The Duchess of Sussex owns Cartier jewellery worth a fortune but her mother, Doria Ragland, has far simpler tastes. I can reveal that she has started a new job as a teacher showing students how to make hippy jewellery. Doria, 63, who quit her post as a social worker at a mental health clinic after … Read more
Ellie Gould’s parents Carole and Matthew are pictured The scene was one of such unimaginable horror that it still haunts Matthew Gould’s dreams and consumes his waking thoughts. On a warm May Friday afternoon last year, he returned early from work to find his adored teenage daughter Ellie lying inert in a pool of blood … Read more
Michelle Obama says she is ‘just devastated’ by the Kenosha shootings – of Jacob Blake and of protesters by teenage gunman – as she urges people to ‘keep using your bullhorns and ballots’ to bring about change Michelle Obama tweeted on Friday that she was ‘exhausted and frustrated’ by the racial tensions in America She … Read more
Town halls were last night urged to ‘play their part’ by getting more workers back into offices to rescue city centre shops. A Daily Mail audit of councils suggests only a fraction of staff have returned. Many said up to eight in ten workers will not be expected to return until next year or until … Read more
Business Secretary Alok Sharma led calls this week urging firms to get workers back to their desks. But he faced accusations of hypocrisy last night after just 5 per cent of his own department’s 1,800 staff arrived at its central London HQ. Just 95 were seen entering the Whitehall building on Thursday morning, even though … Read more
Boris Johnson was on a collision course with the unions last night as he prepared a fresh push next week to get all civil servants back to their desks to ‘set an example’. Downing Street sources said the Prime Minister was determined to get ‘every’ official back to demonstrate a safe return to work is possible. … Read more
The live-music leg of the BBC Proms kicked off with a composition ‘exploring themes of identity’ by a renowned Black British composer. The world premiere of Hannah Kendall’s five-minute Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama opened the programme on BBC Two tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. Kendall sat in the audience as her spine-tingling Basquiat-inspired composition … Read more
Santander’s online banking system crashes leaving millions of customers unable to access their accounts The crash comes on the last Friday of the month – often payday for many workers It also leaves customers with a headache ahead of the bank holiday weekend The bank said its team are ‘working hard to resolve this issue … Read more
Antique Mars bar found by a Co-op supermarket worker 11 years past its sell-by date fetches £50 on eBay after company stopped making it Eli Toy, 26, found chocolate while cleaning Co-op supermarket where he works Mars launched Delight, lighter version of Mars Bar, in 2004 but stopped in 2008 The one Mr Toy found … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg tells Facebook staff in all-hands meeting that Apple has ‘stranglehold’ on apps which allows it to ‘charge monopoly rents’ as it takes 30% profit off all purchases Facebook CEO’s remarks were made in video address to employees Thursday He accused Apple of App Store monopoly that allows it to gouge app makers Apple … Read more