The fearsome knock on the door came after nightfall. Outside were two men in hazmat suits who told businessman Fang Bin they had come to take him into medical quarantine. But the textile trader, a gangly man in his early 40s, wasn’t ill and the men outside his Wuhan apartment weren’t doctors. They were police … Read more
A vicar’s son has made a tearful video begging people to pray for his father, a popular clergyman who is fighting for his life with coronavirus over Easter. Tom Holmes, 32, struggled to speak as he asked for prayers for Revd Peter Holmes, 65, who has been vicar of St Peter’s church in Norbiton, London, … Read more
While Joe Wicks may be encouraging Britain to get moving every day with accessible squats and knee raises, one professional athlete has taken his own home workout to a whole new level. Swiss freestyle skier Andri Ragettli created an extreme parkour workout at his family home that saw him run across the tops of falling … Read more
New technology that can read minds and turn thoughts into complete sentences with the help of AI is giving hope to people who can’t speak. Researchers from the University of California say their technology is able to translate brain activity into English word by word with the help of machine learning. The technology could revolutionise … Read more
The survivors of the Christchurch terror attack have opened up about the horrific mass shooting and revealed what life has been like one year on. On March 15, 2019, Brenton Tarrant allegedly stormed two mosques in Christchurch, on New Zealand’s south Island, killing 51 Muslim worshipers. For those who miraculously survived the attack, which is … Read more
It was meant to be the night she met the 32 bachelors vying for her love. But unfortunately for new Bachelorette, Clare Crawley, it wasn’t meant to be, with the show’s production coming to a halt amid the coronavirus outbreak. Host Chris Harrison took to his social media on Friday evening to share a three … Read more
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe and new cases surface around Australia each day, parents are becoming more cautious around the ways in which they speak to their children about the infection. Parenting expert Sharon Witt revealed her recommendations for parents, how to communicate with children about the issue and shield them from alarming … Read more
Waiting on the taxman: Hundreds of thousands of people being forced to wait more than ten minutes to speak to HMRC By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 08:39 GMT, 26 February 2020 On hold: HMRC aims to pick up the phone within five minutes Hundreds of … Read more
HOROSCOPES: Speak freely this week, Pisces By Sally Brompton for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:03 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 1 March 2020 Pisces 20 FEB-20 MARCH Pin your colours to the mast this week, even if you know some people will be offended. If freedom of speech means anything it means … Read more
There’s not a journalist in the land who hasn’t, at some time or another, asked this question: ‘Can I quote you on that?’ It invariably comes during a conversation with someone important who has said something pretty shocking. I had just such a conversation last week. It was with a senior, well-respected figure in the … Read more