k Google mobility data shows people are flocking to parks during sunny weather By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:08:12 +0100 At a coronavirus pandemic press briefing at Downing Street today, Medical Director for NHS England Professor Stephen Powis shared data showing the public's movements for the first time. Full Article
k Boston Dynamics' 'Spot' robotic dog deployed in Singapore to remind people to keep a safe distance By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:14:41 +0100 Spot will traverse a 4-mile swath of Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park during off-peak hours while playing a recorded message that reminds park-goers 'observe safe distancing measures.' Full Article
k Tom Watson supported fantasist Carl Beech - yet became boss of UK Music and industry demand answers By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:35:07 +0100 Tom Watson's appointment as chairman of UK Music has triggered an extraordinary backlash, with insiders warning of a shattering split as they demand evidence of his qualifications for the role. Full Article
k Hatton Garden gang hand back less than a TENTH of the £27million they were ordered to repay By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 02:00:33 +0100 Brian Reader, 81, was ordered to pay £6.5million but has only repaid £406,072. Three other members of the gang have also underpaid following the 2015 £14million London heist. Full Article
k Meghan Markle and Prince Harry flown on private jet to LA By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 02:08:31 +0100 Tyler Perry sent his private jet to whisk Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to LA in a top secret, early morning enterprise on March 14, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively. Full Article
k Fancy a Michelin-starred takeaway during lockdown? Service offers meals from high-end restaurants By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 02:43:40 +0100 The London-based delivery company, named Supper, had been 'tootling along' with a few well-loved restaurants on its books before coronavirus hit and customer demand rose 700 per cent. Full Article
k Nearly half of Britons support lifting lockdown in three weeks By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 03:09:59 +0100 Significantly more Britons back lifting the coronavirus lockdown in three weeks time and only 20% would oppose it, a new poll has found. Full Article
k VE Day 75: UK sings along to Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again' By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 03:27:30 +0100 Brits joined together on Friday night to sing Dame Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again. Voices rang out up and down the country to mark 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. Full Article
k Obama says 'rule of law' is at risk following DOJ's decision to drop charges against General Flynn By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:46:20 +0100 Former President Barack Obama (seen left with then-President-elect Donald Trump at the White House in 2017) on Friday blasted the decision to drop the case against ex-NSA Michael Flynn (right). Full Article
k Hospitals probed after sending elderly back to care homes despite KNOWING they had coronavirus By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:23:37 +0100 EXCLUSIVE: The elderly patients sent back from hospitals, despite suffering from coronavirus, triggered outbreaks in care homes, tragically claiming the lives of other vulnerable residents. Full Article
k Tekashi 69 breaks Instagram record with 2M viewers of his livestream after release from jail By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:32:21 +0100 Tekashi 69 just broke the record for Instagram Live viewers as he broadcast an epic rant on Friday after his release from jail. Full Article
k 70000 are stuck on cruise ships during pandemic as unpaid crews beg to go home By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:33:38 +0100 Tens of thousands of crew members worldwide are still on cruise ships out at sea. Workers are confined to cabins aboard ships and most of them are no longer being paid after contracts expired. Full Article
k Counter terrorism police fear ISIS cells are being reactivated to plot attacks across Europe By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:37:49 +0100 Police are looking into the possibility Isis 'sleepers' have been 'reactivated' and are plotting attacks around Europe. Two weeks ago Britain's most wanted ISIS fugitive, who has links to Jihadi John, was arrested. Full Article
k Prince Harry surrounded by Meghan Markle's friends in LA villa By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:47:50 +0100 Several of her closest friends live near the vast £14.5million villa the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have moved into in star-studded Beverly Hills with its famed 90210 postcode. Full Article
k Australia's 'organisational queen' reveals foolproof way to tidy up kitchen sink and bathroom vanity By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:56:43 +0100 An Australian 'organisational queen' has revealed her best tips for keeping your kitchen cupboards, bathroom vanity and toy room clean with the help of IKEA and Kmart tubs. Full Article
k Couple die in agony after home brewing their own lockdown beer By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:14:27 +0100 South African couple Tony Hilliar, 54, and Alida Fouche, 42,died after making their own illicit supply of beer to get around their country's strict alcohol ban imposed since the Covid-19 lockdown. Full Article
k E-scooters trials to allow them on the roads to be fast-tracked By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:25:09 +0100 The government hope that battery-powered electric scooters - which can travel up to 30mph and cost between £200 and £500 - will offer an alternative to public transport after coronavirus lockdown. Full Article
k Lockdown could be needlessly prolonged because of ministers' obsession with 'irrelevant' R-value By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:25:25 +0100 The Government is relying on the 'R' figure - the average number of people a coronavirus patient infects - to tell them when it is safe to unlock the UK. But experts have said the measure it is 'too crude'. Full Article
k Prince William and Kate Middleton chat to veterans on VE Day By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:29:48 +0100 Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, made a video call to residents of an East Sussex care home on Wednesday. They giggled as the WWII veterans shared their VE Day memories. Full Article
k UK companies 'will have to provide face masks for all who return to work' By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:30:02 +0100 The PM is expected to recommend people wear them in the office, on public transport and when shopping despite not making them compulsory in England. Full Article
k Now a member of Mike Pence's staff tests positive for coronavirus By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:31:06 +0100 Vice President Mike Pence's spokesperson Katie Miller, who also serves as a spokesperson for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, tested positive for the coronavirus.. Full Article
k Adele shows off dramatic weight loss and ALISON BOSHOFF reveals how she picked her look from pals By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:35:01 +0100 ALISON BOSHOFF: Adele, 32 this week, posed for stunning photos in which her 10 st weight loss was evident. So what is behind her makeover, and who's in the glam squad behind her transformation? Full Article
k DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: We can all learn the lessons of life in lockdown By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:59:18 +0100 With some elements of the lockdown expected to ease from Monday, now is a good time to start to reflect on the past seven weeks and consider the 'positives' we might take from the experience. Full Article
k Garden centres OPEN: Customers will return next week as the lockdown eases By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:07:06 +0100 Garden centres will be allowed to reopen next week under Boris Johnson's plans to ease the lockdown. Full Article
k World's 'oldest man' celebrates 116th birthday more than 100 years after Spanish flu killed sister By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:07:26 +0100 Centenarian Fredie Blom was born on May 8, 1904, in Adelaide near the Great Winterberg mountain range of South Africa's Eastern Cape province. He celebrated his 116th yesterday. Full Article
k Commuters could be made to book slots at train stations using smartphone app to stop overcrowding By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:32:27 +0100 Commuters on Britain's railways may have to book allotted times to travel to stop overcrowding once coronavirus lockdown measures start to ease. Rail operators are said to be considering a new app. Full Article
k Woman who battled cystic acne for nearly a decade cures it during lock-down By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:37:34 +0100 Lucy Morris, 22, from Surrey battled cystic acne for almost a decade and was left with depression due to her medication but has cured it during lock-down after finding a line of 'miracle' products. Full Article
k The Mail reveals it's a female former friend suing Duke and Duchess of York for a £6.7m unpaid debt By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:40:54 +0100 The original owner, said to be a female beneficiary of a trust fund, is believed to have sold Chalet Helora to the Yorks in 2014 for 22m Swiss francs (£18m). They owe her £6.7m and she decided to go to court. Full Article
k Rishi Sunak 'making final decision on future of furlough scheme this weekend' By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:44:32 +0100 Chancellor Rishi Sunak will make a final decision this weekend on when and how to phase out the government's coronavirus furlough scheme, it was claimed today. Full Article
k Lawyers warn lack of PPE could result in corporate manslaughter charges By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:52:51 +0100 Lawyers have warned the lack of PPE for NHS and care workers could result in corporate manslaughter charges as 54 Covid-19 healthcare deaths were reported to the Health and Safety Executive. Full Article
k Social media users get creative in a new challenge that involves making dresses from shopping bags By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:55:49 +0100 People from across the world have taken to Instagram with creative snaps of outfits they've made using shopping bags as part of a new viral challenge. Full Article
k Queen's VE Day 75th Anniversary speech praises lockdown spirit By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:58:01 +0100 Her Majesty spoke from Windsor Castle at 9pm today as she celebrated the everyday heroism of the wartime generation and the British people battling coronavirus during the national crisis. Full Article
k Killing Eve's evil inspiration: The real crimes that inspired Villanelle's onscreen murders By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:58:24 +0100 Dressed in braces and bow tie, with frizzy hair and a bulbous red nose, assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) arrives at a children's party to make balloon animals (episode two, series three). Full Article
k Last member of The Few from Battle of Britain has 'luck of the Irish' By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:08:42 +0100 John 'Paddy' Hemingway, at age 100, is the last member of The Few, a crew of RAF pilots who protected the UK from the Luftwaffe over the English Channel in 1940. Full Article
k Is THIS the dress of the summer? Fashionistas go wild over comfortable New Look smock By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:22:51 +0100 Fashion fans and influencers from across the UK are raving about the black-and-white checked dress from New Look, with many saying they 'need' it for their summer wardrobes. Full Article
k Mother-of-two, 32, creates stylish Merino wool blanket in lockdown By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:47:10 +0100 Rosanna McKean, 32, from Bristol, followed a 13-minute YouTube tutorial to create a grey Merino wool blanket for her modern living room while in lockdown, which cost £70 fo the materials. Full Article
k Suspect, 23, will appear in court charged with murder of man killed for his £7,000 Rolex watch By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:13:17 +0100 Danny Pearce, 31, was stabbed and allegedly shot at by two thugs on a scooter after he left a jazz club in Greenwich, south-east London in 2017. Full Article
k Top Russian scientist trying to clone Ice Age woolly mammoth dies suddenly from heart attack By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:15:43 +0100 Dr Semyon Grigoryev, 46, had been leading the research into the remains of the Ice Age beasts, frozen for tens of thousands of years in the Siberian permafrost. Full Article
k Ribblehead viaduct threatens to collapse after walkers hit by falling rubble By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:15:48 +0100 The 145-year-old grade II structure has developed defects which are causing masonry to plunge off the edge. Engineers have discovered fractures along its 24 arches, which tower 100ft above ground. Full Article
k The best holiday homes to book for a post-lockdown break with family and friends from Italy to Wales By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:24:54 +0100 All of us are dreaming of the days when families can enjoy real, not virtual, time together. Here are some of the best options in the UK and abroad where you can do just that once restrictions are lifted. Full Article
k French tourist escapes death by punching a shark which attacked him while surfing at a popular beach By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:03:31 +0100 Dylan Nacass, 23, managed to escape with only minor lacerations after a shark latched onto his leg while he was surfing at Bell's Beach in regional Victoria on Friday afternoon. Full Article
k Professor Lockdown should NOT have resigned over secret trysts with his mistress say epidemiologists By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:11:26 +0100 Experts have slammed a 'misconception' that one single scientist was the 'architect of the lockdown' and single-handedly convinced the government to introduce drastic social distancing measures. Full Article
k South Korea shuts down nightclubs after new coronavirus spike is blamed on clubbers last weekend By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:05:11 +0100 The measures imposed Saturday by Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon came after the national government urged venues around the nation to close or otherwise enforce anti-virus measures, Full Article
k Rolls-Royce latest £405,000 Black Badge SUV attracts younger customers with black Spirit of Ecstasy By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:37:49 +0100 The debut of Rolls-Royce's £405,000 Cullinan Black Badge has attracted a younger brand of car buyers with the average age of Rolls-Royce customers falling to 42-years-old. Full Article
k Marking the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth - her life in fascinating objects By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:41:03 +0100 Britain's Florence Nightingale is known for revolutionising nursing. As medics fight the coronavirus pandemic, her work resonates. Here, we celebrate her life with a collection of objects. Full Article
k Emma Stone sparks fan speculation she is secretly MARRIED By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:56:12 +0100 Emma Stone has sparked speculation she has secretly married fiancé Dave McCary. Full Article
k Kate Garraway given hope amid husband Derek's battle with COVID-19 as fans share stories of recovery By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:05:57 +0100 The GMB presenter, 53, thanked a fan for telling her about her own husband's survival of the deadly bug, following a seven-week stint in intensive care Full Article
k Workers could get legal right to work from home in 'workplace revolution' By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:18:23 +0100 Whitehall officials are modelling the plans on rules that already allow new parents to request flexible working. It will make it easier for those who do go in to the office to socially distance. Full Article
k Parkgoer gives Boris Johnson a piece of his mind as he plans to get Britain back to work By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:29:42 +0100 Prime Minister Boris Johnson was confronted by a member of the public as he walked through St James's Park this morning. This was the fourth time this week the PM has been seen holding a coffee cup. Full Article
k Warmer weather does NOT kill off coronavirus: Two separate studies dash hopes for summer By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:30:28 +0100 US and Canadian researchers said the transmission risk was only reduced by about 1.5 per cent for every degree Fahrenheit above 77F (25C). They analysed 370,000 cases of the virus. Full Article