North East revellers enjoy one last night on the Toon before new restrictions and 10pm pub closing kick in TODAY - as it's revealed Lancashire 'will be placed under Covid curfew TOMORROW' taking the total number back in lockdown to 10 million...Read More

Shape Up Britain volunteer Chris Shutt used to snore the night away on a regular basis — though he was blissfully unaware of it himself. The same could not be said, however, for his long-suffering partner Liz, 51. ‘Liz tells me that she’d often have to nudge me awake at …...Read More

Bill And Ted Face The Music (cinemas, PG) Rating: Verdict: Uninspiring rehash The Devil All The Time (Netflix, 18) Rating: Verdict: Dark but gripping The Christopher Nolan blockbuster Tenet has not, it seems, quite achieved what the cinema industry hoped by tempting multitudes back to the multiplexes. But since it …...Read More

The UK's test and trace system could be outsourced to a delivery giant such as Amazon, it was reported last night. Ministers are said to be planning to hand over the running of the testing service to a logistics firm as the system struggles to cope with increased demand for …...Read More

Staff have missed the everyday spontaneous conversation of the office and the chance to learn from each other while working at home during lockdown, a chief executive has warned. Lord Wolfson, the boss of high street retailer Next, warned about the damaging and 'joyless' effects of the new work environment …...Read More

Serge Gainsbourg was similar to Harvey Weinstein in the way he behaved towards women, one of the France's most celebrated contemporary singers has claimed. The French singer-songwriter achieved global fame with hits like Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus and was known for his 12-year relationship with British actress Jane Birkin, …...Read More

The government could use emergency powers to vaccinate the public against Covid-19, it was revealed last night. Ministers would utilise regulations to bypass EU laws if a vaccine becomes available prior to the end of the Brexit transition agreement on December 31, as reported by the i. Even if a …...Read More

Keira Knightley and the ensemble from Silent Night — the most astonishing Christmas movie ever made — are preparing to complete post-production on the film, work that was interrupted by the pandemic. An unfinished version was shown privately to distributors at a series of Covid-secure screenings in Soho, London, this …...Read More

Phillip Schofield is reportedly planning an 'amicable' divorce from his wife Stephanie Lowe where he will share his £9million fortune. The TV star, 58, - who came out as gay in February - apparently wants to avoid a bitter showdown like his friend Ant McPartlin, who divorced his wife of …...Read More

Bloodshed was foreseen by the people of Northumberland even before the Viking raiders came ashore on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in AD 793. An ancient manuscript recalls how ‘amazing sheets of lightning and whirlwinds and fiery dragons were seen flying in the sky’, but no omen could have prepared …...Read More