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Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, who has died aged 95, was so short he had to fib to join the police

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There were plenty of reasons why the late Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read should not have become the greatest policeman of Britain’s post-war period – the man who not only jailed the notorious Kray twins, in part thanks to a cunning disguise as a vicar, but played a key role in tracking down the 1963 Great Train … Read more

Detective Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who put the Kray twins behind bars died from coronavirus, say family

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The detective Len ‘Nipper’ Read who put the infamous Kray twins away has died of coronavirus at the age of 95, his family say. The Met legend died yesterday, ten days after catching the virus while he was in hospital with a foot infection, according to a family member. Read, who left school at the … Read more

Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who put the Kray twins behind bars has died

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Scotland Yard detective Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who famously put the notorious Kray twins behind bars dies aged 95 Read who was a Detective Superintendent in the Met Police died this morning A statement by the Met police released after Read’s death called him a legend  East end mobsters the Krays were arrested in May 1968 … Read more

Fran Drescher and The Nanny co-stars recreate the fabulous pilot during virtual Pandemic Table Read

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The cast of The Nanny just recreated their pilot episode with a very special virtual Pandemic Table read. Revisiting the beloved sitcom a full 26-years after its premiere, Fran Drescher and friends were still funny as ever. Drescher, 62, kicked off the clip, saying: ‘This so great to see the cast back together again’ as the … Read more

Keep laughing and read on!  our pick of the most riotously funny stories ever written 

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What we all need in unsettling times like this is a good laugh. And in this cracking collection of comic novels you’ll find the dry, ironic wit of Jane Austen and her meddling heroine Emma; the knife-sharp comedy of Kingsley Amis and his hapless hero Jim Dixon; the eccentric absurdity of the Starkadders in Cold … Read more

The greatest Beatles album you have ever READ! CRAIG BROWN’s fresh take on the Fab Four

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Hard to believe, but next month sees the 50th anniversary of the day The Beatles broke up.  The four of them had been together for under eight years, Ringo having joined John, Paul and George in the summer of 1962.  Yet as President Obama noted when presenting Sir Paul McCartney with an award at the … Read more

Scientists say it is ‘completely baloney’ that you can read people’s emotions from their expressions

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NEVER trust a person’s face: Scientists say it is ‘completely baloney’ that you can read people’s emotions from their expressions Scientists analysed muscle movement in the face connected to specific feelings They found attempts to detect emotions based on these were usually wrong Research carried out by Prof Aleix Martinez at Ohio State University, US  … Read more

Therapist, 24, has to relearn how to walk, talk, read and write again after car crash

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A therapist has had to relearn how to walk, talk, read and write after a horror car crash left her with a host of brain injuries that doctors failed to spot. Kaitlyn McInerney from Albany, New York, smashed into a telephone pole after skidding on ice on her way to work in January 2017. When … Read more