Mass grave of 80 British soldiers who died fighting French revolutionaries 220 years ago is uncovered in a Dutch castle moat Mass grave uncovered in disused Dutch castle moat contains remains of 81 British soldiers, researchers say Men aged between 15 and 30 died fighting French revolutionaries in the War of the First Coalition, 1792-1797 Archaeologists first … Read more
Eurovision 2021: James Newman will RETURN to represent the UK at the final in Rotterdam after 2020 contest was cancelled by Covid pandemic By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 09:16 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 09:18 GMT, 19 February 2021 James Newman will return to represent the United Kingdom at the 2021 Eurovision Song … Read more
Two drug smugglers who tried to cross the North Sea from Holland on a jet ski with £200,000 of cocaine, before running out of fuel and having to be rescued by a helicopter, have been jailed for a total of 14 years. Steven Brogan, 36, and Anthony Reilly, 34, both of Skelmersdale in Lancashire, took the … Read more
A Dutch court today ordered the government to lift a Covid curfew that sparked the Netherlands’ worst rioting for decades – saying authorities had misused emergency powers meant for more perilous crises such as a dyke breach. The 9pm curfew was the first to be imposed in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in World … Read more
Doctors have warned people not to participate in the ‘senseless practice’ of pouring hot wax all over their face before peeling it off. Viral videos on TikTok show a barber shop in the Netherlands covering the whole face of a client with resin, waiting for it to harden and then peeling it off. The eyes, … Read more
Taron Egerton transforms into game developer Henk Rogers as he hails a taxi while shooting new scenes for film Tetris in Glasgow By Roxy Simons and Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 15:30 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 15:31 GMT, 12 February 2021 He has been hard at work on set of biopic Tetris in … Read more
Eighteen years before Chase Coleman III became the world’s top-earning hedge fund manager for 2020, his then-future wife appeared in a documentary chronicling what it’s like to grow up in America’s wealthiest families. Coleman, descendant of New York’s last Dutch governor in the 1600s, Peter Stuyvesant, landed at No. 1 on Bloomberg‘s annual list of the top-earning hedge fund … Read more
A descendant of the last Dutch governor of New York has been named the world’s top hedge fund manager after adding billions to his personal fortune. Chase Coleman III topped Bloomberg‘s annual list of the top 15 earners of 2020, making $3billion this year, according to the outlet’s Billionaires Index. Collectively, the 15 hedge fund managers … Read more
Spain‘s future Queen Princess Leonor is to become the latest European royal to study at a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ – following in the footsteps of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium in Wales. UWC Atlantic College, which was founded in German educationalist Kurt Hahn, is situated at the 12th century St Donat’s Castle on … Read more
Revealed: 16-year-old ‘Kenyan’ stowaway’s 4,800-mile journey hidden inside plane’s landing gear that took him from Nairobi to Holland via Turkey and UK – as he SURVIVES despite sub-zero temperatures at 38,000ft Teenager landed at Maastricht Airport, Holland, on freight plane from Stansted Jet left Kenya and stopped off in Turkey before arriving on Thursday afternoon … Read more