Britons are falling victim to telephone scams because they are too polite to hang up, latest research reveals By Helena Kelly For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 July 2021 Some 89 per cent of over-65s say they are confident in taking suspicious calls The average Briton … Read more
Take that! Kid with gun squeals in pain after picking the wrong unarmed guy to carjack and getting body-slammed to the ground Two children in were filmed approaching the man and trying to steal his car in San Leandro, California, last week Their attempt was foiled after the boy who pulled the gun was bodyslammed … Read more
David Jason is victim of ‘woke’ pile on and wrongly accused of being ‘racist’ after old footage surfaces of him recalling anecdote about when Queen called white US Ambassador a ‘gorilla’ because of his short body and long arms David Jason found himself at the mercy of a Twitter mob as footage resurfaced He appeared … Read more
When I was nine years old and queuing for lunch at school one day, a black boy in the year above me suddenly turned around and called me a ‘chocolate bar’. I looked at my beige-coloured skin in confusion. I thought ‘But I’m not as dark as chocolate – why would he say that?’ When … Read more
Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of educational books for children, will no longer distribute The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future because it ‘perpetuates passive racism’ against Asians. Critics charge that the book’s storyline includes a Kung Fu master with dashes for eyes who wears traditional Asian garb. He is rescued … Read more
Jessops, the camera retailer owned by Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones, has filed a notice to appoint administrators after it was badly hit by lockdown restrictions. The company, which was bought by Mr Jones’s PJ Investment Group in 2013, currently employs 120 staff and runs 17 stores. It has hired insolvency specialists FRP and said it … Read more
Caprice accused Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of ‘playing the victim’ following their explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey. The American businesswoman, 49, who relocated to London over two decades ago, claimed the intentions of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, aged 36 and 39, seem ‘contrived’ in a controversial post shared to Instagram on Monday. … Read more
Burglary victim is banned from heading 165 miles from Sussex to see what has been stolen from his second home in Norfolk because it is not one of the government’s ‘reasonable excuses’ for travel Peter Baker fears thousands of pounds of equipment was taken from his garage But officers said the electrician, 87, wasn’t allowed … Read more
A hedge fund manager who suffered massive losses as part of the GameStop feeding frenzy is in the midst of expanding his $44 million Miami Beach home, it has emerged. Gabe Plotkin, who founded Melvin Capital Management in 2014, has seen his company lose 53 per cent of its value in January – in large … Read more
Richard Keys again claims he was the VICTIM after quitting role as Sky Sports anchor 10 years ago following sexism scandal alongside Andy Gray… and insists he will ‘never ever put away that anger I carry in my back pocket’ Richard Keys resigned from his position as Sky Sports anchor 10 years ago A day … Read more