They’re one of the most popular girl groups in the history of Australian pop music. And while Bardot were known for their wholesome image and bubblegum pop hits, they unwittingly flirted with controversy back in 2000. In an iconic photo shoot from the time, band member Belinda Chapple wore a bandana inspired by the Confederate … Read more
Scientists have linked on-the-job stress to brain aging and memory loss for the first time, according to new research from Colorado State University. Their findings pertain to a very specific kind of stress. Through surveys about people’s most recent jobs, memory tests and scans of their brains they found brain changes and recall problems in … Read more
She has welcomed both her sons-in-law in gushing style, declaring ‘never has a mother been more proud’ than when Edo Mapelli Mozzi married Princess Beatrice last month. And she observed of Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank that they ‘float with laughter and love’. But these effusions have not, alas, dissuaded both men from … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Claire Allfree For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 6 August 2020 SISTERS by Daisy Johnson (Cape £14.99, 192 pp) SISTERS by Daisy Johnson (Cape £14.99, 192 pp) Daisy Johnson made headlines in 2018 for becoming the youngest writer, at 27, to be shortlisted for … Read more
A ‘furious’ Priti Patel last night backed sending Royal Navy patrols into the English Channel after a record number of migrants reached Britain. Officials have been ordered to draw up plans in which, for the first time, the Navy could turn back boats. Yesterday up to 250 migrants made the perilous crossing – the highest … Read more
Historic drama rocks ITV: Profits plummet 93% as pandemic triggers historic drop in advertising sales By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 August 2020 ITV profits plummeted by 93 per cent in the first half of the year after the pandemic triggered a historic … Read more
A leading Lebanese opposition figure has blamed Hezbollah, along with the country’s ‘corrupt’ government, for the devastating explosion in Beirut which capsized a cruise ship and has so far claimed 137 lives. Bahaa Hariri, whose father, Prime Minister Rafiq, was assassinated in 2005, said last night everyone in the city knew Hezbollah controlled Beirut’s port … Read more
POPULAR By Wendy Holden for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 6 August 2020 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig (Canongate £16.99, 304 pp) THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig (Canongate £16.99, 304 pp) Depressed Nora is stuck in Bedford, she’s lost her job and, to put the … Read more
A parish councillor was gunned down in the front garden of his thatched cottage by a neighbour who was then killed in a police chase. James Nash, 42, was in hospital last night with serious injuries following the attack in the pretty Hampshire hamlet of Upper Enham, near Andover. Officers gave chase in a patrol … Read more
Clever tech: Hybrid BMWs will be able to detect when they’re entering a low emission zone and turn off their combustion engines Smart hybrid cars that automatically switch off their engines to run purely on electric power when they enter city clean-air zones have been launched in Britain by German car giant BMW. In a … Read more