The X Factor may NOT return in 2021 due to ratings decline

The X Factor might not return to screens in 2021, ITV bosses have admitted. The long-running singing competition has been on ITV since 2004, but was ‘rested’ this year following a decline in ratings and an experimental format change that saw two special series – ‘The X Factor: Celebrity’ and ‘The X Factor: The Band’ … Read more

Eat Out to Help Out: Restaurants extend scheme voluntarily

Pizza Hut and a string of Mayfair and Belgravia restaurants have joined the list of venues funding their own extension of Rishi Sunak‘s meal deal scheme. The chains will continue the 50 per cent discount into September, which the Government has financed through August. More than 64million meals were eaten under the scheme during its first … Read more

Father abducts his sons from London foster home at knifepoint

A frantic hunt is underway for three young brothers after they were snatched from their foster mother by their knife-wielding Afghan father who feared they were about to be permanently adopted.   The Metropolitan Police are hunting Imran Safi, 26, and the children, having already arrested eight relatives and associates of the Afghan national over the … Read more

California wildfires: Fate of endangered condors unknown

Fate of several endangered condors including a four-month-old chick unknown after wildfire destroys their Californian sanctuary The blaze that began in Los Padres Forest has destroyed the 80-acre sanctuary in Big Sur, which has been used to release captive-bred condors into the wild  The sanctuary lost pens, a research building and other facilities and is … Read more

Disturbing new footage shows gunman, 17, ‘shooting dead his first victim’ in Kenosha

Disturbing new footage has emerged which appears to show the police-obsessed gunman charged with the murder of two Black Live Matter protesters in Kenosha shooting dead his first victim before running away.   Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested on Wednesday at his home in Antioch, Illinois, some 20 miles from Kenosha, where riots over the shooting … Read more

Baby sauropods were born with a single horn and binocular vision that disappeared as they grew older

Sauropods — large, four-legged, long-necked dinosaurs — were born with a horn and binocular vision that disappeared as they matured, a study has found. Experts took 3D scans of a rare, 80 million-year-old, 1.2 inch wide fossil skull of an unhatched dinosaur that was found preserved inside its egg in Patagonia, Argentina. The team think … Read more

Librarian reveals she DID rearrange books behind Boris Johnson to form covert message

A librarian has revealed they did rearrange books behind Boris Johnson during a speech to form a covert message, but the message wasn’t intended for him.  Eagle-eyed social media users claimed the librarian at the school in Leicestershire, where the Prime Minister made a speech yesterday, may have deliberately placed books such as ‘The Twits’ … Read more

Drug for CATS may help fight coronavirus in humans, study finds

A drug designed for cats may protect people from the coronavirus, scientists have claimed. The medicine GC376 was made to treat cats for an illness called feline infectious peritonitis, which starts in the gut and can travel to the brain and be fatal. Feline infectious peritonitis is caused by another type of coronavirus but scientists’ … Read more

YouTuber finds £1m fleet of classic cars in abandoned garage

A dust-covered collection of rare and vintage prototype cars worth £1 million has been discovered by an astonished urban explorer in an abandoned property in Surrey. A prototype Bristol Bullet, a Bentley Continental Flying Spur and a 1957 vintage Beardmore taxi were among the extraordinary treasure trove of seemingly abandoned cars. They were found by … Read more

Prezzo, Pizza Hut and Mayfair and Belgravia restaurants join list to fund own Eat Out to Help Out

Prezzo, Pizza Hut and a string of Mayfair and Belgravia restaurants have joined the list of venues funding their own extension of Rishi Sunak‘s meal deal scheme. The chains will continue the 50 per cent discount into September, which the Government has financed through August. More than 64million meals were eaten under the scheme during its … Read more

Elon Musk’s net worth rises to more than $100 billion as Tesla stock soars 400% this year

Elon Musk’s net worth passes $100 billion as Tesla stock soars 400% this year – but he’s still only worth half of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s net worth surpassed $100 billion on Tuesday Company’s stock has risen more than 400% so far in 2020 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos remains the world’s … Read more

Ashlee Simpson covers baby bump in black outfit on LA outing

Ashlee Simpson, 35, covers baby bump in black outfit adding a matching Gucci backpack as she picks up supplies on husband Evan Ross’ 32nd birthday By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 17:30 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 17:40 BST, 27 August 2020 Ashlee Simpson went to Gelson’s supermarket in Los Angeles on Wednesday to … Read more