The magic of my Silent Night pilgrimage, by HORATIO CLARE

Just before dawn a moon like a burning orange balloon appears, its reflection gilding our pilgrim path across the sands to Holy Island, Northumbria. I cry out in delight and start describing this luminous beauty into my microphone — we have been tasked with finding hope and wonder in the depths of the darkest year, … Read more

The heartbreaking reason former Bachelor star Laura Calleri has been silent on social media

The heartbreaking reason former Bachelor star Laura Calleri has been silent on social media By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:29 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 09:29 GMT, 14 December 2020 Bachelor star Laura Calleri returned to Instagram on Monday after taking a 13-day break from the social media platform. Addressing her absence … Read more

When a bout of shingles is a sign you’ve had silent Covid-19

Annette Guest, 69, a retired sales manager, developed shingles three weeks after having Covid-like symptoms — a pounding headache that lasted days and a sore throat — in early March Are we living through a quiet epidemic of shingles triggered by Covid-19? Doctors have been reporting a higher than expected number of cases of the painful … Read more

Alexandra Burke releases a new version of Silent Night featuring her late mum Melissa Bell

‘I really hope she’d be proud’: Alexandra Burke reveals she’s released a new version of Silent Night featuring her late mum Melissa Bell By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 10:52 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 10:53 GMT, 26 November 2020 Alexandra Burke has revealed she’s dropped a new version of Silent Night featuring her … Read more

US Election 2020: Polls missed ‘silent voters’ yet again

When will I ever learn? All I can say in my defence is that I’m not alone. In common with pretty well every pundit on both sides of the Atlantic, I assumed Joe Biden would trounce Donald Trump. The polls uniformly predicted a Biden landslide. On the eve of the election, a ten-point lead for … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: The polls missed a silent army again… so when will they learn?

When will I ever learn? All I can say in my defence is that I’m not alone. In common with pretty well every pundit on both sides of the Atlantic, I assumed Joe Biden would trounce Donald Trump. The polls uniformly predicted a Biden landslide. On the eve of the election, a ten-point lead for … Read more

Silent e-scooters will be fitted with fake noises to warn pedestrians

Silent e-scooters will be fitted with fake noises to warn pedestrians they are coming. Experts will be setting up focus groups with local communities from next year to work out what noise will be most effective to warn pedestrians and other road users that the scooters are approaching.  Trials are underway in towns and cities … Read more

Why was Keir Starmer so damningly silent on Jeremy Corbyn for so long

Why was Keir Starmer so damningly silent on Jeremy Corbyn for so long, asks Jewish Chronicle editor STEPHEN POLLARD By Stephen Pollard For The Daily Mail Published: 22:49 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 08:34 GMT, 30 October 2020 Jeremy Corbyn has never been a fit person to be a Labour MP – let alone … Read more

Journalist Darren Grimes accuses BBC of remaining silent during police probe

Journalist Darren Grimes has accused the BBC of ‘failing in its obligation to inform the nation’ after the broadcaster stays silent on the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into the Brexiteer’s interview with David Starkey Journalist Darren Grimes has accused the BBC of ‘failing in its obligation to inform the nation’ as the broadcaster stays silent on … Read more

Police officers across UK fall silent to honour murdered Sgt Matt Ratana

Police officers across the UK have fallen silent to remember ‘gentle giant’ Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana who was shot ‘several times’ by a suspect in handcuffs inside a police station. The 54-year-old was shot as he was preparing to search a handcuffed suspect – widely named as Louis De Zoysa, 23 – who had … Read more