Is this the real-life bad girl of Pride and Prejudice? Tiny portrait shows ‘pretty girl’ who was once engaged to Jane Austen’s brother and said to be inspiration for the scandalous Lydia Bennet The tiny portrait has been acquired by the museum at Jane Austen’s cottage The painting portrays Mary Pearson, who was briefly engaged … Read more
Life is but a dream: Magical photos make some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes look like something straight out of your imagination Julius Kähkönen, 20, melds perfectly-times shots with digital editing to create a dream-like effect The self-taught photographer, from Finland, has only been taking photos for the past three years His collection includes … Read more
Tesco‘s monthly sales are up 30 per cent because of ‘significant panic buying’ during the UK’s unprecedented coronavirus lockdown, it was revealed today. Britain’s biggest retailer also says its annual pre-tax profits hit £1.3billion in the year to February – down 19% mainly due to poor performance in European stores – but shareholders have still been promised … Read more
Germany has suffered its largest daily spike in coronavirus deaths as 254 people were added to the death toll today. The scores of new deaths bring the tally from 1,607 to 1,861, dampening hopes that the crisis is under control. Meanwhile the total number of cases has jumped over 100,000, as 4,003 positive tests took … Read more
Thousands of prisoners released early due to coronavirus crisis will not be tagged or curfewed for up to 36 hours after leaving jail 4,000 low-risk inmates with less than 2 months of sentence eligible for release They will go to hostels or their homes but it could take a day for them to get tags Government … Read more
A Bafta-winning Syrian photographer and filmmaker who has temporarily changed careers to serve on the coronavirus frontline as a hospital cleaner says he was desperate to help after ‘England welcomed me with open arms’. Hassan Akkad, who fled to the UK after he was imprisoned and tortured in Syria, is working at St Bartholomew’s Hospital … Read more
So much for ‘the enhanced cleaning regime’: Drivers share photos of filthy London buses – but Sadiq Khan insists clearners are going ‘over and above’ duty as FOURTEEN TfL staff have now died from coronavirus Nine bus drivers are among 14 London transport workers to have died, virus all took lives of three Tube staff … Read more
EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou blasts airline’s bosses for taking £600million from taxpayers in the midst of £4.5billion order for 100 new planes Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou accused management of ‘misusing taxpayers’ money’ The airline will get £600million from the Government’s coronavirus fund EasyJet has not broken any rules in taking advantage of the bailout measures By … Read more
FTSE 100 opens 1.3% down by 76 to 5,629 points after Britain suffers worst day for coronavirus deaths and China’s new cases double due to influx of returning overseas travellers FTSE 100 index of UK’s leading companies falls 76 points or 1.33% to 5,629 today It comes after two days of gains for index which … Read more
Sainsbury’s is first supermarket to lift rationing measures by stopping three-item limit on thousands of products – except pasta, UHT milk, antibacterial gel and some tinned and frozen foods Sainsbury’s lifts three-item limit on thousands of shopping items Limits stay in place for items such as pasta, tinned goods and antibac products Asda and Tesco … Read more
The detective Len ‘Nipper’ Read who put the infamous Kray twins away has died of coronavirus at the age of 95, his family say. The Met legend died yesterday, ten days after catching the virus while he was in hospital with a foot infection, according to a family member. Read, who left school at the … Read more
Mother-of-two, 38, died after storming out of a party drunk and high on cocaine before driving two miles in the wrong direction down the M4 and leaving a motorist with life changing injuries in a head-on crash Georgina Coombs, 38, crashed into motorist after storming out of party Mrs Coombs drove down the M4 in … Read more
Public Health England is hampering the development of ‘game changing’ coronavirus antibody tests by refusing to share blood samples from infected patients with private labs, according to a leaked memo. Scientists are rushing to develop the tests, which can confirm if someone has already had Covid-19 and could be immune – potentially allowing thousands of … Read more