My Gran, the ultimate Panto Dame by ROY HUDD

My earliest memory is of being held up above my aunt’s head, looking out of the bedroom window at 5 Neville Street, Croydon, at a huge red glow in the sky.  That was the Crystal Palace on fire, Prince Albert’s marvellous monument burning to the ground. Can I really remember back as far as November … Read more

The Wiggles CANCEL another nine tour dates amid coronavirus pandemic

‘We are so disappointed’: The Wiggles are forced to cancel nine more Fun And Games Australian Tour dates amid the coronavirus pandemic By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:44 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 21 March 2020 The Wiggles announced on Friday that they have been forced to cancel nine … Read more

Conservative MP returns to the NHS to help the fight against coronavirus

Conservative MP returns to the NHS to help the fight against coronavirus as letters are sent to 65,000 retired medics asking them to come back Maria Caulfield is the Conservative MP for Lewes constituency in East Susse Ms Caulfield  has kept her nursing registration since she became an MP in 2015 Health Secretary Matt Hancock … Read more

Eurovision songs for 2020 contest are NOT eligible to compete in next year’s show

The songs that were entered into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will not be eligible in 2021, the event’s producers confirmed on Friday. James Newman was picked as the UK’s entry and was hoping his track My Last Breath could bring long-awaited success, however it has now been made clear he won’t be able to … Read more

British woman, 20, stuck in Peru on her gap year feels ‘abandoned’ by the UK Government

A young British woman stuck in Peru has said she feels ‘abandoned’ by the UK Government. Mereida Fajardo, 20, is on her gap year and has spent six months travelling the South American country with a friend. She and Gemma Harris, 19, are among up to 400 British travellers stuck there after the Peruvian government … Read more

‘Last chance of a pint until June!’ Drinkers flood social media with memes

Pub goers have taken to social media to lament Boris Johnson‘s announcement that pubs and restaurants across the country will be closed by sharing humourous memes and pictures.  The announcement comes as the Prime Minister detailed unprecedented measures to cover the wages of workers who would otherwise lose their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak. … Read more

Eurovision 2020’s UK entry James Newman is NOT eligible to compete in next year’s show

The songs that were entered into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will not be eligible in 2021, the event’s producers confirmed on Friday. James Newman was picked as the UK’s entry and was hoping his track My Last Breath could bring long-awaited success, however it has now been made clear he won’t be able to … Read more

Daily Mail’s photographer Alan Davidson dies aged 70 after picturing the biggest stars for 50 years

The date: May 1990. The scene: the ice-white beauty of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a mythical movie star retreat on the French Riviera.  Two of Hollywood’s leading action men, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are there, graciously permitting photographs to be taken.  So far so predictable when a voice from behind one of the clicking … Read more

Microsoft develops ‘real time noise suppression’ for conference calls to filter background noises

Microsoft unveils a ‘real time noise suppression’ tool for conference calls to help people working from home filter out potentially embarrassing background noises Microsoft has demonstrated a new feature for its communications tool Teams Users on conference calls will now have the option to filter background noise The company demonstrated the feature by removing the … Read more