UK drug smugglers rescued from jet ski jailed for total of 14 years

Two drug smugglers who tried to cross the North Sea from Holland on a jet ski with £200,000 of cocaine, before running out of fuel and having to be rescued by a helicopter, have been jailed for a total of 14 years. Steven Brogan, 36, and Anthony Reilly, 34, both of Skelmersdale in Lancashire, took the … Read more

Covid Netherlands: Court ordered to SCRAP ‘illegal’ 9pm curfew

A Dutch court today ordered the government to lift a Covid curfew that sparked the Netherlands’ worst rioting for decades – saying authorities had misused emergency powers meant for more perilous crises such as a dyke breach.  The 9pm curfew was the first to be imposed in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in World … Read more

Doctors warn against TikTok trend of covering face with hot WAX

Doctors have warned people not to participate in the ‘senseless practice’ of pouring hot wax all over their face before peeling it off.  Viral videos on TikTok show a barber shop in the Netherlands covering the whole face of a client with resin, waiting for it to harden and then peeling it off.  The eyes, … Read more

Court orders Holland to SCRAP ‘illegal’ 9pm coronavirus curfew

A Dutch court today ordered the government to lift a Covid curfew that sparked the Netherlands’ worst rioting for decades – saying authorities had misused emergency powers meant for more perilous crises such as a dyke breach.  The 9pm curfew was the first to be imposed in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in World … Read more

Taron Egerton shoots new scenes for film Tetris in Glasgow

Taron Egerton transforms into game developer Henk Rogers as he hails a taxi while shooting new scenes for film Tetris in Glasgow By Roxy Simons and Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 15:30 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 15:31 GMT, 12 February 2021 He has been hard at work on set of biopic Tetris in … Read more

Chase Coleman III’s wife gushed about her wealth in 2003 documentary ‘Born Rich’

Eighteen years before Chase Coleman III became the world’s top-earning hedge fund manager for 2020, his then-future wife appeared in a documentary chronicling what it’s like to grow up in America’s wealthiest families.   Coleman, descendant of New York’s last Dutch governor in the 1600s, Peter Stuyvesant, landed at No. 1 on Bloomberg’s annual list of the top-earning hedge fund … Read more

Chase Coleman III named world’s top hedge fund manager after making $3bn last year

A descendant of the last Dutch governor of New York has been named the world’s top-earning hedge fund manager for 2020 after adding $3 billion to his fortune in just one year. Chase Coleman III,  who is related to Peter Stuyvesant who governed New York in the 1600s, topped Bloomberg’s annual list of the top-earning hedge … Read more

Welsh ‘hippy’ UWC Atlantic school is favoured by European royalty

Spain’s future Queen Princess Leonor is to become the latest European royal to study at a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ – following in the footsteps of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium in Wales. UWC Atlantic College, which was founded in German educationalist Kurt Hahn, is situated at the 12th century St Donat’s Castle on … Read more

Why the Welsh Hippy Hogwarts has become the school of choice for royals

Spain’s future Queen Princess Leonor is to become the latest European royal to study at a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ – following in the footsteps of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium in Wales. UWC Atlantic College, which was founded in German educationalist Kurt Hahn, is situated at the 12th century St Donat’s Castle on … Read more

Heineken plans to slash up to 100 UK jobs as it cuts 8,000 staff worldwide

Heineken plans to slash up to 100 UK jobs as it cuts 8,000 staff worldwide after losing £178million due to the coronavirus pandemic The beer giant has announced plans to cut 10 per cent of its workforce globally  It comes after sales plunged due to the closure of pubs and bars in the pandemic World’s … Read more