Eamonn Holmes says his biggest achievement is ‘surviving’ the TV industry for 41 years

Eamonn Holmes has said his biggest achievement is ‘surviving’ the TV industry for the past 41 years.  The TV veteran, 61, who started his career as a farming reporter on Ulster Television in 1979, said getting on the industry’s ‘conveyor belt’ was hard, but staying on it is much harder.   He said on Eamonn Mallie: … Read more

Oldest surviving inhabitant from Scottish island abandoned in 1962 turns 100

Oldest surviving inhabitant from remote Scottish island that was abandoned in 1962 after once thriving community dwindled to just 12 celebrates turning 100 Jean Robertson, who now lives in Thurso, was born on island of Stroma in 1921 Said secret to longevity included ‘watching quiz shows and doing crosswords’ The abandoned island of Stroma is located … Read more

Oldest surviving inhabitant from remote Scottish island that was abandoned in 1962

Oldest surviving inhabitant from remote Scottish island that was abandoned in 1962 after once thriving community dwindled to just 12 celebrates turning 100 Jean Robertson, who now lives in Thurso, was born on island of Stroma in 1921 Said secret to longevity included ‘watching quiz shows and doing crosswords’ The abandoned island of Stroma is located … Read more

Netflix commissions new Australian teen surf drama series Surviving Summer

Netflix commissions new Australian teen surf drama series Surviving Summer… with filming to begin this month By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:00 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 00:00 GMT, 18 February 2021 Netflix’s new teen surf drama series Surviving Summer is set to begin production in Australia this month. The 10 episode … Read more

One of last surviving female Bletchley Park heroes dies aged 94

One of the last remaining women code-breakers at the heart of the D-Day secrets campaign at Bletchley Park has died aged 94. Margaret Kelly was only 18 when in 1944 she was posted to the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, during the Second World War. She joined a top secret Nazi code-breaking … Read more

108-year-old woman is given Covid-19 vaccine in Italy, months after surviving coronavirus infection 

108-year-old woman is given Covid-19 vaccine in Italy, months after surviving coronavirus infection Fatima Negrini, 108, is one of the oldest people in world to get Covid-19 vaccine  Fatima, who turns 109 in June, received the jab at her care home in Milan, Italy  She survived coronavirus last year and at the time said: ‘God … Read more

Britain’s last surviving female World War Two pilot dies at the age of 103 

Britain’s last surviving female World War Two pilot has dies aged 103 decades after she flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Hellcats. Eleanor Wadsworth died at her home in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk last month, reported The Sun.  She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) trainee pilot scheme after war broke out in 1939. Born in … Read more

Sami Lukis shares her tips for surviving the Brisbane lockdown including Zoom yoga and wine

Daily yoga sessions via Zoom, spare time spent spring cleaning and cracking open an expensive bottle of wine – Sami Lukis shares her tips for surviving Brisbane’s latest lockdown By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:45 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 14:46 GMT, 8 January 2021 Brisbane residents are set to enter … Read more

Meet the Flintstones with a semi! They’re part of a TV experiment about surviving against the odds

How gloriously autumnal the Stone Age capsule wardrobe is. A bit beige, thanks to all the buckskin, but the layers of taupe and moss and tawny brown work so well in a woodland setting. Naomi Walmsley, 38, runs through her mix ‘n’ match items. There’s a skirt and a pair of trousers, a bikini of … Read more

Jameela Jamil says surviving suicide attempt is ‘the most extraordinary gift’

Jameela Jamil says that surviving her suicide attempt seven years ago has proved to be ‘the most extraordinary gift’. The Good Place star, 34, took to Instagram on Thursday to mark World Suicide Prevention Day, expressing her joy at having survived, while she gushed about the things in her life she now gets to enjoy – … Read more