As Google lets staff stay at home until next summer, a plea for a return to work by ALEX BRUMMER

The gleaming glass building will stand 11 storeys tall, it will be topped by a huge roof garden with its own running track, and boast a 25-metre swimming pool, indoor basketball court and nap pods for staff. This is the £1billion state-of-the-art office campus in King's Cross ­destined to become …...Read More

Boris Johnson advertises for £100,000 spokesperson

Boris Johnson will today fire the starting gun on the race to become his spokesperson at the government's new televised press conferences. The Prime Minister is seeking to hire a surrogate who will 'communicate with the nation' on his behalf as part of a radical shake-up of the Number 10 …...Read More

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'are top of the guest list for Brooklyn Beckham wedding'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are thought to be at the top of the guest list for Brooklyn Beckham's wedding to Nicola Peltz. The groom's parents David, 45, and Victoria, 46, are good friends with the royal couple, even attending their nuptials at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Although their …...Read More

Millionaire farmer Ben Goldsmith claimed £25k in EU funds last year

Millionaire farmer Ben Goldsmith was facing growing pressure over his role as a Defra board member last night as it emerged he had benefited from tens of thousands of pounds in farming subsidies. Mr Goldsmith faces controversial allegations – exposed by the Daily Mail at the weekend – that he …...Read More

Pessimists die two years earlier on average - but being overtly optimistic doesn't improve longevity

People who are pessimistic die earlier than those who don't have overtly negative or positive views, a new study suggests. Researchers found that those with negative outlooks about the presents or future died about two years earlier than the average person. However - and rather surprisingly - being particularly optimistic …...Read More

That's lucky... a Waitrose ducky! Teacher, 26, hatches a baby bird from a box of free-range eggs

When a teacher bought a box of duck eggs from Waitrose she didn’t intend to eat them – she wanted to hatch them. Lauren Barton, 26, got the idea from a news story about a woman who had hatched ducklings from supermarket eggs. She bought a six-pack of free-range Clarence …...Read More

Kebab house customer bares her breasts, spits at staff

A kebab shop owner was subjected to a tirade of racist abuse and spat on by a woman who bared her breasts at him while falsaccusing him of rape. The woman, 33, entered the Kebabish restaurant in Falkirk shortly before midnight on Tuesday, July 21, where she allegedly became abusive …...Read More

Meghan Markle 'set up 2015 paparazzi shots through her PR team'

Advertisement Meghan Markle and her agent 'arranged' for paparazzi shots of her to be taken as she walked into a London restaurant, around one year before she met Prince Harry, sources said. A photographer snapped pictures of the then lesser-known Suits actress heading into Toto's restaurant in Kensington in March …...Read More

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: After chopping 500 of his staff - Gordon Ramsay cooks up a noodle empire

Nobody snapped into action faster than Gordon Ramsay following the introduction of lockdown. No sooner had it been implemented than the expletive-addicted chef brought 500 of his staff to boiling-point by pulping their contracts. So I’m intrigued by Ramsay’s latest ploy. He has, I can disclose, hatched secret plans to …...Read More

David Harewood claims he left the UK to pursue acting roles in the United States because of racism

David Harewood claimed he moved to the United States because as a black man he struggled to land roles in the UK's film industry. The Homeland star, 54, spoke candidly on Joe Wicks' podcast on Monday about his decision to head across the Atlantic for work, as he detailed his …...Read More