Unemployment increased by 22,000 leaving 1.36million Britons out of work in three months before coronavirus hit By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 07:16 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 07:17 BST, 21 April 2020 Unemployment increased by 22,000 to 1.36 million in the three months to February, before the coronavirus pandemic gripped the UK, official … Read more
A junior doctor caught fiddling expenses on the NHS has escaped career ruin after he blamed his behaviour on having a ‘disorganised and chaotic’ home life. Dr Damian Duffy, 32, repeatedly submitted false mileage and timesheet claims for journeys he never made and for shifts he did not work over a four-month period. He also … Read more
A few weeks back, just as this pandemic struck Britain, I wrote that I was worried. I had been for some time, because this new coronavirus, to which we have no immunity, spreads frighteningly fast and can cause life-threatening illness. And people my age – I’m 62 – and older are at much higher risk … Read more
Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens And Bedlam Rating: Age Of The Image Rating: To his great credit, Michael Aspel did not try to excuse his 14-year stint as compere of the Miss World contest with the phrase: ‘Things were different in those days.’ That pretext is becoming as hackneyed as the plea: ‘I was only … Read more
Gruesome picture shows a man’s collapsed IRIS after he was struck in the eye by bungee cord he used to ‘strap shopping onto his motorcycle’ Unnamed 48-year-old battled pain, double vision and blurriness for a week Eye exam revealed his left iris was deformed and ‘sagging’ Diagnosed with traumatic iridodialysis – the iris disconnects from … Read more
Meghan Trainor reveals her father is doing ‘much better’ just over two weeks after being struck by car: ‘At first it was really, really scary’ By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 23:52 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 23:52 GMT, 9 March 2020 Meghan Trainor’s father, Gary Trainor, continues to improve two-and-a-half weeks after being … Read more
Prudential bosses in shake-up talks BEFORE hedge fund called for a break-up By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 26 February 2020 Prudential was planning a major overhaul before US hedge fund Third Point demanded a break-up this week. The 172-year-old life insurer, which is … Read more
When the reigning Miss World appeared on stage in 1969 in war-torn Saigon, alongside comedian Bob Hope, she received a rapturous reception from thousands of salivating US troops recovering from their brutal battles in Vietnam. Just weeks earlier more than 100 million viewers worldwide watched on TV as Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss Austria, was crowned as … Read more