Carrie Bickmore shares the relatable reason she decided to chop her locks   

‘I had cut away the heaviness’: Carrie Bickmore shares the emotional reason she decided to chop her long blonde locks into a short bob By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:58 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 07:58 GMT, 14 November 2020 Last month Carrie Bickmore debuted a new short haircut, to celebrate … Read more

Bakery chain Greggs announces it will cut over 800 jobs

Greggs has announced plans to cut 820 jobs amid the pandemic after the boss has warned how ‘Covid trading conditions have forced this action onto the business’.  Chief Executive Roger Whiteside warned that the bakery chain ‘will not be profitable as a business’ if sales continue at the rates they have been during lockdown.  The Newcastle-based … Read more

How Covid-19 care home rules tore couple apart

After 52 years of marriage, Dave and Irene Stallard are as devoted to each other as the day they met at college — bound together by a lifetime of shared happy memories. Nothing could separate them; not the stroke which felled Dave 16 years ago, nor the heart problems which nearly killed him ten years … Read more

Emotional care home reunion as 92-year-old meets her son

Emotional moment a 92-year-old care home resident sees her son through a window in their first reunion for months Freda Maddison is a resident at Eothen Homes in Wallsend in North Tyneside Has not been able to see son Stephen since new restrictions on carehome visits On Friday they met again thanks to a special … Read more

Covid UK: Five die after lockdown wake after Birmingham funeral

Covid kills FIVE mourners who were among hundreds at lockdown ‘street party’ wake after Birmingham funeral, councillor tells mosque leaders Paul Lankester said the city council had learned ‘anecdotally’ of the deaths One of a series of covid breaches in the city, according to the council boss Also told how, in a separate incident, mourners tried … Read more

‘I put on a lot of weight during the first lockdown’: Nick Knowles embraces his weight gain

Nick Knowles said he has ‘put on a lot of weight during the first lockdown’ after gorging on pies.  The TV presenter, 58, addressed the trolling he had received over his fuller figure after wearing a wetsuit for a DIY SOS Children In Need Special episode on Thursday.  When asked if the comments bothered him, Nick … Read more

Calls for GCSE and A-level grades to be set regionally this summer because of differing Covid levels

There have been more than 1,000 outbreaks of coronavirus in educational settings since schools reopened in September, the Government’s scientific advisers have suggested. An outbreak or cluster is classed by Public Health England (PHE) as two or more positive cases of Covid-19 related to one setting.  A document released by the Scientific Advisory Group for … Read more

Wales rave: Police hunt location of ‘mystery rave’ set to take place in country mansion

Police hunt location of ‘mystery rave’ set to take place in country mansion where organisers promise ‘good times and good music for the people’ at £25 a head Organisers of a rave have promised ‘good times and good music for the people’ Unofficial event on Saturday would break Wales’ strict coronavirus restrictions Police are trying … Read more

Molly-Mae Hague appears to flout COVID guidelines by hugging a competition winner

Molly-Mae Hague ‘flouts COVID guidelines’ by hugging a competition winner WITHOUT a face mask… before entering her house and meeting her sleeping baby! The former Love Island competitor had travelled to the south of England from her Manchester home to meet the lucky winner of her recent £8k giveaway The competition gave fans an opportunity … Read more

Sales of camper vans soaring more than 150 per cent since first lockdown in March

Britons go motorhome mad with sales of camper vans soaring more than 150 per cent since first lockdown in March Flash motorhomes – some with jacuzzis – sell between £50,000 to £100,000 Poll found 71 per cent Britons would love a trip in posh motorhome at Christmas Celebrity fans include Dame Helen Mirren, Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyonce and … Read more