She revealed on Thursday that her doting husband Bert, 82, was recovering in hospital after a mystery health battle. And on Friday, Patti Newton was spotted looking both downcast and tense as she stepped out with daughter Lauren while running errands in their hometown of Melbourne. Patti, 75, wore a face mask as she picked … Read more
Man who caught Covid with his identical twin reveals how he spent a week in hospital but doctors fear his brother may never recover in case echoing Kate Garraway’s husband Derek’s prolonged battle with virus Bobby Laviniere came out of a coma after Covid but Steve remains hospitalised It echos Kate Garraway’s husband Derek Draper’s … Read more
Almost 200 European airports facing insolvency in the coming months unless passenger traffic recovers Airports body ACI Europe said airports at risk are mainly smaller, regional ones It added that closures to them would have an ‘outsized impact on local jobs’ Passenger traffic at European airports fell 73 per cent year-on-year in September By Jennifer … Read more
The Help to Buy scheme and a stamp duty holiday gave Britain’s biggest housebuilder a shot in the arm as the property market picked up speed. Between July 1 and October 11, Barratt Developments handed over the keys for 4,032 homes – 24 per cent higher than the same period of last year. The housing … Read more
Russian police said today they will ask Berlin to question Alexei Navalny in hospital as the Putin critic recovers from a suspected case of Novichok poisoning. The 44-year-old Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia and was hospitalised there before being flown to Berlin. Germany said there was ‘unequivocal … Read more
Katie Price has received a hot pink scooter to travel around in as she continues to recover from an operation on her broken feet. The former glamour model, 42, underwent surgery earlier this month after breaking her ankle and feet in a horror accident during a holiday in Turkey. The star – who is now … Read more
Lauren Silverman was spotted enjoying a day at the beach in Malibu with son Eric on Thursday, as her partner Simon Cowell continues to recover from back surgery. The brunette beauty, 43, cut a chic figure in a black off-the-shoulder romper, which she teamed with a wide-brimmed white hat, as she and her friends watched … Read more
Simon Cowell’s partner Lauren Silverman was spotted heading to the beach in Malibu with their son Eric on Tuesday as the mogul continues to recover from back surgery. Lauren, 43, cut a casual figure in a striped t-shirt and white shorts as she watched Eric frolic in the waves, just days after Simon was pictured … Read more
Shares in sofa specialist DFS have recovered some of their pandemic losses thanks to a trend for home improvements. Strong demand in the past six weeks handed it £70m in revenue, a year-on-year jump of 40 per cent. DFS, which also owns Sofa Workshop and Sofology, culled jobs last month after lockdown forced it to … Read more
For every minute of the two and half weeks that BBC presenter Clemency Burton-Hill spent in a coma earlier this year, music was played to her through a small speaker next to her intensive-care bed. Friends and family had compiled a playlist and, as a Royal College of Music graduate as well as successful presenter, … Read more