Lorraine Kelly carries on with hosting duties alongside minimal studio crew

‘All my stalwarts are here!’ Lorraine Kelly carries on with hosting duties alongside minimal studio crew amid coronavirus pandemic By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 08:58 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 09:36 GMT, 19 March 2020 The future of British TV programmes is currently hanging in the balance as the global coronavirus pandemic continues … Read more

This Morning goes live with pared back crew as guests do their own makeup

ITV’s flagship daytime show This Morning adapted to the coronavirus pandemic for Wednesday’s show, revealing their crew numbers had been cut. Hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby went live as normal at 10am but revealed they were operating with a pared back crew and admitted they are ‘holding on by the skin of our teeth.’  … Read more

Frequent fliers and British Airways crew reveal their HEATHROW HACKS  

London’s Heathrow Airport can seem unfathomable if you don’t use it very often. The trick to taming it? Follow the advice of the experts, right here. MailOnline Travel has asked frequent fliers from aviation sites, British Airways and American Airlines employees, etiquette expert William Hanson and Heathrow Airport’s Director of Customer Relations and Service for … Read more

NASA astronauts could head to the ISS aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon as early as MAY

It has been 18 years in the making, but SpaceX may finally send its first manned mission into space. The firm’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell revealed the California company is ‘gunning for May’ to fly astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Shotwell noted that NASA astronauts set to take the … Read more

Nineteen crew members, two passengers on Grand Princess cruise ship test positive for coronavirus

Horrified passengers only learned that nineteen crew members and two tourists aboard Grand Princess cruise ship had tested positive for coronavirus when Mike Pence announced the cases at his press conference.  Forty-six people on board were swabbed and 21 of them tested positive, Vice President Mike Pence revealed in a White House press conference Friday.  News … Read more

Almost four in ten cabin crew have been physically abused by drunk passengers, statistics reveal  

Almost four in ten flight attendants have been physically abused by drunk or drugged up passengers, shocking statistics reveal Two thirds of crew say they’ve seen an increase in drinking and self-medication Half say they’ve been verbally assaulted by drunks or those on drugs on a plane Meanwhile, one in 12 have been sexually assaulted by … Read more

Dresden by Sinclair McKay and The Crew by David Price reviews: Two masterful and sobering WWII books

The still burning problem of Dresden: Sinclair McKay’s masterful Dresden and David Price’s sobering The Crew show both sides of the story By Simon Griffith Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 17:51 GMT, 4 February 2020 Dresden Sinclair McKay                              … Read more

Crossing the Atlantic on a racing boat with a crew of 23 on the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

I was damp and cold and hadn’t showered for more than a week. Even the inside of my sleeping bag seemed soggy and my socks had a slight pong. What’s more, we’d hit a raging storm with 70 knots/80 mph of wind whipping up 30ft waves. However, we’d hit the halfway point on Leg Two … Read more

Cruise ship crew pepper spray brawling passengers over feared mutiny

Cruise ship crew pepper spray brawling passengers over feared mutiny onboard holiday vessel marooned in the Caribbean for three days in fresh coronavirus panic The MSC Meraviglia was denied permission to dock at three Caribbean ports  Authorities feared the vessel was carrying patients with coronovirus symptoms Some passengers started brawling in a dining room forcing … Read more