ANDREW PIERCE: Tories count the cost of the coronavirus curse

Ever since Chancellor Rishi Sunak turned on the spending taps to save Britain’s businesses amid the lockdown, there have been grumblings in the Tory Party about the gigantic bill that will need paying after the crisis.  One can therefore only imagine how they’ll react on discovering that the party’s own coffers could also soon run … Read more

Dixons Carphone’s online sales rise 166% in five weeks

Dixons Carphone’s online sales rise 166% in five weeks as locked down shoppers snap up laptops, TVs, gaming equipment and fridges FTSE-250 listed group’s share price jumped over 19% earlier today Retailer has scrapped its annual dividend and furloughed 16,500 people  By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 12:15 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 15:53 … Read more

Kumail Nanjiani sings Eternal Flame while in a plank on new episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Kumail Nanjiani sings Eternal Flame while in a plank on new episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show as part of a challenge to raise money for charity By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 04:05 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 04:41 BST, 18 May 2020 He’s gotten ripped for his upcoming role in superhero movie … Read more

Monty Don reveals how his beloved four-legged TV co-star was saved by Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick

Early each morning I tiptoe downstairs, trying not to wake the rest of the household, but this stealth is invariably made irrelevant by a short bark from our golden retriever. Roused from a deep sleep, Nigel scrambles to his feet and is fully awake by the time he’s upright. Then he rushes past me to … Read more

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson slams influencers for promoting ‘unnecessary’ products

‘I’m really getting over it!’ Jackie ‘O’ Henderson slams Instagram models for promoting ‘unnecessary’ products on Instagram By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:25 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 04:25 BST, 18 May 2020 Radio personality Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has slammed influencers for promoting ‘unnecessary’ products on Instagram. Speaking on her KIIS FM … Read more

Co-founder of video game firm famous for making Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption to quit

Co-founder of Rockstar – the game firm famous for making Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption – to leave in March Grand Theft Auto V generated over $800million in revenue on its first sales day Grand Theft Auto (GTA) was the subject of a legal battle over its violent content Red Dead Redemption 2 … Read more

MasterChef: The truth behind Ben Ungermann’s mysterious exit

Ben Ungermann’s departure from MasterChef: Back to Win has been shrouded in secrecy ever since his arrest in March over a ‘personal matter’. And after Ben’s exit was briefly addressed by judge Jock Zonfrillo on Sunday’s episode, newly-eliminated Hayden Quinn has revealed what was going through the contestants’ minds as they processed the news. He told HuffPost … Read more

Care home veteran salutes Mail Force: Delivery of PPE will help keep ex-submariner Harry, 100, safe

It’s just lovely! Care home veteran salutes Mail Force: Delivery of vital PPE will help keep ex-submariner Harry, 100, safe Harry Melling, 100, is Britain’s oldest surviving Second World War submariner His Alexandra Grange care home in Wigan received the aprons and coveralls Manager Christine Stafford saluted the Mail Force charity delivery of vital PPE By … Read more

Mail Force looks at British companies making PPE

There is no end in sight to the serious global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). But resourceful British engineers and entrepreneurs are finding that there is one part of the PPE armoury that can be created in the UK cheaply and relatively easily – the visor, or face shield. And now Mail Force, the … Read more

CeX customers left out of pocket after tech firm delivers faulty items

A number of shoppers have been left out of pocket after purchasing items from the second-hand tech store, CeX that haven’t turned up, according to an exclusive report for This is Money by Which?. Some customers, including key workers, have reported receiving faulty items according to the consumer group, while others have not received online … Read more