Uber UK reveals ‘weird and wonderful items left behind on trips

Six tins of tripe, 32 bottles of perfume and a miniature railway are among the most ‘weird and wonderful’ items left behind by Brits on Uber journeys in the last year.  Uber’s Lost & Found Index revealed random items reported lost by passengers in 40 UK towns and cities, which also included a violin, a wig … Read more

Rita Ora struts out of her home in a quirky cream double-leather ensemble

Rita Ora was going hell for leather on Wednesday, as she was spied strutting from her home in London. The starlet, 29, turned heads in a quirky ensemble, as she made her way out to a radio appearance. The Hot Right Now songstress wore a cream leather jacket, elaborately embellished, over matching trousers and salmon … Read more

How handshakes are being replaced by the ‘Vulcan’

The coronavirus has now spread to almost 70 countries around the world and health officials are scrambling to stop people spreading the virus among themselves. But with many patients not realizing they’re ill, and others carrying on with normal life until they are diagnosed, the fast-spreading infection is proving difficult to contain. Avoiding an infection … Read more

Ladies Day at the Cheltenham Festival gets underway

Bright and beautiful! Glamorous racegoers shake off coronavirus fears as they arrive for Cheltenham Festival Ladies’ Day in their finest frocks and feathered hats Glamorous racegoers have pulled out all the fashion stops for Ladies’ Day at the Cheltenham Festival today The four-day meet kicked off yesterday and culminates in the Gold Cup on Friday … Read more

Rishi Sunak promises Budget will make UK ready to fight coronavirus

Rishi Sunak headed for the Commons to deliver his crucial first Budget under the shadow of coronavirus today. The Chancellor posed with his team outside 11 Downing Street as he pledged the measures he will set out in full this afternoon will give those on the ‘front line’ fighting the spread of the deadly disease … Read more

Stay in Bologna for under £100 a night

There’s something addictive about Bologna, with its long porticoed streets, sun-baked squares, cavernous churches and labyrinthine lanes dotted with bars and cafes.  It is home to the western world’s oldest university (dating from the 11th century) and there are tremendous towers that make the mind boggle.  The capital of the Emilia-Romagna region retains a delightfully … Read more

Emmerdale’s Mark says wife Samantha Womack teases him over DI Malone role

Emmerdale newcomer Mark Womack admits soap star wife Samantha ‘takes the mickey’ out of him because he’s so ‘terrible at learning lines’ By Kate Thomas for MailOnline Published: 11:10 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 11:40 GMT, 11 March 2020 Emmerdale newcomer Mark Womack has revealed his soap star wife Samantha ‘takes the mick’ out of … Read more

Boy, 5, with leukaemia is cancer-free after family fundraise £500,000 for life-saving treatment

The parents of a five-year-old boy who won the nation’s heart in his battle against a rare cancer have revealed their joy after being told his disease has gone. Oscar Saxelby-Lee, from Worcester, was given a ‘life or death’ three-month race to find a stem-cell match after his aggressive form of leukaemia worsened. More than … Read more

Britain’s economy flatlines in worst performance since 2009 before coronavirus impact, figures show

Britain’s economy flatlined before the coronavirus outbreak in its weakest performance since the wake of the 2008 financial crash, new figures revealed today. There was zero GDP growth in January after the economy grew by 0.3 per cent in December, confounding experts who had expected the economy to grow by 0.2 per cent at the start … Read more

Priests keep their distance from Pope Francis amid coronavirus lockdown

Catholic priests kept their distance from Pope Francis over coronavirus fears today as Italy’s 3ft safety rule reached the Vatican. Francis held an audience in his private library with his clerical translators sitting a yard apart – the distance which Italy is demanding in public spaces to stop the spread of the virus.  St Peter’s … Read more