RICHARD KAY: How The Crown lost the plot

How far have you got with the new series of The Crown? Are you taking it one instalment a week or have you binge-watched all ten episodes? One way or another, the Netflix show — with its lavish budget, exquisite locations and endless boasts of authenticity — has shaped the way millions of people have … Read more

Hotel worker accused of ‘Oceans-Eleven style’ heist tells court she knew nothing of plot

A hotel worker accused of being involved in an ‘Oceans-Eleven-style’ £4.2million diamond heist at a Mayfair jeweller has today insisted she knew nothing about the plan. Georgeta Danila, 52, is accused of being part of a team of criminals who tricked staff into handing over the gems at family-owned jewellers Boodles in New Bond Street … Read more

Ben Affleck ‘to build home on an ocean-view plot in Byron Bay’ after Matt Damon snags $22M mansion

Good Will House Hunting in Byron Bay! Ben Affleck ‘to build a dream home on an ocean-view plot’ after best friend Matt Damon snags $22M mansion on coastal town By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:42 GMT, 8 November 2020 | Updated: 22:43 GMT, 8 November 2020 With its glorious ocean views and … Read more

Couple spend £15,000 buying plot of land beside their bungalow only for council to refuse permission

Planning a fence! Couple spend £15,000 buying plot of land beside their bungalow and building wall around it… only for council to refuse permission and order it pulled down Gordon Gaffney wanted to extend their existing garden to enjoy more sunshine Council said they had ‘no issues’ with ‘surplus’ land or acquiring planning permission    Retired businessman … Read more

Hard-left activists with £360,000 war chest plot legal bid to block ex-leader’s suspension

Hard-Left activists and unions are considering a legal challenge against Labour’s decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn. The former leader was stripped of the party whip after he questioned the scale of the party’s anti-Semitism problem. This came after a damning report found Labour guilty of breaking equality laws over its treatment of Jews. Amid warnings … Read more

Gang admit plot to fly drugs and phones into prison by drone

Gang admit plot to fly drugs and phones into prison by drone that ended in death of nursery worker, 25, after 90mph police chase Jamie Duggan, 30, Kye Hardy-King, 28, and Craig Kearney, were foiled in 2016  Kearney’s girlfriend Acacia Smith, 25, was killed in a high-speed police chase Hardy-King was also part of gang which … Read more

Bachelorette and Bachelor insider claims contestants can be heavily edited to suit a plot line 

‘They make you look like a totally different person just for the story’: Bachelorette and Bachelor insider claims contestants have ‘no control’ over how they’re depicted and can be heavily edited to suit a plot line By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:00 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 10:01 GMT, 30 October … Read more

Prince Charles backed plot to oust beleaguered Australian PM Gough Whitlam in 1975

Prince Charles backed plot to oust beleaguered Australian PM Gough Whitlam in 1975, private letters reveal Dismissal of Whitlam’s government plunged Australia into a constitutional crisis  Then governor-general Sir John Kerr, the Queen’s representative, dismissed him In March 1976 the 27-year-old prince wrote to express sympathy for Sir John Kerr By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:49 BST, … Read more

Looks like men have lost the plot! Half of allotments are now held by women

Looks like men have lost the plot! Half of allotments are now held by women as demand reaches record high amid the Covid pandemic More than 60 per cent of London council allotments are occupied by women  The National Allotment Society estimates half of holders nationally are women Allotment demand has soared in areas including Brighton … Read more

British-Romanian man, 43, admits part in plot to bring 39 Vietnamese migrants into Britain

The ‘desperate’ Vietnamese migrants who suffocated to death in a chiller truck in Essex last year died after paying people smugglers up to £10,000 each for an illegal importation that went ‘dreadfully wrong,’ a court has heard. Irish truck driver Eamonn Harrison, 23, and British-Romanian Gheorghe Nica, 43, are accused of killing the 39 victims … Read more