British 19-year-old Jack Draper, ranked 253rd in the world, gives top seed Novak Djokovic a scare by winning the first set in their match on Wimbledon’s Centre Court… but world No 1 battles back to reach the second round Brit Jack Draper went up against Novak Djokovic on day one of Wimbledon Draper gave the … Read more
Number of pupils securing their first choice secondary school place falls compared to last year as a FIFTH miss out Nearly a fifth of children have missed out on their top choice secondary school But this rose to more than two in five pupils in some areas of England, data said The number of applications … Read more
The presenter, 36, left presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield in hysterics in the studio as she exclaimed: ‘That wasn’t mean to happen! My mic is really expensive…’
A teacher lost £9,000 that she had hoped to use as a house deposit after falling victim to a Bitcoin scam that promised Elon Musk would ‘double her investment’. Julie Bushnell, from Farnborough in Hampshire, lost thousands of pounds after visiting a fake BBC News website that said the billionaire was having a Bitcoin ‘giveaway’. The … Read more
Eyewitness describes harrowing moment woman plunged 50 metres to her death from a scenic waterfall ‘in front of her children’ on Mother’s Day The mother, 58, was at the pool with her two kids and her daughter’s boyfriend She slipped in the natural infinity pool and was knocked out, before she plunged A witness saw … Read more
Eyewitness describes harrowing moment woman plunged 50 metres to her death from a scenic waterfall ‘in front of her children’ on Mother’s Day The mother, 58, was at the pool with her two kids and her daughter’s boyfriend She slipped in the natural infinity pool and was knocked out, before she plunged A witness saw … Read more
Fewer people in the UK are getting Covid each day than at any point since last August with just 971 new daily cases, according to the Covid Symptom Study. Published figures are now lower than in July and August last year when lockdown rules were almost completely lifted even without a vaccine rollout offering protection … Read more
Number of Brits getting ill with Covid every day falls below 1,000 for FIRST time since the symptom study started a year ago Covid Symptom Study estimates fewer people are getting sick with the virus than at any time in the past year Adds to growing evidence that the coronavirus has been all but stamped … Read more
Second-highest ranked employee at Swiss embassy falls to her death from high-rise building in Iran Embassy’s first secretary, 51, died after falling from a building in northern Tehran She lived on the 18th floor of the residential building where she fell to her death Swiss Embassy had represented the US in Iran since the 1979 … Read more
The fantasy action film Mortal Kombat was vanquished over the weekend when it fell to number two at box office, with the upstart anime film Demon Slayer scoring a flawless victory. The Japanese animated film earned $6.4 million in its second week, a 70 percent drop from last week, but still enough to win the … Read more