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Parliament could be suspended under secret plans to combat a ‘worst-case’ coronavirus crisis, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Boris Johnson and his Cabinet would use emergency powers to battle a pandemic while MPs and peers were told to stay at home. The startling plans are understood to be part of confidential discussions between No … Read more
Hollyoaks have dropped an explosive new Leap Year trailer that tantalizingly teases several dramatic spoilers set to unfold in the coming weeks. As ever, there’s never a dull moment in the village as the clip focuses on Warren Fox and Liam Donovan’s growing feud as the latter declares war on his rival after getting arrested. … Read more
Filming for Colin Firth’s new World War II drama Operation Mincemeat began in Devon on Thursday. The war epic, which is being directed by John Madden, will present the true story a British deception operation that helped to disguise the 1943 Allied Invasion of Sicily. Extras dressed in soldiers uniforms could be seen filming action-packed … Read more
Trump’s administration is considering using special war powers to order American factories to churn out protective masks in efforts to ramp up the US response to the coronavirus outbreak. The president plans to invoke the law, called the Defense Production Act, so that domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing needed to help tackle the spread … Read more
Trump believes he’s only days away from signing deal to end war in Afghanistan because the Taliban is ‘tired of fighting’ after 18 years Speaking to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to India, the US president said: ‘Time to come home. ‘They want to stop’ Donald Trump said: ‘You know, they’ve … Read more
Alexandra Shulman, who edited Vogue from 1992 to 2017, on the style-setter with whom she found much in common When Audrey Withers became editor of British Vogue at the age of 35, there was widespread rationing and the American owner Condé Nast demanded staff cuts. Those left on the magazine often worked out of the … Read more
June 23, 2016. Referendum day. After a late dinner at No 10, we have gathered round the television in the Thatcher study, the sword of Damocles hanging. On the ten o’clock news, pollsters are predicting defeat for Leave by 48 to 52. By 11pm, Nigel Farage seems to have conceded. The relief in the room … Read more
Battle Britain’s best hot spot: Jersey and Guernsey go to war over which island can market itself to visitors as UK’s sunniest destination Guernsey officials have accused Jersey of distorting temperature figures Jersey won in 2019 with 2,298 hours sunshine measured at weather station Counter-claim from Guernsey says it is fairer to compare airports of … Read more
HISTORY THE ZOOKEEPERS’ WAR by J.W. Mohnhaupt (S&S £18.99, 272 pp) Here’s a tale from the Cold War that’s little-known but deserves not to be. After World War II, as you know, Berlin was split into two. West Berlin was under the control of the Allies, while East Berlin was under the Soviet yoke, and an … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK VICTORY IN THE KITCHEN by Annie Gray (Profile £16.99, 400 pp) A crowd of 20,000 jubilant people gathered to hear Winston Churchill give a victory speech on VE Day in May 1945. Just before he stepped outside to address the throng, the Prime Minister went over to a woman standing quietly … Read more