‘I couldn’t bear the thought of everyone worrying’: Julie Walters reveals she kept cancer battle secret from her daughter By Daily Mail Published: 00:56 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 01:59 BST, 6 April 2020 She fought an 18-month cancer battle away from the public eye. And Dame Julie Walters has now revealed she kept it … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Heroic doctors in a Brooklyn hospital have given a harrowing account to the New York Times of how they are desperately battling coronavirus while living in fear for their own lives. The intensive care unit at Brooklyn Hospital Center has more than doubled in size as growing numbers of patients of all ages become critically … Read more
Scientist leading Sweden’s battle against coronavirus says Britain’s lockdown has gone too far as his country allows bars, restaurants and schools to remain open Sweden’s face in fight against coronavirus has kept bars and restaurants open Anders Tegnell said he was ‘disappointed’ when Britain abruptly altered strategy Country is relying on citizens to control virus … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Linda Lusardi has shared her first snap after being discharged from hospital following her brutal COVID-19 battle. The former glamour girl, 61, took to Instagram on Saturday night to share a snap of herself tucked up in bed with her pet dog Dexter. Linda penned: ‘So good to be home. Keep safe. Stay in and try to keep … Read more
MEMOIR LONG WAY HOME by Dan Jarvis (Little Brown £18.99, 320pp) Most politicians with a 24-carat diamond of an anecdote about a former prime minister will treat it as the crowning glory of their autobiography. They’ll spin it till it dazzles. Not Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central. He chucks in a story about … Read more
The skeletal remains of a shipwreck trapped off in the Maine coastlinehas been identified as a British vessel from the Battle of Yorktown. The ship sits in the Short Sands beach and has been exposed several times in the past by storms ripping through the area. The wreck, which consists of the bottom of the … Read more
Queen wins battle with environmental protestors to build two-megawatt hydroelectric turbine on her 50,000-acre Balmoral estate Her Majesty has wanted to build a two-megawatt generator on the River Muick The hydroelectric turbine will generate £650,000’s worth of power a year The generator will power her 50,000-acre Balmoral estate in Scotland Environmentalists feared it would be … Read more
Prince Andrew’s ex-girlfriend Koo Stark has lost a High Court battle with another former partner over claims he promised to support her for the rest of her life. Actress Ms Stark – who famously dated the Duke of York – claimed Warren ‘Robbie’ Walker promised in 1997 to give her £50,000-a-year, plus household expenses, for … Read more