Bombshell in the briefcase: New book retells one of the greatest Cold War thrillers of all

During the early afternoon of September 12, 1960, an unmarked car drove along Great Portland Street in central London and drew up outside No 159, a branch of the Midland Bank. The two men inside were from MI5, Britain’s counter-espionage service. They glanced up and down the street before they entered the five-storey building and … Read more

Cold Feet star James Nesbitt pays tribute to his father as he dies aged 91

‘He was my inspirational teacher and a good friend’: Cold Feet star James Nesbitt pays tribute to his late father as he dies aged 91 By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 18:13 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 18:13 BST, 14 August 2020 James Nesbitt’s father has passed away aged 91. The Northern Irish actor, … Read more

US planned to build a fleet of bird-sized drones to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War 

Newly declassified CIA documents reveal that at the height of the Cold War, the United States planned to develop a fleet of bird-like drones in Area 51 that would be capable of spying on the Soviet Union.  Code-named Project Aquiline, the nuclear-powered drones were designed to stay in flight for up to 30 days at … Read more

Scout Willis grabs a cold Matcha drink with her adorable dog Grandma while out in Los Feliz

Scout Willis grabs a cold Matcha drink with her adorable dog Grandma while out and about in Los Feliz By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 04:17 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 04:18 BST, 11 August 2020 Scout Willis stepped out for a nice cold beverage on a hot summer day in Los Angeles on … Read more

Cold, flu and bronchitis infections fell ‘well below average’ during coronavirus lockdown

Rates of flu and colds have plummeted ‘well below average’ during the coronavirus crisis thanks to lockdown and social distancing, data suggests.  Incidence of bronchitis and other viral infections, including laryngitis and tonsillitis, are also much lower than would be expected at this time of year. A report by the Royal College of GPs, collected … Read more

Cold callers blamed for test and trace failures due to NHS using 0300 numbers

Cold callers are being blamed for failures in the NHS Test and Trace service because people do not want to answer ‘unrecognisable’ 0300 numbers.  Call centre staff trying to reach people who have come into contact with positive coronavirus cases say many people ignore their calls because the 0300 prefix is often used by cold … Read more

Over a million live in subterranean Cold War tunnels in China

China’s rat tribe: Over a million people live in subterranean tunnels 50 years after Chairman Mao told them to ‘dig deep’ to survive cold war Low income workers known as the ‘Rat Tribe’ now occupy the tunnels which cover an area of 30 square miles Construction of the underground city, dubbed ‘The Dungeon’, began in 1969 … Read more

Barack Obama’s Kenyan half-brother Malik rips his sibling as cold and ruthless

Former President Barack Obama’s half-brother Malik Obama is again lobbing insults at his sibling, whom he called ‘cold and ruthless’ in a recent interview. Malik, 62, spoke to the New York Post via Skype from his home in the Kenyan village of Nyang’oma Kogelo for an interview published on Saturday to promote his new book, … Read more

Tara Reid says ‘cruel’ Jenny McCarthy has a ‘cold heart’ as she looks back on THAT interview

Tara Reid said Jenny McCarthy has a ‘cold heart’ as she looked back on their infamous 2016 radio interview. While she was on Jenny’s SiriusXM show back in 2016, her hostess needled her about uncomfortable topics such as ‘surgeries’ until Tara finally got up and left – though not before getting in a couple jabs of … Read more

Coronavirus can infect people 26 FEET away in cold moving air, finds study

Coronavirus is able to travel more than 26 feet (eight metres) in cold environments with moving air, according to a study that recreated an outbreak in a food factory. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research focused on an outbreak of Covid-19 at a slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany, that infected 1,500 workers.  They found … Read more