Walker interrupted and wanted to move on to talk about deaths in care homes after it was announced all figures of coronavirus deaths in that sector would be published today. He said: “What we are hearing is a third of all deaths now in care homes right across the UK are from COVID. “We have … Read more
“Morning Louise and Dan, naughty boy Dan for waking our Louise up at 3.30, hope you gave him a row Louise, have a lovely safe day,” one quipped. Another joked: “Again he always seems to be putting his foot in it.” A third gushed: “And you’re still smiling, a true professional.” It wasn’t long before … Read more
BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker, 43, wrote a candid post about Lynn Faulds Woods who died at the age of 72 after suffering a stroke on Friday. The broadcaster admitted she was “lovely” on the two occasions he met the journalist. In view of his 641,000 Twitter followers, Dan shared a photo of Lynn while … Read more
It was when I bought a gun that I knew Corona Madness had finally claimed me. I’d been speaking to a Government official who presented an increasingly apocalyptic vision of how the Covid-19 crisis could spiral out of control. Panic-buying was just the start, they feared. Soon there would be looting, the police would be … Read more
They have been keeping fans updated on family life during lockdown on Instagram. And Dan Osborne showed off his muscles as he hauled boxes of garden furniture into the house on Thursday. The former TOWIE star, 28, and his wife Jacqueline Jossa appeared to be sprucing up the garden ahead of the scorching Bank Holiday … Read more
It’s been like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole,’ the exhausted Government adviser admitted to me. ‘One moment we’re under attack over contact tracing. It’s been like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole,’ the exhausted Government adviser admitted to me. ‘ One moment we’re under attack over contact tracing. Last week was the blackest week of the coronavirus … Read more
MEMOIR LONG WAY HOME by Dan Jarvis (Little Brown £18.99, 320pp) Most politicians with a 24-carat diamond of an anecdote about a former prime minister will treat it as the crowning glory of their autobiography. They’ll spin it till it dazzles. Not Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central. He chucks in a story about … Read more
It’s an awful Bill,’ a Tory MP told me, a day after voting through the Coronavirus Act. ‘It’s utterly tragic something like this has passed the House of Commons. But we had no choice. Boris had no choice. This is a real public health crisis.’ Unfortunately, this pragmatic analysis of the most draconian piece of … Read more
The Prudential can keep its London listing and expand abroad, says billionaire investor By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:45 GMT, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 00:33 GMT, 26 February 2020 The billionaire hedge fund boss who attacked the Prudential has been forced to back down over his demand to shift its listing … Read more
BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker has finally broken his silence about his co-host Naga Munchetty’s racism row with Donald Trump. In July last year, presenter Naga, 45, was temporarily censured by the broadcaster after she admitted she was ‘absolutely furious’ at the US president’s decision to tell four congresswomen to ‘go back home’ during an on-air … Read more