Does Elon Musk have the right stuff? Billionaire will blast two astronauts into space TODAY

Internet mogul Elon Musk today prepares to blast two astronauts into space in SpaceX’s $4 billion touch-screen spaceship, beginning a new era of privatised exploration. Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will take a Tesla ride across Kennedy Space Center in their Hollywood-inspired ‘Starman’ suits and tap into their Falcon 9 rocket ship … Read more

Protesters outside Dominic Cummings’s home blast Boris Johnson’s ‘stay at home’ speech

Protesters set up camp outside Dominic Cummings’s home and blast Boris Johnson’s ‘stay at home’ speech on a huge screen  Boris Johnson’s lockdown message played outside Dominic Cummings’ home Campaign group Led By Donkeys also played video from Covid-19 patient  Interview with family friend of 13-year-old who died alone with virus also played By Luke … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Daughters of woman who died blast government

Daughters of care home resident, 68, who died from coronavirus insist she wasn’t ‘frail or ill’ and say ‘shameful’ government policy is to blame for her death Susan Marsten, 68, died this month in Manchester care home with lack of PPE Daughters Ruth and Sarah appeared on GMB and told of their ‘utter heartbreak’  Said … Read more

David Niven’s introduction to Tinseltown was a blast… but tragedy was just around the corner 

Suffering from the corona blues? Then there’s no better tonic than David Niven’s brilliantly uproarious memoirs.  In yesterday’s extract, he relived the riotous, love-fuelled parties that made him realise that he was much better suited to life outside the Army.  But, as he reveals here, forces beyond his control soon dragged him back… Newly arrived … Read more

David Niven’s introduction to Tinseltown was a blast… but tragedy was just around the corner 

Suffering from the corona blues? Then there’s no better tonic than David Niven’s brilliantly uproarious memoirs.  In yesterday’s extract, he relived the riotous, love-fuelled parties that made him realise that he was much better suited to life outside the Army.  But, as he reveals here, forces beyond his control soon dragged him back… Newly arrived … Read more

MasterChef fans blast show for getting rid of the gantry and having contestants stand in kitchen 

‘Can’t Channel Ten afford a few garden chairs?’ MasterChef fans blast the show for having contestants ‘awkwardly standing in the way’ while others compete in the kitchen By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:08 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 12:27 BST, 5 May 2020 On Tuesday’s episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To … Read more

Neighbours blast Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour builders continue to work on his seafront home

Just another brick in the wall: Neighbours blast Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour as ‘irresponsible and entitled’ as builders continue to work on his £2.5million seafront home despite lockdown The rock star has been branded ‘irresponsible and entitled’ by his neighbours  The team of builders is putting the finishing touches to the property in Hove … Read more

Cops blast lockdown rules that ‘make no sense’

Boris Johnson was today told to ‘get a grip’ by police chiefs over nonsensical lockdown rules that saw lone sunbathers scolded but hundreds allowed to gather outside B&Qs across Britain this weekend. With no exit plan in sight, large numbers of Britons went out to shop and enjoy the weather over the weekend amid fears the lockdown appears … Read more

Yet more senior Tories line up to blast government’s handling of lockdown exit strategy

Ministers are underestimating the public by refusing to discuss exit strategies for ending the coronavirus lockdown, senior Tory MPs have warned. The Government has set out what needs to happen before it will consider lifting the measures, but there has been no detail on how the easing of restrictions will take place. Tory backbenchers and … Read more

US and African officials blast China over ‘racist mistreatment’ of black people in Guangzhou

African officials confronted China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and the U.S. says African-Americans have been targeted too. As China prepares for a second wave of COVID-19 cases to hit their cities, Africans living in the commercial hub ‘Little Africa’ – found in the Yuexiu district … Read more