Should this be the breakthrough which we all hope it is, then let history note that it was Daily Mail reader Moira Garwood of Wavertree who set the ball rolling. Yesterday morning, the city of Liverpool – assisted by the Army – became the first place in the UK to roll out mass Covid testing … Read more
As if this week’s threats of police raids on over-sized Christmas Day gatherings were not barmy enough, then along comes something even sillier: a ban on singing the national anthem. Even the Welsh Government’s comedy order prohibiting the sale of kettles does not come close to the absurdity of forbidding loyal ex-servicemen and women and … Read more
The crowds queuing up for the panto at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, had never seen anything quite like it. Into the car park growled one hefty, blacked-out limousine after another for what would turn out to be nothing less than a royal command performance. It was a few days before Christmas in 2008. Prince Azim … Read more
The crowds queuing up for the panto at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, had never seen anything quite like it. Into the car park growled one hefty, blacked-out limousine after another for what would turn out to be nothing less than a royal command performance. It was a few days before Christmas in 2008. Prince Azim … Read more
Zoe Hardman has revealed the turning point in her eating disorder was when a doctor told her she was ‘going into sort of kidney failure’. The Heart Radio host, 37, explained that suffering with anorexia made her ‘dead for a really long time’ and ‘a shell of a person’ throughout her 20s. Speaking to Frankie … Read more
Year after year, it is always one of the most moving sights in the calendar. For as far as the eye can see, there are veterans of all ages — a few frail witnesses to Monte Cassino or the Burmese jungle or the huts of Bletchley Park; old sweats from Korea or Malaya or Aden; … Read more
Year after year, it is always one of the most moving sights in the calendar. For as far as the eye can see, there are veterans of all ages — a few frail witnesses to Monte Cassino or the Burmese jungle or the huts of Bletchley Park; old sweats from Korea or Malaya or Aden; … Read more
They haven’t had much to cheer about in 2020. But at least some of Britain’s best-loved charities have one reason to smile this week – an early Christmas present of sorts, courtesy of Mail Force. Our charitable campaign, started by this newspaper and backed by our generous readers, is on the road once again with … Read more
To the untrained eye, it could be a photocopier with a few plastic trays on top. Except that you need to wear a gown, mask and gloves and enter a secure zone via two pressurised doors to access this particular piece of dull grey machinery. It is also one that plays a vital role in … Read more
And then there was one. We are preparing to remember arguably the most precarious moment in the history of this country — the week when our very existence hung in the balance; when the odds of invasion and subjugation finally tipped in our favour thanks to the gallantry of a youthful band of brothers whom … Read more