CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Why is Gordon a third rate Top Gear act?

Gordon, Gino And Fred: American Road Trip Rating: Maxxx  Rating: At the Ego Olympics, Gordon Ramsay would take gold in bragging, posturing and name-dropping. He makes Donald Trump look shy and Paul Hollywood seem insecure. One of his shameless boasts, as he swaggered round Mexico in Gordon, Gino And Fred (ITV), began: ‘I remember sitting … Read more

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This testing shambles is unforgivable. When will ministers act?

Seduced by a declining daily death toll and cautious optimism among experts, many members of the public may have dared hope that Britain was finally turning a corner on the coronavirus horror. If so, they were yesterday abruptly disabused of that rose-tinted notion. On a bleak day, the number of patients dying rocketed by 381 … Read more

Teeth act as a ‘faithful archive of life’ and form layers like tree rings

Teeth act as a ‘faithful archive of life’ by forming layers like tree rings that reveal intimate details of a person’s life such as when they got pregnant, fell ill or were in prison Material called cementum in teeth develops a new microscopic layer every year   Lab analysis reveals it changes in shape and structure … Read more

Woman, 30, is detained under the mental health act after girl, 7, is stabbed to death

A woman who was arrested after a seven-year-old girl was stabbed to death in a park in front of her parents has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Police were called to Queens Park, in Bolton, on Sunday afternoon following the ‘totally unprovoked and random’ attack. The girl had been out with her family … Read more

Mother’s touching act of kindness to elderly shoppers

Mother’s touching act of kindness to elderly shoppers strikes a chord amid coronavirus panic-buying madness A Melbourne woman has praised a good Samaritan that helped elderly shoppers She saw a woman pay for the elderly couple’s groceries at Coles on Wednesday The Facebook post thanking the ‘amazing woman’ for her kind act has gone viral … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: The Heathrow decision is an act of self-harm to make us all poorer 

Climate-change activists will not be the only ones celebrating the Court of Appeal’s decision to block a new third runway at Heathrow. It saves the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who once threatened to lie down in front of the bulldozers, from having to make an embarrassing U-turn. It is a great victory for British Airways … Read more

WHO director says countries must ‘act aggressively now to contain coronavirus’

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more