Banks have quietly launched a vital security crackdown to prevent fraudsters intercepting payments. Online bank transfer payments will now be blocked if the recipient’s name and account number do not match. A box will pop up asking you to check the payee’s details for errors – and alerting you to potential fraud. This will happen … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer today faces an insurrection from left-wing MPs who have warned him that he will ‘regret’ sacking Rebecca Long Bailey for sharing an article that contained an ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’ blaming Israel for George Floyd’s racist murder. The new Labour leader is expected to meet with at least 12 members of the hard-Left Socialist … Read more
Sightseers today prepared for a 674-step hike up the Eiffel Tower as the Paris landmark and 1,063 foot-symbol of France was reopened following three months of lockdown. The world’s most-visited paid monument, which attracts some 7 million tourists each year, welcomed dozens of visitors after its longest closure since World War Two. Elevators to the … Read more
It sounds bizarre, but the length of time you are able to stand on one leg is a powerful predictor of how long you will live and how healthy you will be. When I mentioned this in a column last year, many of you wrote in to say how you had done – and you also … Read more
A holiday on the ‘cut’ — as regulars call the canal network — is about unhurried tranquillity: slowing down to a pace where all the time in the world is just about enough to take in your countryside surroundings. Boatees vie to let others pass through a lock before themselves; catching a glance which asks … Read more
DEBORAH ROSS: If you like violence, you’ll love this. Me? No thanks… By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 Gangs Of London Thursday, Sky Atlantic Rating: Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Monday, Channel 4 Rating: The gangster drama Gangs Of London opens audaciously … Read more
CAPTAIN Tom Moore has scored the UK’s No1 single with his cover of You’ll Never Walk Alone. Yesterday he was close to losing his lead until his closest rival, Canadian superstar The Weeknd, urged his fans to back the war veteran’s song – which is raising money for the NHS. 4 Captain Tom Moore has … Read more
Taylor Swift gives emotional performance of Soon You’ll Get Better during One World concert By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 08:04 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 08:10 BST, 19 April 2020 Taylor Swift wrote Soon You’ll Get Better, off her latest album Lover, about her mother’s cancer diagnosis in recent years. But on Saturday, … Read more
For your next period of isolation, try a cut-price paradise: The private island resort in Fiji that costs from just £20 a night and offers lessons on how to crack coconuts Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long, has dormitory rooms start from just F$60 (£20) The sandy outcrop, accessible only by … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: If you’re really posh, you’ll buy choccy scotch eggs in Waitrose By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:55 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 1 April 2020 Inside Waitrose Rating: Our Girl Rating: Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end, you … Read more