Around 8.30 on Monday morning, I was confronted by an unfamiliar sight: my teenage daughter, up and dressed, preparing to leave the house. Fair to say it’s been some weeks since she last saw the right side of lunchtime, so I was a little surprised. And then I remembered: the shops were reopening. After weeks … Read more
Well, I don’t know about you, but events over the past few days have left me feeling very depressed. I think it’s a combination of things: revisiting the Madeleine McCann case; the shaming Prince Andrew saga; the spiralling cost — both human and economic — of coronavirus; the fact that our children’s education is being … Read more
Those of us who have followed the twists and turns of the Madeleine McCann story had all but given up hope of the long-running inquiry into her disappearance leading anywhere. So yesterday’s announcement by the police came as a bolt from the blue. So much time has passed and so many leads have come to … Read more
There is a scene in George A. Romero’s 1978 cult zombie classic Dawn Of The Dead, where survivors arrive at a post-apocalyptic shopping mall to discover it teeming with the infected, stumbling around closed shops, blindly riding the escalators in a grimly comedic ballet of gore. ‘But what are they all doing?’ asks the heroine. … Read more
Citizens rejoice! The Government has decreed that from June 15, Britain will once again be a nation of shopkeepers. Non-essential retail such as mobile phone shops and fashion stores (and car showrooms, which are allowed to open from next Monday) are to fling wide their doors to a grateful public who, it is hoped, will … Read more
Workers on a vineyard inside the Duke of Northumberland’s Albury Estate lit hundreds of candles to stop frost destroying new buds as temperatures neared freezing early this morning. As the mercury fell to almost freezing across the Albury Vineyard in Surrey, more than 800 candles were lit among the budding fruit in an effort to … Read more
When it comes to the latest Government guidelines on the (very) gradual lifting of lockdown, it seems people fall into one of two camps. You’re either a Pooja from Solihull, or a Ryan from Surrey. Pooja Jalota is the pharmacist who on Monday, in deeply censorious tones, accused Boris Johnson of being ‘too vague’ and … Read more
With each day that passes, with each new grim death toll, we learn a little bit more about the nature of this ghastly virus. This week in particular, statistics have come to light showing that obesity is emerging as one of the biggest risk factors for Covid-19. According to data released by the NHS, being … Read more
LET’S GET CAPTAIN TOM MOORE A KNIGHTHOOD – SIGN THE PETITION HERE Jeremy Vine on Channel 5 was back discussing the biggest topics and kicking off the show was whether or not Health Secretary Matt Hancock should resign from his position should his target of 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by 31 April not be … Read more
In the video, Jeremy explained how he had pricked himself in order to place his blood inside the testing kit. “They are available in some pharmacists apparently and you put the blood in there,” he explained as Jeremy panned the camera towards the COVID-19 kit. “The line there means it’s worked and it’s registered with … Read more