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The hero police officer injured in a knife attack at a Glasgow hotel has said he will never forget the bloodbath and has praised the bravery of his colleagues from his hospital bed where he remains in a stable condition. Constable David Whyte, 42, was one of six people injured during the incident at the … Read more
Forget about birds and bees, scientists prove SOAP BUBBLES can be used to pollinate fruit trees, which could help compensate for the dramatic declines in global bee populations Japanese scientists developed a method to pollinate plants with soap bubbles The bubbles are non-toxic to plants and have a 95% success rate with pear trees They … Read more
Tiger King on Netflix has been stealing all the headlines, with its crazed tales of ‘big cat’ owners in the States. It highlighted the startling statistic that there are more big cats in private ownership in the US than in the wild. It was against this backdrop that I set out on safari to see … Read more
The pilots of doomed Pakistan Airlines Flight 8303 which crashed in Karachi on Friday killing 97 may have forgotten to put the wheels down before landing, analysis of flight data and cockpit recordings has suggested. Captain Sajjad Gull, Pakistan Airline’s most-senior pilot, and his co-pilot aborted their initial landing when they realised their mistake – but … Read more
Take a deep breath, put your hands together and say namaste to Adriene Mishler, the queen of quarantine yoga. Joe Wicks may have conquered the hearts of pent-up five-year-olds but, for midlife women, the 35-year-old instructor reigns supreme. As thousands of us take up at-home classes to keep calm and exercise inflexible bodies, YouTube’s biggest … Read more
‘Let us not forget the toils ahead’: How Churchill’s VE Day message and photos of jubliant Londoners hold haunting relevance today… as locked-down Britons prepare to mark 75 years since end of WWII Images of Britons celebrating victory over Nazi Germany have reemerged ahead of VE Day’s 75th anniversary Evocative pictures show the streets of … Read more
Thinking about it now, the place I was happiest as a child was in my mother’s larder. It was that special room where you could cool your bare feet in summer; always dimly lit by a small window screened with fine wire mesh to keep the bugs out. During my childhood in rural England, most … Read more
The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1) Rating: First Dates Hotel (C4) Rating: You can tell a lot about a celeb from what he packs in his suitcase. Henry ‘Blowers’ Blofeld, cricket commentator and bon viveur, took an armful of colourful shirts and a bottle of champagne to India, on The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1). Paul ‘Chuckle … Read more
Katy Perry ‘will never forget’ being pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic. The 35-year-old star – who is expecting her first child with her fiancé Orlando Bloom – admitted while she is facing some tough challenges, being in isolation has meant she is ‘grateful’ for so many things. Speaking to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, she … Read more
BEST OF BIOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin The greatest of English novelists deserves a great biography and Claire Tomalin delivers handsomely. And what a life it was. Dickens packed a load in before his untimely death at the age of 58, burnt out by constant activity, heavy drinking and smoking, … Read more