Bugatti Chiron and Porsche 911 crash as both drivers try to overtake slow-moving motorhome

The £3MILLION supercar smash: Bugatti Chiron and Porsche 911 crash as BOTH drivers try to overtake slow-moving motorhome at same time on Swiss Alps road The Chiron and the Porsche collided before the Porsche hit the Mercedes-Benz Then the Bugatti hit the motorhome and the Porsche sustained the most damage No one lost their lives … Read more

Britons shun foreign holidays amid quarantine chaos

Britons are shunning international travel sending holiday prices plummeting as more nations are put on the UK’s quarantine list. The cost of holidays to quarantine-free Turkey and Greece has plunged by 28 per cent on average while a week-long trip to Italy has halved in price, comparison website Travel Supermarket found. Experts fear the last-minute … Read more

National Trust will keep the majority of ‘distressing’ artefacts linked to slavery

The National Trust has decided to keep displays in its country houses linked to slavery on show to ‘encourage debate’.  The announcement comes as the heritage conservation charity said its in the process of issuing a report, which has taken over a year to compile, which reveals that almost a third of stately homes are … Read more

Queen thanks the heroes who ‘fought so valiantly’ to bring the Second World War to an end

The Queen has given thanks to those ‘who fought so valiantly’ for today’s cherished freedoms on the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. In a special message on VJ (Victory in Japan) Day, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh – who himself was aboard HMS Whelp in Tokyo Bay as the … Read more

How clubs will be able to make television-style broadcasts of live matches in bid to boost interest

The £1,300 kit that will revolutionise village cricket: How clubs will be able to make television-style broadcasts of live matches in bid to boost interest The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is giving clubs new broadcasting kits The Frogbox kits have a four-metre mast, a camera and live-streaming software This is the ECB’s latest effort … Read more

Furious A-level student confronts schools minister after she was downgraded THREE grades

You’ve RUINED my life’: Furious A-level student confronts schools minister Nick Gibb live Radio 4’s Any Questions after she was downgraded THREE grades lower from her one of predicated marks Nina Bunting-Mitchem challenged Nick Gibb on Radio 4’s Any Questions  She didn’t get into any chosen veterinary schools after grades were lowered Government plans to … Read more

Sir Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! Christmas show is cancelled

Sir Matthew Bourne’s production of Nutcracker! at Sadler’s Wells Theatre has become the latest Christmas production to be postponed. The choreographer’s dance company, New Adventures, announced that both the show’s 2020/2021 national tour and Christmas season had been pushed back by a year. It cited ‘the inevitable knock-on effect’ of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing … Read more

HBO Max puts trigger warning on Western spoof Blazing Saddles due to ‘racist language and attitudes’

HBO Max have begun showing a warning before the classic Western spoof Blazing Saddles, alerting viewers to the 1974 film’s ‘racist language and attitudes’ throughout. The film began streaming on the platform on July 28. Ahead of the film, HBO airs an introduction by University of Chicago professor of cinema studies and TCM host Jacqueline Stewart – similar … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle phoned fan linked to Twitter TROLL

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle phoned fan linked to Twitter TROLL that posts foul-mouthed attacks on the Royals to thank her for her fundraising Couple told the fundraiser they were ‘so moved and happy’ after she raised £45k But the woman, called Dani Trin, runs another account linked to a Twitter troll One post called … Read more

Thunderstorms sweep Britain as three-day deluge begins

Thunderstorms and torrential downpours are set to sweep across the UK in a three-day deluge, hampering Britons’ plans for weekend staycations and causing wide-spread travel disruption.  The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for vast swathes of England and Wales on both Saturday and Sunday – just as thousands of holidaymakers rushed back … Read more