Queen Letizia of Spain drops off daughters Princess Leonor, 14, and Sofia, 13, at school Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain looked elegant in a white blouse as she dropped her teenage daughters off at school today. Letizia, 47, donned a face mask as she drove her daughters Leonor, 14, and Sofia, 13, to Madrid's Santa Maria de los Rosales' School. Classes restarted earlier this week and …...Read More

Woman, 56, who killed her 60-year-old friend by pushing her down the stairs is jailed for 13 years

A woman has been jailed for 13 years after killing her 60-year-old friend by pushing her down the stairs in a row over £200 owed for a cancelled Moroccan holiday. Rosalind Gray, 56, was once pictured on a mobility scooter with a brick in one hand, a walking stick in …...Read More

Cabinet ministers and Tory MPs demand rule of six rethink

Downing Street today refused to bow to growing demands from Tory MPs to make children in England exempt from the Government's new 'rule of six' coronavirus crackdown. Both Scotland and Wales have said children will not be included in their rule of six restrictions on social gatherings. But Number 10 …...Read More

Couples reveal why they ditched monogamy

Every relationship is different, and while ditching monogamy is some people's worst nightmare, these couples each have their own reasons for opening up their marriages. Writing on US-based anonymous confession app Whisper, couples have revealed why they chose to open up their marriages to other people, and why sometimes it …...Read More

Defiant parents in England vow to break the 'rule of six'

Advertisement Defiant parents in England have vowed to ignore controversial new measures limiting more than six people gathering together - including children. From Monday, the so-called 'rule of six' will come into force across the UK, with restrictions placed on the number of people meeting up both indoors and outdoors. …...Read More

Woman shares video of herself passing out after her drink was drugged

A woman has shared an alarming video of herself passed out on the ground with her empty cup still in her hand just five minutes after her drink was spiked. Stephanie Tavares, 26, from Montreal, Canada, posted the footage in response to a new TikTok trend in which people are …...Read More

MUST READS: Home Work by Julie Andrews book review

HOME WORK by Julie Andrews (Weidenfeld & Nicolson £9.99, 352 pp) HOME WORK by Julie Andrews (Weidenfeld & Nicolson £9.99, 352 pp) The first volume of Julie Andrews’s memoir, Home, told the story of her early life as a child performer. Its follow-up, Home Work, covers her Hollywood years, starting …...Read More

PICTURE THIS: Oxford The Last Hurrah by Dafydd Jones book review

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Author reveals the challenges faced by the owners of Britain's grand country houses

SOCIETY OLD HOMES, NEW LIFE by Clive Aslet (Triglyph £50, 304 pp) What made audiences all over the world fall in love with Downton Abbey? Perhaps it was Lady Mary’s exquisite frocks, the Dowager Countess’s waspish put-downs, or the slow-burn romance between Carson and Mrs Hughes. But for many of …...Read More

WHAT BOOK would thriller writer John Connolly take to a desert island?

. . . are you reading now? I have a couple of books on the go at the moment. I’m reading Bloody Sam, a biography of director Sam Peckinpah, but I keep having to pause to go back and re-watch some of his films. I’ve reached the section dealing with …...Read More