Independent Spirit Awards to follow the Oscars’ lead and push their ceremony to April 24, 2021

Just one day after both the Academy Awards and the BAFTA Awards were postponed by two months, the Independent Spirit Awards have followed suit. The Independent Spirit Awards have taken place on the Saturday before Oscar Sunday for years, a tradition that will continue in 2021, with the ceremony taking place Saturday, April 24, 2021, … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: If football’s willing to listen, the push for BAME coaches can be a real game changer

Real change does not happen with T-shirts or slogans. Real change is one great idea and people brave enough to implement it. Over to you, at the Premier League. Over to you, at the Football League. Over to you, UEFA and FIFA. The Premier League players now pressing for a BAME coach to be installed … Read more

Coronavirus: EU accuses China and Russia of misinformation push

The EU on Tuesday formally accused China and Russia of mounting targeted coronavirus disinformation campaigns to undermine European democracy, in documents seen by AFP. In a paper on what it called the ‘flood’ of misleading and inaccurate information proliferating around the pandemic, Brussels says Beijing and Moscow had set out to polarise debate and burnish … Read more

Mob of 100 people ‘push and kick’ police officers as they try to arrest drugs suspect

A mob of 100 people reportedly ‘pushed and kicked’ at police officers as they attempted to arrest a drugs suspect in Manchester.  Those gathered on the street in Moss Side shouted ‘you are not letting him breathe’ and ‘I saw officers stamp on his neck’ as police attempted to detain the driver of a car … Read more

Jennifer Garner dotes on daughter Violet, 14, as they push their cat with a stroller around LA

Jennifer Garner dotes on daughter Violet, 14, as her mini-me pushes their cat with a stroller around Brentwood By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 08:03 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 08:03 BST, 27 May 2020 Jennifer Garner proved she is a devoted cat mom, as their family pet once again joined a leisurely walk … Read more

Spanish town makes crossing buttons bigger so users can push with their elbows to avoid Covid-19

Spanish town makes pedestrian crossing buttons bigger so users can push them with their elbows to avoid catching Covid-19 Town hall bosses in Mataro, near Barcelona, are changing nearly 180 crossings Larger buttons will make it easier to use the crossing without risking infection The first large-size buttons went into operation yesterday in the seaside … Read more

Coalition of 62 countries backs Scott Morrison’s push for an independent inquiry into COVID-19

A coalition of 62 nations will support Australia’s call for an independent probe into the origins of coronavirus. The new resolution demands an independent investigation into the international response to the pandemic, the actions of the World Health Organisation and their ‘timelines’ pertaining to the crisis. It is backed by the entire 27-member European Union … Read more

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push ahead with annexation of occupied West Bank

Prime Minister Netanyahu and his former rival Benny Gantz were today sworn in for Israel’s new unity government, ending the longest political crisis in the nation’s history. Lawmakers in the 120-person parliament, the Knesset, formally approved the three-year coalition government with 73 voting for and 49 against. One member was absent for the vote. Today’s swearing … Read more

Kate Mara and husband Jamie Bell don masks as they push their daughter in a car shaped buggy

Kate Mara and husband Jamie Bell don masks as they push their one-year-old daughter in a car shaped buggy By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 23:19 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 23:42 BST, 16 May 2020 Kate Mara and husband Jamie Bell, 34, celebrated their daughter’s first birthday in lockdown last weekend. And on Saturday, … Read more

Half a million PPE aprons YOU paid for through Mail Force push are delivered to the NHS

This was the magnificent sight yesterday as one million protective aprons were delivered to the NHS. Less than 24 hours after being made, the crucial Mail Force Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was handed over. Box after box of aprons were unloaded at a depot in the Midlands which is the nerve centre of the NHS’s … Read more