Bring on the new ventilators… but who is going to operate them, asks Dr MARTIN SCURR

Yet another sign of the impact the Covid-19 crisis has had on us is how much talk there is, even among the public, about the number of ventilators at the NHS’s disposal. At the time of writing we have 8,000 to 10,000, but the race is on to get more. Even the Trump administration in … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: It’s time for players to wake up…football is an empty shop with big bills to pay

Having given up £1million of his salary, England manager Gareth Southgate must have been rather surprised to end up as the villain on Sunday. So too Eddie Howe and Graham Potter, managers of Bournemouth and Brighton, who have also elected to go short.  This is how warped the rhetoric around coronavirus has become. This is … Read more

Civil rights hero who marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr is celebrated at a private funeral

Civil rights hero Joseph Lowery, 98, who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr and gave benediction at President Obama’s inauguration is laid to rest at private funeral in Atlanta Joseph Lowery, 98, died on March 27 in Atlanta from natural causes  He worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for civil rights  … Read more

James Martin, 47, admits giving up on marriage and kids is ‘the biggest low of his career’

His impressive resume has included three restaurants, one Michelin star, a ten-year spell as host of Saturday Kitchen and one fourth placed finish on Strictly Come Dancing.  But while James Martin can look back on a hugely successful career, he admits that forfeiting the chance to settle down and raise a family will remain one … Read more

Gogglebox star Sandra Martin suffers fresh heartache as another relative passes away

Gogglebox star Sandra Martin suffers fresh heartache as fifth relative passes away… just days after revealing four died from COVID-19 By Rianne Addo and Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 22:01 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 23:04 BST, 2 April 2020 TV personality Sandra Martin has revealed she’s lost another relative, just days after announcing … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Jack Grealish, you are a fool and a COVIDIOT

Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. Wise words. And having tweeted them to those with their noses pressed to the glass in the hope of seeing another human being, off went Jack Grealish to a private party. Well, not a party as such, more a gathering. A soiree if you will. One that was … Read more

Life after Sir Martin Sorrell sees WPP seek buyer for its £3bn market research firm Kantar 

STOCK MARKET WATCHLIST: Life after Sir Martin Sorrell sees WPP seek buyer for its £3bn market research firm Kantar By Edited By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:13 BST, 15 April 2019 WPP’s post-Sorrell clear-out kicks off in earnest this week. The advertising giant … Read more

Gogglebox’s Sandra Martin reveals her sister-in-law has died of coronavirus

Gogglebox’s Sandra Martin reveals her sister-in-law has died from coronavirus… one week after being taken to hospital when she first showed symptoms The TV star took to Twitter on Friday to confirm the heartbreaking news It comes just a week after she announced that her brother and sister-in-law had been hospitalised after showing symptoms for … Read more

Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston reveals he rushed to Vegas to be with his US wife

Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston reveals he rushed to Vegas to be with his US wife amid COVID:19 pandemic after show’s filming was suspended By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 09:36 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 09:49 GMT, 26 March 2020 Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday and … Read more

Wetherspoon WILL pay its staff for hours done last week in dramatic U-turn from boss Tim Martin

Wetherspoon will pay its 43,000 staff this Friday for the hours worked last week, while the first payment under Government’s wages scheme will be made on April 3. Chairman Tim Martin has been under attack for sending staff home last week, with workers saying they would not be paid. One pub in south London had … Read more