Scottish government spent £55,000 ‘preparing’ civil servants for Alex Salmond inquiry hearings 

The Scottish government spent more than £50,000 on preparing civil servants to give evidence about the investigation into former First Minister Alex Salmond, it has emerged. Top officials are reported to have spent hours preparing for the sessions, where they then suffered a ‘collective memory loss’ on key details. This has led to accusations of ‘coaching’ … Read more

I’ve spent £150,000 on Monopoly… and I don’t even like playing it!

I’ve spent £150,000 on Monopoly… and I don’t even like playing it! Man, 51, owns 3,000 sets of the property trading board game – and they’ve never even been opened Neil Scallan, 51, has paid out £150,000 for 3,029 different sets of Monopoly The export manager from Crawley, West Sussex, started his collection in 2005 … Read more

Maya Jama and ex Stormzy ‘secretly spent Christmas together sparking hopes they could reunite’

Maya Jama and ex Stormzy ‘secretly REUNITED for Christmas at her home sparking hopes they could rekindle their romance… 16 months after split’ The former couple split in August 2019 after four years together It has now been claimed they spent some of Christmas at Maya’s London home  Their pals are said to be thinking … Read more

Britain’s best universities spent £1.6m feeding students locked down by Covid

Russell Group universities have spent more than £1.6million on catering for self-isolating students since they returned to halls.  The University of Bristol spent the most on getting food to self-isolating students with a whopping £808,958.  Quarantine boxes that the university handed out to non-catered students in self-isolation cost £683,419 alone.  On top of that, the … Read more

Amanda Kloots shares photos from the last Christmas she spent with her late husband Nick Cordero

Amanda Kloots posted a photo from the last Christmas she spent with her late husband Nick Cordero on Thursday. Cordero tragically passed away earlier this year at age 41 after suffering complications from COVID-19, an ordeal which his wife documented regularly with Instagram followers. Despite having endured such a painful year, Kloots, 38, struck a … Read more

Sarah Beeny spent £70,000 on land for a camping trip

Sarah Beeny paid a seven-figure sum for her 220-acre Somerset farm, which is the subject of Channel 4 show, Sarah Beeny’s New Life In The Country.  The 48-year-old star of Property Ladder spoke to DONNA FERGUSON about the highs and lows of her financial life.  She is supporting Brain Tumour Research’s online ’12 Days of … Read more

Amazon swallowed up FORTY per cent of £5billion extra cash spent online by Britons

Amazon has pocketed 40 per cent of the £5billion extra cash spent online by Britons throughout the coronavirus pandemic, MPs were told today.  Shadow business minister Chi Onwurah has called on the Government to provide ‘firm commitments’ to support small businesses against the rising popularity of digital retailers, adding many shops are ‘afraid they won’t make it … Read more

White House head of security has lost his lower right leg to COVID and spent three months in the ICU

The White House’s director of security has lost his right leg and part of his left foot to COVID after spending three months in the ICU, a friend has revealed. Crede Bailey, 54, was first revealed to have contracted the virus in early October but a friend who set up a GoFundMe has now revealed … Read more

Ross Kemp reveals Barbara Windsor’s dying wish was for more money to be spent on dementia research

Ross Kemp has revealed that Dame Barbara Windsor’s dying wish was for more money to be spent dementia research. The TV icon sadly died on Thursday aged 83 after losing her battle with Alzheimer’s and tributes have poured in for the EastEnders and Carry On star.  And now Ross, 56, who played her on-screen son … Read more

Simon Cowell ‘rejected a meal Naughty Boy spent three hours cooking for him’

Simon Cowell ‘REJECTED a meal Naughty Boy spent three hours cooking for him… as it turned out he doesn’t eat lamb’ By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 17:54 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 18:20 GMT, 12 December 2020 He’s a reality show judge known for being hard to please.  And Simon Cowell reportedly once … Read more