Father who started photographing toys as a hobby now makes a full-time living with industry giants

A creative dad has managed to make a full-time career out of playing with toys – as he photographs amazing scenes using just toy figures as his subjects. Mitchel Wu, 57, tells amazing stories in just single photographs, with the help of a whole host of familiar toys – from popular Disney and Lord of … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Keir Starmer’s tribute was surprisingly decent… then he started babbling on

Rarely do tributes between political opponents extend beyond leaden platitudes.  Before yesterday, the most sincere words of support I’ve heard between party leaders came after David Cameron’s son Ivan died aged six, prompting Gordon Brown to address the House.  Watching the hitherto emotionally impregnable Brown, whose own daughter died as a baby, shattered with grief … Read more

Gogglebox Australia’s Isabelle Silbery reveals she is self-isolating with a man she started dating

That was quick! Gogglebox Australia’s Isabelle Silbery reveals she is self-isolating with a man she recently started dating… after painful split with boyfriend Luke in December By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:37 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 01:37 BST, 29 April 2020 Gogglebox star Isabelle Silbery confirmed she split from her … Read more

Victims commissioner says frustrated teenagers have started attacking their parents during lockdown

Frustrated teenagers have started attacking their parents as complaints of anti-social behaviour grow during lockdown, the Victims’ Commissioner has said. Dame Vera Baird told MPs on the Commons Justice Committee there has been ‘quite a big spike’ in calls about anti-social behaviour during the coronavirus outbreak.     She has been speaking to representatives of victims’ services … Read more

Feud between Oasis and Blur started after Damon Albarn slept with Liam’s girlfriend

‘There was a lot of cocaine involved’: Noel Gallagher claims feud between Oasis and Blur started after Damon Albarn slept with Liam’s girlfriend The the infamous chart battle between the two rock groups kicked off after Liam found out Blur frontman Damon Albarn was seeing his girlfriend, Noel claimed A new book, Don’t Look Back In … Read more

The Earth’s tectonic activity started more than 3.2 billion years ago, study finds

The Earth’s tectonic plates started moving more than 3.2 billion years ago – just over 1.3 billion years after the Earth first formed and earlier than originally thought. The outermost shell of the Earth is broken down into seven major tectonic plates and many smaller ones that move between 0.4 inches and 6.2 inches per … Read more

House price growth started to slow before lockdown official figures show

The pace of house price growth seen since the start of the year had already begun to slow down in February before the market was frozen by the virus lockdown, new official data shows. While property prices have risen by an average of £2,000 to £230,000 in the last year, the monthly upturn in prices … Read more

Beijing’s state anchor tells the Arabic world that coronavirus pandemic started in the US

A Chinese state media presenter has claimed that the coronavirus originated from the US instead of China in an Arabic programme. The anchor, who calls herself ‘Ms V’, referred to several conspiracy theories in an opinion show on CGTN to prove ‘it is clear that the virus in China was transmitted from abroad’. The Arabic-speaking … Read more

Coronavirus may have started spreading as early as September and it may not have originated in Wuhan

A British geneticist investigating the origins of the coronavirus says that the pathogen may have started spreading as early as mid-September and that Wuhan may not be where the pandemic started. Peter Forster of the University of Cambridge has led a team of researchers who are trying to trace the source of the virus by … Read more

Problems started emerging in the stock market back in the 1980s, says AJ Bell’s RUSS MOULD

The last few weeks have thrown financial markets into disarray and left investors deeply concerned about what their future returns might look like. This is Money has examined why investors should consider revising minimum planned investment terms from five to at least 10 years. Here, AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould reveals in detail how … Read more