DIY SOS: The Big Build viewers were reduced to tears over the team’s latest project to help a widow after her husband and daughter both died at her home. The BBC One programme, which aired last night, saw presenter Nick Knowles helping Caroline Blanchard, from Scunthrope, who tragically lost both her seven-year-old daughter Natasha in a … Read more
DIY SOS is set to transform the home where a woman lost her husband and her seven-year-old daughter during tonight’s emotional episode. Caroline Blanchard, from Scunthorpe, reveals on the BBC One Show that her seven-year-old daughter Natasha and 48-year-old husband Paul both died at her home, and she now feels unable to use the rooms … Read more
Blackpool Tower lights up with urgent ‘SOS’ message as tourism bosses say Tier 3 Covid lockdown leaves seaside resort facing ‘catastrophic’ economic collapse Business leaders in Blackpool have warned they face collapse due to Covid-19 The popular northern resort has been placed in a Tier 3 lockdown by Number 10 In an open letter, traders … Read more
The wife of a DIY SOS football fan has recalled the last laughing day with the father-of-three, who died five years after a gang of thugs attacked him. Nicole Dobbin, 48, said husband Simon, also 48, had been ‘messing around’ the day before his ‘heart just gave up’. Mr Dobbin was beaten and ‘kicked like a football’ … Read more
Pub landlords are to protest against Boris Johnson’s 10pm curfew this weekend as he and his ministers come under increasing pressure to explain how it is helping the fight against coronavirus. Venues across the country are being urged to flash their lights in an ‘SOS’ Morse Code pattern in the minutes after the enforced shutdown … Read more
Nick Knowles has paid tribute to a severely disabled teenager, who appeared on DIY SOS, after he passed away earlier this week. Last year, a moving episode of the home renovation show told the story of widower Darren and his sons Ollie, Mike and Harvey from Hull. Ollie was born with Hydrocephalus, known as water on … Read more
Stranded sailors are found on a tiny Pacific island after their SOS message desperately written in the sand was spotted by Australian pilots The three men became stranded on the island after their boat ran out of fuel The sailers drew a large SOS on the sand and hoped someone would find them They were … Read more
Emotional viewers cried ‘tears of joy’ as they watched a decorated war hero move into his new home in ‘veterans street’ on last night’s DIY SOS. Single father-of-three Simon Flores, a former Lance Corporal in the Royal Green Jackets and 3 Rifles, lost his left foot in a roadside bomb attack while on patrol during … Read more
Google launches ‘SOS Alert’ for coronavirus in search results to provide users with tips and information from the World Health Organisation on how to stay safe Google partners with WHO to make coronavirus information easily accessible SOS Alert prioritises WHO info on the virus when users search ‘coronavirus’ The feature, launched in 2017, gives uses reputable info … Read more