Stars of The Write Offs leave viewers ‘sobbing’ as they manage to spell tricky words

A 31-year-old father-of-two who couldn’t read and write after being failed by the education system and called ‘thick and stupid’ at school left viewers of Channel 4’s The Write Offs in tears after he leapt five school years after just 16 weeks of lessons.  Craig Cooper, from Ilford, who had previously been sacked from five … Read more

Bake Off’s Candice Brown ‘signs up to app Raya’ after split from husband Liam Macauley

Bake Off star Candice Brown ‘signs up to celebrity dating app Raya’ after splitting from husband Liam Macauley By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 00:01 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 00:03 BST, 30 September 2020 Candice Brown has reportedly signed up to celebrity dating app Raya, two months after announcing the breakdown of her … Read more

New series The Write Offs explores staggering adult illiteracy rates in UK

To hide the fact that he couldn’t read, Tommy would get aggressive. He’d shout at colleagues, family members, even supermarket checkout workers when they asked him to sign something. Inside he would be burning with humiliation. Emily became very naughty at school. Her teachers thought she was simply a troublemaker when she kept asking for extra … Read more

Inside the Great British Bake Off’s new socially-distanced series

The Great British Bake Off 2020 is due to hit screens on September 22 with the 12 home-bakers competing for the prize unveiled last week with the show overhauling its filming process to adhere to the coronavirus crisis.  The upcoming series took place at Down Hall Hotel in Essex after five years of filming at … Read more

Would YOU dare to wear your friends cast offs? (and risk falling out over who looks better in them!)

There was a time when the words ‘you look nice’ from my husband were followed by ‘where’s it from?’ Nowadays, he already knows the answer — nine times out of ten I will reply: ‘It was Pamela’s.’ OK, maybe eight times out of ten, because it might have been Lianne’s, or my mum’s, or even … Read more

Big increase in tax evasion whistleblowers: Number of tip offs up 10%

Big increase in tax evasion whistleblowers: Number of tip offs to HMRC increased 10% last year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 31 August 2020 The number of whistleblowing reports about potential tax evasion have surged by 10 per cent.  Around 73,000 tips were … Read more

Bake Off’s Candice Brown slams diner

Bake Off star Candice Brown has slammed a diner for insisting her pub continues to run the Eat Out to Help Out discount – even after the scheme has ended.   Candice, 35, from London, who runs The Green Man in Eversholt, Milton Keynes, took to Twitter and penned: ‘Eat out to help out……. help being the key word … Read more

Bake Off’s Candice Brown indicates feeling ‘hopeless’ after ‘split from husband Liam Macauley’

She reportedly split from husband Liam Macauley, earlier this year. And, Bake Off star Candice Brown has indicated that she feels ‘hopeless’ and ‘no good’ following recent reports that her marriage of less than two years has crumbled. Taking to Twitter on Monday, the TV personality, 35, liked a post by artist and author Charles Mackesy, … Read more

Bake Off’s Candice Brown dons floral mini dress as she attends pizza pop-up launch in London 

Bake Off’s Candice Brown showcases her slim frame in a floral mini dress and wedge heels as she attends pizza pop-up launch in London By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 11:31 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 11:31 BST, 18 July 2020 She rose to fame in 2016 when winning the seventh series of The … Read more

Bake Off’s Prue Leith calls Britain ‘class-ridden’ and says the nation are also divided on food

Bake Off’s Prue Leith calls Britain ‘unbelievably class-ridden’ and says the nation’s rich and poor are also divided on food Great British Bake Off’s Prue Leith has slammed Britain’s ‘class-ridden’ culture Miss Leith compared Britain’s culture to historical racial divide in South Africa The 80-year-old is the mother of Tory MP for Devizes Danny Kruger … Read more