Ricky Gervais claims TV is being ‘watered down’ as fearful execs

Ricky Gervais has hit out at the ‘watering down’ of television by executives who are second guessing what will offend the public.  The Office and Extras creator, 59, spoke on Wednesday’s Lorraine about his hit Netflix show After Life, which follows a suicidal widower, who is destroyed by the death of his wife leading to … Read more

Gregg Wallace says pandemic made him ‘fearful for overweight men’

‘What if I was still fat?’: Gregg Wallace, 56, says Covid-19 pandemic makes him ‘fearful for older, overweight men’ after shedding four stone by ditching booze and takeaways Masterchef host Gregg, 56, transformed from over 16 stone to under 12 stone Started losing weight after doctors told him he was at risk of having heart attack Began … Read more

Gregg Wallace says pandemic made him ‘fearful for overweight men’

‘What if I was still fat?’: Gregg Wallace, 56, says Covid-19 pandemic makes him ‘fearful for older, overweight men’ after shedding four stone by ditching booze and takeaways Masterchef host Gregg, 56, transformed from over 16 stone to under 12 stone Started losing weight after doctors told him he was at risk of having heart attack Began … Read more

BARNEY CALMAN: Our fearful nation needs a new slogan, Boris: Just cheer up and get on with life!

Queues. Don’t you hate them? I do, possibly because it feels as if I’ve spent much of this year in one. Queues for the supermarket, the bank and the post office – a record one-and-a-half hours the other day. Queues to get into a restaurant, to get your hair cut. Like everyone else, just about … Read more

Coronavirus France: Tourists fearful as hospitalisations RISE

The UK updated its travel ‘green list’ on Tuesday, but did not take Portugal off the quarantine list, amid fears that France could soon join it as hospitalisations and cases rise. In a blow to the Portuguese economy that benefits greatly from tourism from the UK, the UK Government was warned that cases in Portugal … Read more

RICHARD KAY and ANDREW PIERCE: The REAL reason Boris Johnson is fearful of ditching two-metre rule

Sitting in his accustomed seat at the middle of the Cabinet table flanked by a handful of socially-distanced ministers, Boris Johnson called for order to enable a figure hovering nearby to speak. Isaac Levido hardly needed an introduction. The softly-spoken 35-year-old Australian was one of the brilliant architects of last December’s decisive general election victories. … Read more