The reality of plastic pollution was horrifically clear when this river overflowed. Trees and bushes along its banks were draped with ragged blue plastic bags. The pollution is tainting a pocket of nature in east London, a haven where kingfishers can be seen darting into the water, bream come to spawn and black poplars, Britain’s … Read more
Thousands of firms are hoping for a swift return to health after a gruelling 2020. And experts say the Brexit deal, vaccine roll-out and a new president in the White House will hopefully spark life back into the UK and global economies. But not all businesses will recover quickly. So how can investors spot the difference between … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: New Year is always a time for reflection but never more so than the strange, muted first days of 2021 – so what have we learned? Lives and businesses have changed in ways that would have been unimaginable at the start of 2020 In business, Covid-19 has delivered a coup de grace to … Read more
Jonathan Ross’ daughter Honey, 23, strips down to her lingerie while going make-up free in racy festive selfie By Georgia Simcox and Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 09:18 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 09:19 GMT, 26 December 2020 Jonathan Ross’s daughter Honey stripped down to her underwear to wish her followers a merry Christmas … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Lice one, doc! Proof that Ratty didn’t cause The Great Plague By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail and Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:03 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 02:08 GMT, 18 November 2020 The Great Plague: Outbreak Rating: How To Spend It Well At Christmas … Read more
Chrissy Teigen giggles as she gets her private nurse to dress as a medieval plague doctor for Halloween: ‘I cannot handle’ By Heather Waugh For Dailymail.com Published: 18:44 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 18:44 GMT, 30 October 2020 After a difficult couple of months, Chrissy Teigen enjoyed some lighthearted fun on Friday. The 34-year-old … Read more
These pictures reveal an eerie abandoned island where plague victims were once left to die in the Venetian lagoon – home of the world’s first quarantines. The island of Poveglia has been deserted and closed to visitors for decades, its dilapidated hospital buildings frozen in time, its imposing fort now abandoned and its rumoured mass … Read more
The Great Plague of 1665–6 saw disease spread some four times faster in London than it did at the peak of the Black Death in 1348, a study has concluded. Experts from Canada analysed thousands of pages of historical records and personal documents to determine the plague picked up speed over the centuries. The Black … Read more
‘Tasteless’ homeowners have been slammed over a trend of ruining pretty homes with dreary paint-jobs, supersized fences and Astro-turf lawns, dubbed the ‘Grey Plague’. A number of examples have been shared online in recent weeks, showing how once picturesque white houses, often dating back centuries, have been transformed into ugly, grey mountains stripped of greenery … Read more
Drivers across the UK will be plagued by potholes this winter after a number of authorities failed to make sufficient repairs on their A-roads in the last two years. Figures from the Department for Transport and Research, which were analysed by the AA, showed only six per cent of councils in England had repaired the … Read more