The Chelsea Flower Show is usually a glamorous event which is watched by millions, with its prizes won by Britain’s best professional horticulturalists. But after the coronavirus lockdown forced the Royal Horticultural Society to cancel the event, the chance for green-fingered fame fell on Britain’s amateur gardeners. Nearly 8,000 people entered the society’s ‘My Chelsea … Read more
It is an iron rule on financial markets that no matter how awful a crisis may be, someone, somewhere, is making a profit. The current pandemic is no exception – so meet the money men and tech tycoons who are coronavirus winners. THE TECH TYCOONS Jeff Bezos Amazon is expected to report profits of more … Read more
Emon added: “The way you travel as well, the race allowed us to go to these countries on a budget, you don’t need five star hotels, you don’t need the luxury. You can just stay in hostels. “So I think even if I was going with my missus for like a normal holiday, I’d always … Read more
‘This means so much to me!’ Newly single Jesy Nelson leads the winners of PrettyLittleThing’s Influencer Awards as she accepts prize from her home during virtual ceremony By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 22:01 BST, 12 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 12 April 2020 It was recently revealed that she had split from boyfriend … Read more
The lockdown is not going to end any time soon and I for one am profoundly grateful for that. Surely it would be too hasty and too rash to peel away now from the path of self-isolation and locked doors? With the number of deaths still terrifyingly high and heartfelt pleas from NHS workers for … Read more
Virus stops Agent Million knocking: Top Premium Bond winners not being visited in person for first time in 26 tears By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 7 April 2020 Premium Bond jackpot winners this month were not visited in person by an Agent … Read more
Brrr-illiant! The wacky winners of the 2020 hair-freezing contest have been revealed – so which one is YOUR favourite The contest takes place at Takhini Hot Springs, located just north of Whitehorse, in northwest Canada This year there have been 288 entries, and here we present the five overall winners The winners each scooped $2,000 … Read more
Nature TTL has announced the winners of its Photographer of the Year 2020 contest, which drew more than 7,000 entries from 117 countries around the world. The grand prize has been awarded to Florian Ledoux for an overhead shot of crabeater seals in Antartica. The photo was taken by a drone equipped with a camera … Read more
Best of Britain: BBC Countryfile Awards 2020 names Northumberland as No1 national park, Isle of Wight as the top holiday destination and Wales’ Freshwater West as the finest beach Readers of Countryfile Magazine were asked to vote for their favourite UK spots and 17,000 votes were cast Poison Garden at Alnwick Garden and Northumberlandia, a … Read more
An incredible picture of a fox foraging for food on a car bonnet has scooped the top prize in the Mammal Society’s annual photography contest. Other breathtaking images from the competition include a mountain hare rolling in snow, a bat in flight and a squirrel peeking out from behind a tree. The winning photo of … Read more