HISTORY

BRIT Awards 2021: Little Mix make history with British Group gong and Dua Lipa takes home 2 awards

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The very best of British music was celebrated in style on Tuesday night with Little Mix and Dua Lipa among women recognised for their incredible talents at the female-dominated BRIT Awards 2021.  Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall and her pregnant bandmates Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards finally bagged the title of British Group after being nominated … Read more

Washington Post appoints AP’s Sally Buzbee, the first female editor in its 144-year history

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Sally Buzbee, 55, is the first woman to be named editor of the Washington Post newspaper The Washington Post named Sally Buzbee, a veteran journalist with the Associated Press, as executive editor on Tuesday, the first time a woman will head the newsroom of the prestigious newspaper. Buzbee, 55, has spent her entire career with … Read more

History: Bizarre shrunken HEAD used as a film prop is confirmed as a real ‘ceremonial tsantsa’

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A bizarre shrunken head once used as part of a grisly film prop has been confirmed to a real ‘ceremonial tsantsa’ and repatriated to Ecuador, where it was made. Experts from the Mercer University in Georgia — among whose collections the head was found — examined the artefact to confirm that it was indeed genuine. Their … Read more

PIERS MORGAN: Gary Lineker’s on-air gaffe was bad… but mine went into TV history

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Friday, April 23 After a rather bacchanalian dinner last night at private members’ club 5 Hertford Street, I staggered, deeply hung-over, to my local cafe for a caffeine-fuelled recovery mission. (To convey the full horror of my condition, The Sun later ran sneak paparazzi photos of me slumped, corpse-like, at my table with the not … Read more

Scotland waits with baited breath for count that count change the country’s history

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Scotland waits with baited breath: Counting will begin later this morning after country’s ‘strangest election since devolution’ that could pave the way for new independence bid By Press Association Published: 22:04 BST, 6 May 2021 | Updated: 02:54 BST, 7 May 2021 Voting in Scotland’s strangest election since devolution has ended, with the results expected … Read more

HSBC handed out more mortgages in March than any other month in its history

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HSBC handed out more mortgages in March than any other month in its HISTORY and cuts rates on a number of home loans Bank handed out more mortgages in March than any month in its 40-year history This included providing home loans to more than 3,000 first-time buyers It has also cut rates on several … Read more

How YOU helped the Daily Mail make history

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A shiver of anticipation ran through the British archaeologists as they slowly descended the sand-covered steps and passed through a sealed door. After five years excavating in the Valley of the Kings, Howard Carter and his sponsor, Lord Carnarvon, had feared their dream of unearthing treasures buried for 3,000 years was doomed. Now, on this … Read more