The truth of being banged up in Hotel Quarantine, writes SIAN BOYLE 

For most people a four-star hotel is a holiday treat or a business trip necessity. But what if you’re confined to your room 24/7, apart from ten-minute ‘breaks’ with a security guard in tow. In a brilliant dispatch this week, SIAN BOYLE revealed the chaos at Heathrow as new restrictions for travellers from 33 ‘red … Read more

The Queen at breaking point: The worst may lie ahead, writes RICHARD KAY

Evening shadows were falling across the Long Walk at Windsor Castle when the call came through. From her desk at the window of her private sitting room, the Queen could look up the broad avenue towards Frogmore where, less than two years ago, she had chuckled at the stream of lorries bringing the paraphernalia of Prince … Read more

Man injured in surfing accident writes a desperate message in the sand, luckily spotted by passer-by

Lone surfer battered onto rocks by large waves writes a desperate message on a remote beach for rescuers to find before collapsing – and his prayers are answered The man lost control of his surfboard and was battered by surrounding rocks  Wounded surfer walked for two hours but couldn’t find his way out of the … Read more

Rebekah Vardy writes an emotional open letter to her younger self

Rebekah Vardy has reflected on her turbulent upbringing and the ‘bad choices’ she made before finding her ‘happy ever after’ with third husband Jamie Vardy.  The mother-of-five has become a household name following her marriage to the Leicester City footballer, with separate appearance on TV shows Dancing On Ice and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me … Read more

Academics like me live in fear of the woke hate mob, writes politics professor MATTHEW GOODWIN

The date everything changed is entrenched in my memory – June 23, 2016, the day Britain voted for Brexit. Before that moment I was a professor of British politics who loved his job, enjoyed spending time with his colleagues and looked forward to life in Britain’s universities, which are among the best in the world. … Read more

Donald Trump is so angry at being thrown off Twitter that he writes out insults for others

Donald Trump is so angry at being thrown off Twitter that he writes out insults in the hope allies will post them – and had seen deposing Liz Cheney as key to his political hold over the GOP Trump strategized from Mar-a-Lago about punishing Liz Cheney in advance of vote on her leadership vote She … Read more

Get these kids the laptops they need, writes former Education Secretary ALAN JOHNSON 

The future of an entire generation is on the line today. And that is not an exaggeration, writes former Education Secretary Alan Johnson (pictured) The future of an entire generation is on the line today. And that is not an exaggeration. We have been worrying about foreign holidays, football matches and music festivals, and while these … Read more

Why 72% of black Britons say they are unlikely to have the Covid-19 jab, writes SIR GEOFFREY PALMER 

Hurricanes were a feature of life when I was a boy growing up in Jamaica. And in their devastating aftermath, with buildings destroyed and water supplies and sewers damaged, diseases including polio, typhoid and TB often ran rife. So it was routine for me and my schoolmates to find ourselves queueing outside the church hall … Read more

These senseless lockdown fines will only foster contempt among the public, writes ROSS CLARK 

These senseless lockdown fines will only foster contempt among the public, writes ROSS CLARK By Ross Clark for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 10 January 2021 We all know we are in the middle of a pandemic, that Covid-19 is spread by human contact, that the new … Read more