was caught on camera brutally assaulting a female fan on Saturday night. Just as the performer, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, 28, was making his way to the stage a woman tried to attract his attention by waving her cellphone at him as he was passing by. DaBaby did not react well to … Read more