BAZ BAMIGBOYE: A French twist for Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess in new Downton movie 

The entente cordiale between the UK and France will surely be improved if Maggie Smith and Nathalie Baye, one of the greatest living French actresses, have anything to do with it. The two screen legends will meet on the set of the Downton Abbey film sequel that’s due to begin shooting in late March or … Read more

Daredevil hurtles down an abandoned luge run on a MOUNTAIN BIKE

Cool runnings: Daredevil hurtles down abandoned Winter Olympics luge track on a MOUNTAIN BIKE in heart-stopping helmet camera footage Stuntman Antoni Villoni captured dashcam footage in Villard des Lans, France The 28-year-old navigated down the 1000-metre-long concrete track with ease The luge run had originally been used during the 1968 Winter Olympics  By Raven Saunt For … Read more

Daredevil hurtles down an abandoned bobsleigh run on a MOUNTAIN BIKE

Cool runnings…. Daredevil hurtles down abandoned Olympic bobsleigh run on a MOUNTAIN BIKE in heart-stopping helmet camera footage Stuntman Antoni Villoni captured dashcam footage in Villard des Lans, France The 28-year-old navigated down the 1000-metre-long concrete track with ease The luge run had originally been used during the 1968 Winter Olympics  By Raven Saunt For Mailonline … Read more

French woman married and had a baby with a man on death row

A woman who married a man she met while writing to inmates on death row, has revealed they’ve managed to have a baby together – despite conjugal visits not being permitted at his prison.  Sigrid, 39, who is from France but now lives in Florida, spoke to Truly about the challenges she’s faced since beginning a relationship … Read more

WHO recommends Oxford AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for over-65s

The World Health Organization has officially recommended the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for people over the age of 65 and said it should be used ‘without an upper age limit’.  WHO experts have reviewed all the evidence from studies of the jab and said there is ‘no reason’ it shouldn’t be used against the South African variant … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: A decade in prison for lying about where you travelled? It’s laughable

How easily we slip into the unimaginable! Think back to before the pandemic — I know it’s hard. If you had been told then that travellers might be sentenced to ten years in prison for lying about which country they had recently visited, you wouldn’t have believed it. All right, you might have said, such … Read more

French leader Marine Le Pen denies breaking hate speech laws by tweeting images of ISIS atrocities

French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has denied breaking hate speech laws by tweeting ‘monstrous’ pictures of ISIS atrocities, a case she slammed as a politically motivated attempt to silence her.   The leader of the National Rally party appeared in a Paris court today after she was accused of spreading hate by publicising the … Read more

French leader Marine Le Pen faces three years in jail for tweeting images of ISIS atrocities

French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen is facing three years in prison for tweeting out ‘monstrous’ photographs of an American journalist decapitated by Islamic State.   The leader of the National Rally party appeared in a Paris court today after she was accused of spreading hate by publicising the images of James Foley, who was murdered … Read more

Marks & Spencer SHUTS one of its 20 branches in Paris

Marks & Spencer SHUTS one of its 20 branches in Paris after weeks of Brexit-related food shortages Marks & Spencer store in Chaussée d’Antin branch, Paris, has shut its doors Stores in France have seen delays of fresh food imports from UK due to Brexit  The company has said that the closure is not related … Read more

World Health Organization recommends Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s

Oxford University and AstraZeneca’s vaccine is safe and ‘likely effective’ for people over the age of 65, the World Health Organization said today. The WHO has officially recommended the use of the vaccine in adults of all ages and said that doses should ideally be spaced by between eight and 12 weeks. The statement is … Read more