Naps and weekend lie-ins are typically not enough to compensate for insufficient sleep

Go to bed! Napping and weekend lie-ins are typically not enough to compensate for getting less than six hours sleep a night during the week, study shows Researchers from France studied the sleep patterns of more than 12,000 adults They found that around a third suffered from insufficient sleep during the week Yet only a … Read more

Experts insist reusable coffee cups ARE safe to use

Experts insist reusable coffee cups ARE safe to use amid fears over spike in disposable plastic waste during the coronavirus crisis Statement signed by more than 100 experts including virologists and doctors They write that single-use plastics are not inherently safer than reusables Basic hygiene practices should keep reusable cups clean and safe for others  … Read more

Exclusive for MoS readers: See beautiful Bordeaux with chef James Martin

Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See beautiful Bordeaux with chef James Martin – discover the TV star’s culinary roots on a luxury 8-day cruise By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 With breathtaking scenery and glorious weather almost all year round, the Atlantic … Read more

Naomi Campbell says she doesn’t appear on magazines in some countries because of her skin colour

Naomi Campbell says she has missed out on magazine covers because of her skin colour. The supermodel, 50, has been outspoken about racism in the fashion world, admitting it makes her ‘f***ing furious’. She told The Times: ‘It makes me f***ing furious. Last year I was refused entry to a hotel in the south of … Read more

Crime writer Peter May recalls his travel adventures

Checking in… Bestselling crime writer Peter May talks about his favourite places in the world and why Ernest Hemingway is his fantasy travel companion By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:20 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 10:20 BST, 20 June 2020 Bestselling author Peter May (above) This week bestselling author Peter May … Read more

‘Air bridges’ plan is set to involve fewer than 10 countries including Spain, Greece and France

Fewer than 10 countries will have an ‘air bridge’ to the UK and travelers arriving from elsewhere could have to pay for a COVID-19 test to avoid 14-day quarantine Officials are examining both the coronavirus risk and destination’s popularity  At the moment, any traveller arriving in the UK must quarantine for 14 days ‘Air bridge’ … Read more

Coronavirus France: Actors kiss on set as film industry restarts

Actors have started kissing again on French film shoots, the country’s culture minister said Friday. Franck Riester said ‘kissing has started again on sets’ where the ‘actors have been tested’ for the coronavirus. And he insisted that l’amour is not completely dead despite the pandemic. The minister told French radio that while shooting in Europe’s … Read more

Red Arrows fly over Eiffel Tower in incredible pilot’s-eye footage

Incredible footage shows the moment the Red Arrows performed a flypast over Paris on the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s 1940 call to resist the Nazis. Cockpit video from yesterday’s display shows RAF jets in total streaking red, white and blue smoke over the French capital’s landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower. The aerobatics squadrons … Read more

Just 110 humans would be needed to set up new Mars colony

Just 110 humans would be needed to set up new Mars colony, expert reveals Jean-Marc Salott at Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique carried out study He found that just 110 needed to help make tools and commodities on the planet The colony would have to live in an oxygen-filled dome and start own agriculture By Bhvishya … Read more

Mandela and Gandhi statues join Winston Churchill in being freed from protective metal boxes

The statues dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela emerged once again in Parliament Square today after workers removed the metal boards covering the iconic leaders on the same day the French President made his visit to the capital.  Construction workers, dressed in protective clothing and equipped with harnesses, set to work removing each of … Read more