The roads boss who oversaw the building of ‘death trap’ smart motorways is to quit his £456,000-a-year job. Jim O’Sullivan’s exit from Highways England (HE) was announced just three hours after the quango confirmed a series of safety improvements to the controversial routes. The chief executive’s astonishing £456,727 salary – …...Read More

Advertisement Donald Trump held a private funeral service at the White House Friday for his younger brother Robert who died last week one day after the president flew to New York to be by his bedside. Trump and Melania Trump cut somber figures as they watched pallbearers carrying Robert's casket …...Read More

David Beckham's transformation from working-class hero to country squire is complete David Beckham's transformation from working-class hero to country squire is complete. I hear the former England captain has just appointed as his right-hand woman someone who could make even Posh Spice, his wife Victoria, feel a little insecure socially. …...Read More

It's a union of royalty and one of Britain's richest aristocratic dynasties. I hear that Prince Charles's goddaughter, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark, has found love with Peregrine Pearson, son and heir of the 4th Viscount Cowdray, whose family has a reputed £224million fortune. The 24-year-old socialite, who grew …...Read More

Just when Boris Johnson thought it couldn't get any worse, as he's ferociously attacked for his absence during the exams fiasco, two of his reputed former lovers are making common cause. Petronella Wyatt, 52, has struck up an intriguing friendship with American businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri, 35. Both women are said …...Read More

This past week has been an emotional roller-coaster ride for A-level and GCSE students. I have every sympathy with them, caught up in a maelstrom of infighting as politicians, exam regulators and teachers play the blame game over the results fiasco. But while I don't doubt the distress caused and …...Read More

During the early afternoon of September 12, 1960, an unmarked car drove along Great Portland Street in central London and drew up outside No 159, a branch of the Midland Bank. The two men inside were from MI5, Britain’s counter-espionage service. They glanced up and down the street before they …...Read More

Take a set of titanium rods. Heat them to 400c — almost double the temperature of a red-hot oven — and apply the tip straight to your face. This is thermal ablation, one of the latest cosmetic ‘tweakments’ on the market. Similar to laser therapy, this non-surgical treatment promises to …...Read More

Engineers have smashed the world's fastest data transmission rate with a speed a fifth faster than the previous record. The team at the University College London (UCL) hit a rate of 178 terabits a second, which is similar to downloading every title on Netflix in less than a second. The …...Read More

Advertisement Britain could go into a second national lockdown if it sees a rise in cases like Spain, a senior official warned last night. More 'nationwide measures' could be brought in to combat rising infections after the R-rate crept over one for the first time since restrictions were lifted in …...Read More