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Following a flurry of accusations of bullying, Home Secretary Priti Patel was defended last week in a statement by 100 allies, including election guru Sir Lynton Crosby and William Shawcross, former chief of the Charity Commission. Patel faces a Cabinet Office investigation into the allegations (which she denies) after Sir Philip Rutnam, the Home Office’s … Read more
A group of friends who save up all year for a boozy holiday in Benidorm have revealed their regret after swapping holidays with three wealthy retired women, deeming the £15K luxury trip to St Lucia ‘boring’ and ‘lonely’. Friends Sally-Anne, Antia, Lisa and Lisa, from Kentish Town, London, are swept away to St Lucia for … Read more
Lens maker for cataracts, Rayner Surgical Group, on market for £400million By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 A company that makes replacement lenses for cataract patients has been put up for sale by its private equity owners with a price tag … Read more
‘Feminism takes on many shapes’: The Pussycat Dolls’ Kimberley Wyatt says feminists sometimes ‘misunderstand’ the group’s sexy image as she defends controversial Sunrise performance By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:50 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 04:36 GMT, 7 March 2020 The Pussycat Dolls endured a slew of backlash from parents for … Read more
All five members – Mark McKinney, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Scott Thompson, and Kevin McDonald – of the legendary Canadian sketch-comedy group The Kids in the Hall are reuniting for an eight-episode revival on Amazon Prime. 17-time Emmy winner Lorne Michaels is also back as executive producer for the iconic troupe’s series after overseeing their … Read more
Judge rules that Reddit doesn’t have to disclose the real identity of a user who criticized a Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Watch Tower organization on the forum A US District Court judge in San Francisco upheld a Reddit users right to privacy The user, Darkspilver, had criticized the Jehovah’s Witnesses approach to fundraising through their magazine The … Read more
WATCH THIS: A group of autonomous military robots win a search and rescue competition in an underground power plant, as they search for warm mannequins that simulate human survivors after a gas leak DARPA hosted a search and rescue competition for autonomous robots The winning team, from JPL programmed 12 autonomous robots to find warm … Read more
Chairman of the ERG Steve Baker resigns as he says the battle for Brexit has been won Steve Baker declared victory as he resigned from the European Research Group He said the PM had ‘the policy, the mandate and the majority’ to deliver Brexit The Wycombe MP said he wanted to spend more time with … Read more
Free-to-use cash machines could disappear across UK within two years unless Government steps in and forces banks to maintain them, consumer group Which? warns Free-to-use cash machines face disappearing within two years, it is claimed Estimated 9,500 free ATMs were removed or introduced charges since 2018 Banks are pushing people to switch from cash to … Read more
Two-thirds of goods bought online are unsafe, research by consumer group Which? suggests Fears over the safety of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms sold online Online retailers were alerted and products were quickly withdrawn from sale But in some cases researchers found it had soon reappeared on the same site By Liz Hull for the … Read more