Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes raises prospect of setting the show in the 1970s

Dowagers to disco: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes raises prospect of setting the show in the 1970s to see the fate of Lord Grantham’s heirs Downton Abbey’s creator has raised prospect of reviving the historical drama  Julian Fellowes wants to set the drama in the 1970s to see out the Thatcher years  He said it … Read more

Army chiefs setting up a £500,000 ‘woke force’

Army chiefs setting up a £500,000 ‘woke force’ to develop politically correct policies as ex-officers brand MoD’s move as ‘liberal madness’ Defence chiefs are set to splurge more than £500,000 on new ‘diversity’ staff  New hires to ensure troops and MoD employees ‘feel authentic in the workplace’ The directorate’s new regiment of woke advisers will even … Read more

Head to Lyme Regis – the setting of novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman 

Book me in: Put on your Meryl stare and head to Lyme Regis – the setting of classic novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles is set in Victorian Lyme Regis  You can visit the mansion called Belmont, where the author wrote the book The fossil-packed Lyme … Read more

Pensioner burns down 673 hectares of Brazilian rainforest by setting car alight in insurance scam

A pensioner’s car insurance scam backfired, causing a disastrous blaze burning huge swathes of land, when his car exploded in a protected rainforest in Brazil.   Heli Barroso Martins, 66, burned down 673 hectares of vegetation in the the Araras Biological Reserve, in Petrópolis in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro. The fire, which destroyed the … Read more

The ‘sanitisation’ station Australians are setting up at their front doors to prevent COVID-19

What do you have in YOUR ‘sanitisation station’? Mums share the items they have set-up at the front door to ensure the house is clean and germ-free Australians are sharing photos of their ‘sanitation’ stations on social media A Victorian mother who is in a lockdown area has started a thread of images She has … Read more

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Trident Resources is setting a cracking pace

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Trident Resources is setting a cracking pace in its bid to create a diversified UK mining royalty company By Alastair Ford, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 What a few weeks it’s been for Trident Resources. The company listed on … Read more

Ariana Grande appears to be setting up cameras for a socially distanced 27th birthday

Ariana Grande appears to be setting up cameras for a socially distanced 27th birthday… after going Instagram official with boyfriend Dalton Gomez By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 04:28 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 05:29 BST, 27 June 2020 Ariana Grande has been safely ringing in her 27th birthday with her loved ones on … Read more

Sea gypsy tells Ben Fogle the key to a nomadic lifestyle is to avoid setting goals

A ‘sea gypsy’ who has spent the last 13 years sailing around the world has told Ben Fogle that he makes his lifestyle work by not setting too many goals.  Rick Page, 53, from London, sold his horse training business in Spain and moved to Australia in 2007. There, he bought a boat for £39,000 … Read more

Woman arrested for setting fire to Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks died

Rayshard Brooks’ girlfriend, 29, is arrested for ‘setting fire to the Wendy’s’ where he was shot dead by cops Moments before he was killed, Brooks told cops he was meeting his ‘girlfriend’ who he said was called ‘Natalie White’  He was married and had three children with his wife Tomika Miller  Cops earlier issued an … Read more

DC police stop protesters setting up a ‘Black House Autonomous Zone’ outside the White House

Police in Washington, DC, used pepper spray to arrest protesters who were trying to tear down a statue of former President Andrew Jackson while building a so-called ‘Black House Autonomous Zone’ near the White House on Monday night. ‘Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Andrew Jackson’s got to go,’ protesters shouted as they threw ropes around the … Read more