HENRY DEEDES witnesses the Education Secretary causing diplomatic carnage

Doubtless you are familiar with those disaster movies in which a doomed jet plane, engines aflame, spirals towards an unforgiving ocean. Cut to the cockpit where we find our pilot pawing helplessly at the controls. His teeth clenched, his eyes bulging. Sweat cascading down both cheeks. This is the face Downing Street handlers pull whenever … Read more

Locals furious as Nicole Kidman’s new series is causing huge traffic jams in Byron Bay 

Byron Bay locals furious as they claim production for Nicole Kidman’s new series is causing huge traffic jams in the coastal town By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:34 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 23:34 GMT, 26 November 2020 Production for Nicole Kidman’s new Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers is currently underway … Read more

Mother who DROVE home from court after being banned from road for causing head-on crash avoids jail

A mother who drove home from court immediately after being banned from the road for driving the wrong way down the motorway and causing a head-on crash has avoided jail but must pay £1,340. Hotel housekeeper Simara Knopka, 39, was hauled back before the judge who previously dealt with her after she was pictured flouting … Read more

Zoom: seeing themselves in video calls is causing record numbers of people to seek plastic surgery

Zoom gloom: Rise of video calls that force people to regularly stare at their own faces has led to record numbers seeking plastic surgery, study finds Surgeons from Boston reported a rise in video-call-driven body dissatisfaction The leading complaints of ‘Zoom Dysmorphia’ centre on noses and wrinkles The team warned that webcams can negatively distort the appearance on … Read more

I’m A Celebrity 2020: Bosses ‘making emergency plans to stop stormy weather from causing chaos’

I’m A Celebrity 2020: Bosses ‘are making emergency plans to stop stormy weather from throwing show into chaos after 50mph winds batter Gwrych Castle’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:55 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 00:55 GMT, 16 November 2020 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! bosses are reportedly making emergency … Read more

M11 is CLOSED after lorry topples onto a van in Essex causing huge tailbacks onto the M25

M11 is CLOSED after lorry topples onto a van in Essex causing huge tailbacks onto the M25 at start of half-term getaway Lorry and van were in collision as families tried to getaway for half-term Accident happened just after 12pm on M11 near to the junction for the M25 Pictures of the crash showed a … Read more

Huge fleet of 300 Chinese fishing boats is ‘raping’ Galapagos Islands’ waters, causing damage

Huge fleet of 300 Chinese fishing boats is ‘raping’ Galapagos Islands’ waters, pillaging food supplies and causing unprecedented environmental damage, officials say Fleet includes fish processing plants, refuelling vessels and colossal trawlers Boats raided the Galapagos Islands’ protected waters throughout the summer They have since moved south and anchored off Peru after international outcry Islands … Read more

M25 is CLOSED for rush hour causing massive six-mile tailback after ambulance, HGV and car crash

M25 is CLOSED for rush hour causing massive six-mile tailback after serious crash involving an ambulance, HGV and car in Surrey Crash happened near Surrey between junctions 8 and 10 at 3.30am today It involved an ambulance, an HGV and a black BMW, whose driver was hurt Surrey Police have warned M25 will be closed … Read more

Glitch in NHS Covid-19 app causing phantom notifications is FINALLY ‘fixed’

The NHS Covid-19 app has finally been given an update to address the glitch causing phantom notifications which led to widespread alarm among users.  England and Wales’s contact-tracing app is based on the software blueprint laid out for free by Apple and Google.  Many people have reported receiving bizarre alerts which were said to be … Read more

The housing boom is causing mortgage prices to skyrocket as banks take advantage of surge in buyers

Mortgage rates have skyrocketed in the last few months, with the average home-owner paying up to £480 more interest on their fixed-rate deal every year.  The cost of an average two-year fixed-rate mortgage – which had an interest rate of 2 per cent in June – now stands at 2.24 per cent. Because of this increase, a … Read more