From Ellie Goulding on Fear Itself to James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds: This week’s top podcasts

From Ellie Goulding on Fear Itself to Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast, The Week In Art & James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 Fear Itself Actress Cressida Bonas is still best known for having gone out with Prince … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why Britain MUST bail out Richard Branson – however mad it sounds for the taxpayers

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why Britain MUST bail out Richard Branson – however mad it may sound for the taxpayers to save a billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic airline is under serious threat due to COVID-19  Virgin announced they would be cutting 3,150 jobs on Tuesday afternoon Other airlines such as Lufthansa and Air France-KLM are in … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson ‘sounds breathless’ for briefing

Boris Johnson raised fears for his health tonight with a breathless first Downing Street briefing since being discharged from intensive care after battling coronavirus. The Prime Minister leaned on his lectern with both arms and his opening remarks were punctuated by strained inhalations. ‘Boris sounds worryingly breathless,’ Piers Morgan tweeted. Meanwhile, medical experts backed the … Read more

‘Boris sounds worryingly breathless’: Prime Minister leans on his lectern in strained first briefing

Boris Johnson raised fears for his health tonight with a breathless first Downing Street briefing since being discharged from intensive care after battling coronavirus. The Prime Minister leaned on his lectern with both arms and his opening remarks were punctuated by strained inhalations. ‘Boris sounds worryingly breathless,’ Piers Morgan tweeted. Meanwhile, medical experts backed the … Read more

Economic think-tank sounds alarm on household debt

Britain’s leading economic think-tank sounds alarm on household debt, warning many will be unable to pay it off By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 Britain’s leading economic think-tank has sounded the alarm on household debt, warning many will be unable to … Read more

Matt Hancock sounds like a quartermaster, says ex-head of Army medics Dr Michael von Bertele

DR MICHAEL VON BERTELE is the former Director General of the Army Medical Services We all know the saying: ‘We won the battle but lost the war’ – and that is what could well happen with the fight against coronavirus.  King Pyrrhus, from whom the term Pyrrhic victory was derived, might have defeated the Roman … Read more

From podcasts to movies – how to see new sights and sounds at home amid coronavirus crisis

The Armchair Traveller: From Michael Portillo guiding you around the world to the classic movie Before Sunrise – how to see new sights and sounds at home There are all sorts of ways to keep exploring the world from your own home  Stanfords Travel Podcast has amazing lectures of real-life travel adventures  The book The … Read more

Adele ‘sounds better than ever’ ahead of comeback album

She recently let slip she plans to drop new music in September.    And OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, 40, who is collaborating with Adele, 31, on the album has hinted that she ‘sounds better than ever’. Ryan, who has previously helped the singer write classic hits such as Rumour Has It and Turning Tables, broke his promise to ‘stay completely … Read more

Big business sounds alarm over virus: Diageo takes £200m profits hit

Big business sounds alarm over virus: Diageo takes a £200m hit to profits, Rio warns on China demand as Chevron UK HQ is evacuated By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:54 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 26 February 2020 The threat posed by coronavirus to businesses of all types was … Read more