PPE gear for NHS staff branded useless when it failed safety tests was made by a Turkish T-shirt company, it was revealed yesterday. Health officials desperate to tackle PPE shortages endangering frontline staff cut a lightning deal with Istanbul-based textile firm boss Mehmet Duzen last month. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest […]
FOUR in ten pubs face closure and 320,000 staff the axe unless the Government saves the industry from “total destruction”, ministers have been warned. Boozers are buckling under lockdown and will not last until September when it is thought they may be permitted to reopen, campaigners say. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the […]
OVER the coming weeks, as lockdown ends, the Government will decide what new things we can do and when we can do them. First we will be allowed to go fishing and then, if we behave ourselves, we may be able to have Mum round for tea, providing she’s wrapped up in polythene. ⚠️ Read […]
FERNE McCann looks incredible in a tiny red bikini showing off her toned abs and lithe legs to cook up a storm over the BBQ during Bank Holiday Friday. The reality star, 29, recently revealed to her fans on her show First Time Mum that she had split from new boyfriend Albie Gibbs because of […]
ALL people arriving in the UK will be quarantined for two weeks to stop a second coronavirus wave, Boris Johnson is set to announce. Holidaymakers and travellers arriving into the country – including Brits – at ports and airports will be forced to self-isolate for a fortnight, or risk a £1,000 fine or deportation. ⚠️ […]
AS boasts go, “Europe’s largest sand dune!” is not immediately impressive. But as I approach the Dune du Pilat, outside Bordeaux in France, the vast expanse of sand is simply staggering. It reaches the equivalent of 30 storeys high and, like a slice of the Sahara carelessly dropped on to France, looks strangely out of […]
VISIT America’s top sporting city and enjoy cheap laughs and cheap beer as you explore free stand-up comedy in Boston. The food scene is a mouth-watering melting pot as you tuck into clam chowder at the city’s oldest restaurant, the Union Oyster House. WHY SHOULD I GO? BIRTHPLACE of the telephone and microwave, top NFL […]
THE DEATHS of a mother and her five-year-old daughter were caused by carbon monoxide inhalation in what cops believe was a case of “reckless homicide and suicide.” Kimbra Shanafelt and her daughter Dahni Shanafelt, from Evansville, Indiana, were found by a relative on April 22, who alerted emergency services. Although the first responders reportedly observed […]
A MOTHER and son accused of Tamara Ecclestone’s £50million burglary have now been charged with raids on the homes of Frank Lampard and Leicester City’s late owner. The three burglaries took place over 13 days last December in exclusive West London areas. Formula 1 heiress Tamara, 35, husband Jay Rutland, 39, were away on a […]
GOGGLEBOX viewers were in tears tonight as the show paid tribute to June Bernicoff after she died following a short illness. The 82-year-old passed away at home on Tuesday surrounded by her friends and family. At the end credits of tonight’s show a small tribute was made to its former star. While the show’s Twitter […]
SOMETIMES we go about our daily lives without stopping to think about why some things are the way they are. But one clever mum found a genius way to make use of the otherwise unused hole in the side of her sink by turning it into a handy soap dispenser. The compartment is usually an […]
MANCHESTER UNITED have reportedly enquired over the possibility to bring Real Valladolid centre-back Mohammed Salisu to Old Trafford at the end of the season. SunSport reported last month how the Red Devils were keen to sign the 21-year-old, and the club now appear to have stepped up their pursuit of the defender. According to ESPN, […]
IT has become very clear that this awful coronavirus is far deadlier to those who are overweight. While most people who catch Covid-19 will get better — albeit after several weeks of feeling battered, bruised and as weak as a newborn kitten — the cold, hard fact is that an infected person who is obese […]
OVER THE POND, in the land of the American dream and celebrity soccer, livelihoods and careers are about to be crushed. The MLS, renowned across the globe for attracting the biggest names since its inception in 1994, has not been immune from the devastating fight against coronavirus. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus in sport live blog […]
MINISTERS are working on a plan to save the British Grand Prix on its 70th anniversary this summer, The Sun can reveal. It looked set to join the other nine Formula 1 races already cancelled worldwide due to the pandemic — and its 300,000 ticket-holders have been offered refunds. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog […]
