Matt Hancock today vowed to bring in population-wide mass coronavirus testing – but failed to offer a time frame and referred to the project as a ‘moonshot’. The Health Secretary told the BBC’s Today programme that the government would bring in mass testing and ministers were working as ‘fast as we can’ on the scheme … Read more
A new BBC documentary has given a glimpse into the life of Britain’s youngest solo shepherdess Emma Gray, who last year became a mother for the first time. The farmer, 34, who once wrote a book about her life as Britain’s loneliest shepherdess, married fireman Ewan Irvine, 41, in 2018 after meeting him four-years ago, and … Read more
Dara Ó Briain has slammed the BBC for not wanting to make any more of his TV show Stargazing Live, when they ‘pay Scarlett Moffatt to make a podcast’ about her various conspiracy theories. The presenter and comic, 48, took to Twitter to post the remark – before deleting it when it started getting gaining traction. … Read more
A Conservative campaigner who was found dead at the foot of cliffs last year took her own life, an inquest has ruled. Jade Smith, 21, became well-known after featuring on BBC‘s Mighty Redcar programme, campaigning for the Conservative party and talking about her ‘I love Boris Johnson‘ leg tattoo. Jade, from Redcar, was found dead … Read more
What Planet are they on? Blue Planet’s creators ‘made millions from adverts for plastic bottles that clog up oceans’ Alastair Fothergill made adverts for biggest bottled water manufacturer in China Nongfu Spring bottles are found polluting oceans and shores worldwide Decision came despite work on BBC’s Blue Planet and Netflix’s Our Planet By Tom Kelly … Read more
She is currently free of cancer, as radical treatments keep tumour markers at bay, but BBC podcast presenter Deborah James said she is still struggling to picture herself turning 40. The BBC podcaster, known as Bowel Babe, told the Sunday Express she couldn’t imagine celebrating the milestone birthday in October next year after she was … Read more
Laura Whitmore shows off her style credentials in chic leopard print maxi with edgy trainers as she leaves work By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 16:18 BST, 16 August 2020 | Updated: 16:19 BST, 16 August 2020 She has many string to her extensive professional bow. And Laura Whitmore was tending to her work duties … Read more
Hugh Bonneville sends fans into a frenzy as he shows off his incredible weight loss during VJ Day’s 75th anniversary By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 22:01 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 02:20 BST, 16 August 2020 Hugh Bonneville sent fans into a frenzy as he continued to showcase his incredible weight loss while commemorating … Read more
They are two men called David – but the contrast between them could hardly be more stark. A BBC ‘lifer’ of more than 30 years, David Jordan is the Corporation’s chief trouble-shooter tasked with upholding its editorial standards and investigating when Auntie gets it wrong. Meanwhile, Jamaican-born David Whitely – better known as Sideman – … Read more
BBC presenter Clemency Burton-Hill has revealed she suffered a serious brain haemorrhage after collapsing at work. The presenter of Radio 3’s Classical Fix had emergency brain surgery earlier this year after she passed out during a meeting in New York, where she is creative director of classical station WQXR. She suffered a haemorrhage caused by … Read more