UK regulators approve 20-SECOND Virolens Covid saliva test by iAbra start-up

Britain has approved a rapid coronavirus test that gives a result in just 20 seconds, it was revealed today. UK start-up iAbra said the Virolens test was given approval by the country’s medical regulator after it was trialled at Heathrow Airport. The company hopes to roll it out more widely in the coming months as the UK comes … Read more

Britain’s regulators approve 20-SECOND Covid saliva test

Britain has approved a rapid coronavirus test that gives a result in just 20 seconds, it was revealed today. UK start-up iAbra said the Virolens test was given approval by the country’s medical regulator after it was trialled at Heathrow Airport. The company hopes to roll it out more widely in the coming months as the UK comes … Read more

Wedding cake baker makes incredible edible replicas of flowers in his garden using sugar icing

A baker has created a series of incredible spring flowers from sugar icing to replicate his own garden. Ben Fullard, 46, from Erdington, Birmingham spends up to three days perfecting the flowers – which look so realistic that they’re often confused for the real deal. From tulips to roses, clematis and magnolias, parrot tulips, ferns … Read more

Rebel Tory MPs carry MILK around as symbol of protest at draconian Covid laws

Tory MPs have vowed to carry a pint of milk around as a symbol of protest against draconian coronavirus laws – amid warnings Boris Johnson will face demands to recall Parliament if he announces crunch decisions on lockdown during the Easter recess. In a slightly surreal act of defiance, Sir Charles Walker has insisted he … Read more

TOM UTLEY: Scrap the theatre interval? It’s the only bit old soaks like me really enjoy 

Here’s an embarrassing confession — and I fear that I’ll never be admitted to polite society again once it’s out in the open: reader, I’m not at all keen on live theatre. Indeed, my heart used to sink before the lockdown on those mercifully rare occasions when kind friends would ring to say they had … Read more

What’s YOUR guilty lockdown secret?

Lots has been written this week about the one-year anniversary of lockdown. As individuals, families, friends, all of us have been struggling to make some sort of sense of what has been, in many ways, a social experiment on an unprecedented scale. No doubt in years to come academics and scientists will pore over the … Read more

Strictly’s Maisie Smith and HRVY ‘call it quits as their romance fizzled out during lockdown’ 

Strictly’s Maisie Smith and HRVY ‘call it quits as their budding romance fizzled out during lockdown’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 21:36 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 25 March 2021 Maisie Smith and HRVY have reportedly called time on their romance after the fling ‘fizzled out’ during lockdown. The pair both … Read more

Sean Ward shares anti-Covid vaccine rant on Instagram after attending anti-lockdown march

Actor Sean Ward has shared an angry rant telling fans not to have a Covid vaccine, claiming it’ll turn them into ‘super-spreaders’.  The Our Girl star, 32, posted his nonsensical argument to Instagram Stories on Thursday, just days after he was slammed for joining thousands of mask-free protesters for an anti-lockdown march through London. Sean … Read more

Boris Johnson admits he ‘desperately’ needs a haircut

Boris Johnson admits he ‘desperately’ needs a haircut – but says he will be in the PUB instead when both are allowed to reopen on April 12 Boris Johnson was visiting a nursery in Greenford, west London, on Thursday Prime Minister repeatedly said: ‘I need to get a haircut soon, I do need a haircut’ He … Read more