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Idris Elba has spoken out against critics who suggested his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba should not have been by his side when he announced he has tested positive for coronavirus. The Luther star, 47, posted a video on Monday night confirming he has tested positive, but appeared with his model wife in the video, who … Read more
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins admit quitting Great British Bake Off was a ‘painful’ decision but felt they couldn’t continue after learning it was moving to Channel 4 from watching TV By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:01 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 02:21 GMT, 17 March 2020 Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have … Read more
Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is ‘surprised and concerned’ Boris Johnson didn’t lockdown parts of Britain to tackle the coronavirus ‘national emergency’ as debate rages over whether the PM has gone far enough to protect Britain’s 66million population. Mr Hunt, who since leaving the cabinet is chair of the Commons health and social … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Backlash prompts YouTube to reverse course on demonetizing coronavirus videos as select creators will soon be allowed to profit off of vlogging about the pandemic The platform changed its mind on demonetizing coronavirus content Select creators will now be able to profit off of ads on coronavirus videos The move comes after prominent YouTubers criticized … Read more
The three figures vying for the leadership of the Labour Party stood shamefully silent last night after the suspension of Trevor Phillips over claims of Islamophobia. Anti-racism veteran Mr Phillips yesterday vowed to ‘not go without a fight’ after he was warned he faced expulsion from Labour. Yesterday senior party figures, including former home secretaries David … Read more
Stephen King warns that a book publisher’s decision on Friday to cancel a planned memoir by Woody Allen is censorship. ‘The Hachette decision to drop the Woody Allen book makes me very uneasy,’ the bestselling author tweeted on Friday. ‘It’s not him; I don’t give a damn about Mr. Allen. ‘It’s who gets muzzled next … Read more
Government is slammed for coronavirus ‘secrecy’ after announcing it will NOT tell the public where new cases have been found for up to a week Former PHE director as slammed decision to withhold information until Friday Professor Paul Ashford said: ‘The public needs to know if it’s in their area’. Dr Jennifer Cole, a biological … Read more
Climate-change activists will not be the only ones celebrating the Court of Appeal’s decision to block a new third runway at Heathrow. It saves the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who once threatened to lie down in front of the bulldozers, from having to make an embarrassing U-turn. It is a great victory for British Airways … Read more
Police watchdog delays decision to investigate Boris Johnson’s relationship with Jennifer Arcuri, blaming global hunt for witnesses The IOPC confirmed it was pushing back the investigation until after the election Watchdog confirmed it was doing a ‘scoping exercise’ to track down witnesses Move means that possible damaging headlines will be after election campaign By Sophie Law … Read more