Michael Barrymore’s attempts to revive long-running 90s game show Strike It Lucky online ‘fall flat’

Michael Barrymore’s attempt to revive his 90s game show Strike It Lucky online has allegedly flopped. The TV personality, 67, hosted the show for 13 and 209 episodes on ITV between 1986 and 1999.  And in attempt to attract former fans of the series, he has been playing it on Instagram Live in recent weeks, using the … Read more

Michael Barrymore’s attempts to revive long-running 90s game show Strike It Lucky online ‘fall flat’

Michael Barrymore’s attempt to revive his 90s game show Strike It Lucky online has allegedly flopped. The TV personality, 67, hosted the show for 13 and 209 episodes on ITV between 1986 and 1999.  And in attempt to attract former fans of the series, he has been playing it on Instagram Live in recent weeks, using the … Read more

Gifted dancer, 12, loses her arm in horror trampoline fall but says ‘determination will get me far’

Gifted dancer, 12, loses her arm in horror trampoline fall but says ‘my bravery and determination will get me far’ as she vows to compete again Vienna Hayers had her lower right arm amputated after a trampoline accident But refusing to be cowed, the 12-year-old said she is ‘getting stronger every day’  Vienna was playing … Read more

White Island survivor watched skin fall off her hands and fingers following explosion

24 Australians were among 47 tourists on New Zealand’s White Island when it erupted.    THE DEAD:  Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, from Brisbane. Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, (pictured) from Brisbane are among the dead Martin Hollander and his wife Barbara Martin Berend Hollander, 48, from Sydney. His two … Read more

Children are unlikely to fall seriously ill with coronavirus, another study shows 

Children are unlikely to fall seriously ill with coronavirus and the risk of them dying from the disease is ‘very low’, another study has confirmed. Researchers from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London looked at more than 582 children aged three and above who were diagnosed with Covid-19 across Europe during the height of the crisis … Read more

Are statins making my hair fall out? DR MARTIN SCURR answers

I was prescribed statins to lower my cholesterol but, after a couple of months, my hair is starting to thin. I want to lower my cholesterol but not lose my hair. Mrs P. Nicholson, Hornchurch, Essex. Hair loss, technically described as alopecia, has been reported as a rare side-effect of all statins. Many other drugs … Read more

John Wood Group expects half-year profits to fall by nearly a fifth

Engineering firm John Wood Group warns profits set to fall by nearly a fifth due to the coronavirus crisis depressing the oil market The firm won a contract worth over $200m to build two solar projects in Virginia  Company orders at the end of May have fallen 11% since December 2019 John Wood Group’s board … Read more

Ugly FTSE 100 forecast of 16% fall in dividends this year

Income investors face a 16 per cent drop in dividends from Britain’s top companies this year as they attempt to weather the Covid-19 crisis, a new forecast shows. Nearly half of FTSE 100 firms have now cut or suspended shareholder rewards as the coronovirus pandemic takes a dramatic toll on business activity. The other half … Read more

Cecil Rhodes WILL fall: Oriel College in Oxford opts to remove statue of British colonialist

Cecil Rhodes WILL fall: Oriel College in Oxford opts to remove statue of British colonialist – less than 24 hours after latest protests through the city in wake of BLM movement By Henry Martin For Mailonline Published: 20:04 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 20:23 BST, 17 June 2020 Oxford University’s Oriel College has today … Read more

Cecil Rhodes WILL fall: Oriel College in Oxford opts to remove statue of British colonialist

Cecil Rhodes WILL fall: Oriel College in Oxford opts to remove statue of British colonialist – less than 24 hours after latest protests through the city in wake of BLM movement By Henry Martin For Mailonline Published: 20:04 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 20:14 BST, 17 June 2020 The Cecil Rhodes statue at Oxford’s … Read more