The Mail’s guide to the best box sets, movies and podcasts while you’re in isolation

So what are the best boxsets, films and podcasts to see you through the coming weeks of self-isolation? Here, CHRISTOPHER STEVENS offers his choice of free entertainment — and throws in a few films for Netflix subscribers.  On the ITV Hub or catch-up site, there are 22 episodes starring David Suchet at his moustache-twirling best … Read more

Rioting and crime is unlikely during the coronavirus pandemic, say UK scientific advisers

Large scale rioting and crime is ‘unlikely’ during the coronavirus pandemic – unless the Government is incompetent or large numbers of police fall sick, the government’s scientific advisers warn. The insights come in newly released papers from the government scientific panel, called SPI-B, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviour. The scientists said rather than … Read more

CRIME  | Daily Mail Online

CRIME By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 19 March 2020 KEEPER by Jessica Moor (Viking £14.99, 336 pp) KEEPER by Jessica Moor (Viking £14.99, 336 pp) This debut from Cambridge graduate Moor is vastly impressive and also shines a light on violence and abuse … Read more

Amazon’s home surveillance company Ring CAN’T prove partnerships with law enforcement reduce crime

Amazon’s home surveillance company Ring still can’t prove partnerships with law enforcement reduce crime A report from CNET sheds light on Ring partnerships with police Data shows little evidence Ring has reduced burglaries and property crimes Some police an experts say Ring can’t be attributed either   By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 20:17 GMT, 19 … Read more

MUST READS  – Nov 21, 2019

MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 21 November 2019 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 21 November 2019 THE IRISHMAN THE IRISHMAN by Charles Brandt (Hodder £9.99, 336 pp) by Charles Brandt (Hodder £9.99, 336 pp) Martin Scorsese’s film The Irishman debuts on Netflix this Monday. It tells the story of … Read more

CRIME – Nov 21, 2019

CRIME By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 21 November 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 21 November 2019 I WILL MISS YOU TOMORROW by Heine Bakkeid (Raven Books £12.99, 416 pp) I WILL MISS YOU TOMORROW by Heine Bakkeid (Raven Books £12.99, 416 pp) A literary sensation in Scandinavia — and set … Read more

Coronavirus will leave Britain’s justice system in ruins, warn lawyers

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

Are these 20 classics really as good as we thought they were?

DRAMA  Dixon Of Dock Green BBC, 1955-76 Evening all. Actually, PC George Dixon always said ‘Good evening all’, which is just one of the many things people get wrong about the show. I had remembered it as purely paternalistic and cosy and, yes, there is something in that. One early episode has Dixon (played by … Read more