Scots could spend longer in coronavirus self-isolation than the English after Nicola Sturgeon said she would not follow any time reduction introduced in England. The First Minister said she had no plans to cut the quarantine period from 14 days amid claims that it could be slashed to 10 days following a row between Mr … Read more
FA chairman Greg Clarke was today facing pressure to resign following a disastrous parliamentary appearance in which he referred to ‘coloured footballers’ among a host of other offensive gaffes. In giving evidence via video link to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Clarke also voiced several other offensive stereotypes, claiming that South … Read more
Prince Harry’s rift with the Royal Family over his Remembrance Sunday wreath has highlighted how ‘expendable’ he is, a royal biographer has claimed. The Duke of Sussex, 36, who now lives in his $14 million mansion with Meghan Markle, 39, and their son Archie, one, is said to have been ‘deeply saddened’ after his personal request for … Read more
Italy imposed tougher restrictions on another five regions today as it tries to bring the second wave of coronavirus under control without a full-scale national lockdown. Seven of Italy’s 20 regions are now ‘orange’ zones, the middle of three tiers, after a new decree signed by health minister Roberto Speranza overnight. The measures mean that … Read more
Meet the headmaster of Reykjavik’s Elfschool, where you can learn all about elves and ‘hidden people’ – magical beings that are real for 54% of Icelanders Historian and folklore expert Magnus Skarphedinsson runs the Elfschool Elves, he says, are not an illusion for Icelanders, or for a great many foreigners Mr Skarphedinsson he’s met more … Read more
Sir Bradley Wiggins shared a shirtless snap on his Instagram page following his morning run on Tuesday. The Olympic cyclist, 40, showed off his tattooed torso days after he was spotted looking unrecognisable while out with his new girlfriend. Sir Bradley appeared to have worked up a sweat while out on his run, as he … Read more
A grandmother has been spared jail after her 11-month-old granddaughter drowned in a bath in the next room while she went to put on her dressing gown. Shirley Grenfell, 53, from Illogan Highway, Cornwall, left the bathroom for two minutes on Boxing Day morning in 2017 to get dressed in her room as baby Chanelle Grenfell … Read more
Six-year-old boy starts heartwarming chain reaction at McDonald’s drive thru after asking his mother to pay for a meal for the car behind – before the kind gesture was passed down the line Blake Durham wanted to lift people’s spirits during the second winter lockdown Mother Amy paid the bill of the car behind them … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to create new ‘deepfake’ pop songs that sound like they’re being performed by dead musicians, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie and Michael Jackson. Jukebox, created by California-based company OpenAI, is a neural network that generates eerie approximates of pop songs in the style of multiple artists. The neural network … Read more
Ant & Dec tease that the Welsh version of their I’m A Celeb treehouse set will be more like Game Of Thrones… and that the trials will still be ‘horrific’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 16:35 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 16:35 GMT, 10 November 2020 Ant and Dec have teased some of … Read more