The Notting Hill Carnival is a glorious celebration of the Caribbean heritage of generations of Londoners. It’s one of the highlights of our cultural calendar, along with Wimbledon, Royal Ascot and the British Bog Snorkelling Championships. So imagine if someone decided it was ‘hideously black’ and had to be shorn of its steel bands, dub … Read more
Driving past a fertility clinic close to my Wimbledon home, my face breaks into a smile and I get a warm, fuzzy feeling as I send my positive thoughts and blow a kiss. Inside, frozen and nestled away in a huge storage tank filled with liquid nitrogen, are my five ‘babies’ — tiny embryos created over … Read more
Hundreds of people have scrambled for two pub jobs in a sign work in Britain is running dry. As many as 484 hopefuls applied for two £9-an-hour positions at the Alexandra pub in Wimbledon, southwest London. General manager Mick Dore posted an advert for the roles on Twitter and was staggered by the response. He later … Read more
Wimbledon give out £10m in prize money… for a tournament that isn’t happening! Players are handed up to £25,000 each after SW19 chiefs’ pay-out from pandemic insurance Players will reap the divident of Wimbledon’s pandemic insurance This weekend would have marked the finals of the 2020 tournament All England Club have unveiled a £10m fund … Read more
Seeing double! Annabel Croft, 53, looks just like she did three decades ago at Wimbledon – and it’s all thanks to lockdown yoga Annabel Croft says yoga has her in better shape than she was as a sportswoman Miss Croft won the junior Wimbledon and Australian Open tournaments in 1984 But she could not repeat … Read more
A serial conman dubbed ‘Champagne Charlie’ who once ripped off the boss of a charity founded by Prince Harry has admitted selling bogus corporate packages for Wimbledon. John Clugston, 73, went to Soho-based independent entertainment company Parkland Pictures offering tickets to the tennis event in 2018 and told employee John Cairns his name was David … Read more
Ripe, succulent strawberries and velvety clouds of clotted cream — no combination better conjures up a traditional British summer. But with Wimbledon cancelled, we’ve had to find other ways to get our fix. Step forward Marks & Spencer, which has come up with the ultimate amalgamation of the nation’s favourite seasonal treat — strawberry-flavoured clotted … Read more
Wimbledon strawberries preserved: Huge 750kg crop will be turned into jam after this year’s tennis tournament is cancelled due to coronavirus Eating strawberries with cream is a tradition at the Wimbledon Championships But the tennis championships have been cancelled this year due to COVID-19 Tournament organisers have ordered 750kg of this year’s stock to go … Read more
Boris Becker is joined by glamorous new girlfriend Yoana Montero as he prepares for a game of rooftop tennis during UK lockdown By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 11:32 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 11:32 BST, 27 April 2020 He played the world’s best during an illustrious playing career, but Boris Becker had rather … Read more
Are your linens clean enough to stop the spread of coronavirus? Expert who supplies the Royal Family’s towels reveals why we should be washing pillows every three weeks and towels after two uses Many people are reviewing their cleaning habits amid the coronavirus pandemic Experts at Christy England told Femail their top tips on keeping … Read more
‘It’s a bit Keystone cops’: Traffic police are ridiculed for trying to catch speeding drivers on an EMPTY A-road with barely any traffic because of lockdown measures Traffic police have been ridiculed for trying to catch out drivers exceeding the speed limit on an empty A-road The speed trap was set up on the A3 … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more