Porsche shares its original plan for an electric car, a battery-powered carriage that hit 21mph

Porsche shares its original plan for an electric car from 1898, a carriage with an 1,100 pound battery and a three-horsepower engine that could reach speeds of 21mph The legendary German car manufacturer created its first electric vehicle in 1898 It was a collaboration between an electric company and a carriage manufacturer Nicknamed the P1, … Read more

Corrie’s Katie McGlynn reveals how doing 15, 000 steps a day helped her lose a stone and a half

Corrie’s Katie McGlynn reveals doing 15,000 steps A DAY helped her lose the stone and a half she put on filming her character’s Sinead Tinker’s tragic storyline By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 17:40 GMT, 4 February 2020 | Updated: 18:13 GMT, 4 February 2020 She’s the ex-Coronation Street actress who has recently dropped a … Read more

American child evacuated from China amid is coronavirus hospitalized with fever

A child who was among the 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus outbreak in China, and are now quarantined at March Air Reserve in Riverside, California has been hospitalized with a fever, local officials said Tuesday.  Another traveler who arrived at LAX is also now under quarantine.  Officials say the child … Read more

Corrie’s Alison King seen for the first time since denying kissing married co-star Mikey North

Coronation Street star Alison King was seen for the first time since her boozy appearance at last week’s National Television Awards on Tuesday. The actress, 46, stepped out for a shopping trip in Wilmslow just days after denying kissing her married co-star Mikey North at the industry event. Despite the claims, the Leicester native – who … Read more

Hannah Rothschild, A D Miller and Ta-Nehisi Coates: This week’s best new fiction

From Hannah Rothschild’s delightful House Of Trelawney to the latest from A D Miller and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut novel, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Max Davidson and Jeffrey Burke Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 17:44 GMT, 4 February 2020 House Of Trelawney Hannah Rothschild          … Read more

Last month was the warmest January on record globally

Last month was the warmest January on record globally – with temperatures in Europe 0.4°F higher than the previous warmest January in 2007 Global temperatures were 0.05°F (0.03°C) warmer than previous warmest   European temperature was 0.4°F (0.2°C) hotter than previous record January  Some parts of Europe were 10.8°F above the 1981-2010 January average By Sophie Curtis … Read more

Billie Eilish’s brother Finneas confirms James Bond theme will come out ‘really soon’

Billie Eilish’s brother Finneas confirms James Bond theme will come out ‘real soon’… as they prepare for ‘special’ Oscars performance By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 16:59 GMT, 4 February 2020 | Updated: 17:41 GMT, 4 February 2020 The Oscars have confirmed Billie Eilish will make a ‘surprise performance’ at the awards show on Sunday. And ahead of … Read more

 A delightful Royal thriller. But would we really have hidden the wartime Princesses in Tipperary?

The Secret Guests B W Black Viking £8.99 Rating: Over the past few years, an increasing number of novels have included real-life members of the Royal Family as characters. Sue Townsend’s comic novel The Queen And I is set in a republican Britain, reducing Queen Elizabeth to living in a two-bedroom semi-detached, under the supervision … Read more

Switzerland is named the world’s most expensive country to live in

Switzerland has been named the world’s most expensive country, with Norway second and Iceland third.  The Alpine nation was ranked first in a study of 132 countries which measured the cost of goods including groceries, clothes and taxi fares.  Denmark and Luxembourg also featured in a Europe-heavy top ten, along with Japan, the Bahamas, Israel, … Read more