BBC announces host of changes in coronavirus crisis with more health advice on The One Show

The BBC has announced a raft of programming changes for the coronavirus crisis, including health advice on The One Show and virtual church services. The broadcaster, which has suspended filming of Eastenders and other top dramas, will also add boxsets to the iPlayer including Spooks, The Missing and French and Saunders.  BBC director general Tony Hall … Read more

Northumberland, Isle of Wight and Freshwater West winners in BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards 2020

Best of Britain: BBC Countryfile Awards 2020 names Northumberland as No1 national park, Isle of Wight as the top holiday destination and Wales’ Freshwater West as the finest beach Readers of Countryfile Magazine were asked to vote for their favourite UK spots and 17,000 votes were cast Poison Garden at Alnwick Garden and Northumberlandia, a … Read more

EastEnders’ Patsy Palmer reveals she wept over how coronavirus pandemic will affect the poor

By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com   HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more

Chaos for UK tourists abroad as they face battle to return to Britain amid coronavirus lockdown

British tourists are being stranded abroad and face a battle to return home as  airlines lock down and limit flights due to coronavirus quarantines.  From Morocco to Peru, reports have surfaced of British travellers stranded at airports, waiting for the chance to return home.  Spain’s closure of its land borders on Monday sent British tourists … Read more

EastEnders star Melissa Suffield gives birth to her first child with fiancé Robert Brendan

EastEnders star Melissa Suffield gives birth to her first child as she welcomes son River with fiancé Robert Brendan By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 11:59 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 11:59 GMT, 18 March 2020 Melissa Suffield has given birth to her first child with fiancé Robert Brendan.  The Ex-EastEnders actress, 27, who played … Read more

BBC to air Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings Story, in first of its kind look at chief adviser

Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings once pinned a political rival to a wall and threatened them, a new documentary claims. The BBC programme is the first in-depth look at the controversial former director of the Vote Leave campaign and pulls together interviews from more than 20 Cummings’s supporters and critics. Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings … Read more

BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker admits he regrets failing to support Naga Munchetty in Trump racism row

BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker has finally broken his silence about his co-host Naga Munchetty’s racism row with Donald Trump. In July last year, presenter Naga, 45, was temporarily censured by the broadcaster after she admitted she was ‘absolutely furious’ at the US president’s decision to tell four congresswomen to ‘go back home’ during an on-air … Read more

Coronavirus: BBC’s George Alagiah self-isolates due to cancer

BBC’s George Alagiah says he is ‘gutted’ but is stepping back from the newsroom as cancer treatment puts him at risk from coronavirus BBC’s George Alagiah, 64, is undergoing treatment for stage-four bowel cancer  The newsreader has revealed that he’s now self-isolating because of coronavirus He had 17 rounds of chemotherapy in 2014 before the … Read more

BBC’s George Alagiah stepping back from the newsroom over coronavirus 

BBC’s George Alagiah says he is ‘gutted’ but is stepping back from the newsroom as cancer treatment puts him at risk from coronavirus BBC’s George Alagiah, 64, is undergoing treatment for stage-four bowel cancer  The newsreader has revealed that he’s now self-isolating because of coronavirus He had 17 rounds of chemotherapy in 2014 before the … Read more

Coronavirus: Davina McCall asks people to tell of experiences

Davina McCall asks people who have overcome coronavirus to share their experiences – and broadcaster Emma Freud reveals she suffered from a dry cough, fever and ‘the worst headache of her life’ Davina McCall, 52, asked to speak to those who had got through coronavirus Asked Twitter followers who had tested positive to explain what … Read more

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise shoots high-octane opening scenes for Mission: Impossible 7

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise shoots high-octane opening scenes for Mission: Impossible 7 as he performs stunts on a motorbike and drives a smoking car… after coronavirus forced production to relocate from Italy to the UK By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 12:44 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 12:52 GMT, 17 March 2020 Advertisement Tom … Read more

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins admit quitting Great British Bake Off was a ‘painful’ decision

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins admit quitting Great British Bake Off was a ‘painful’ decision but felt they couldn’t continue after learning it was moving to Channel 4 from watching TV By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:01 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 02:21 GMT, 17 March 2020 Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have … Read more