A fatal 'unknown pneumonia' with a death rate far higher than that of COVID-19 has reportedly broken out in Kazakhstan, Chinese officials have warned. According to the Chinese embassy's website, which is citing local media reports, the Atyrau and Aktobe provinces, as well as the city of Skymkent, have seen …...Read More
'Unknown pneumonia' said to be deadlier than coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan
TOM UTLEY: Has the virus really killed off the suit and tie for good?
As I write, I’m sitting at an enormous mahogany desk in my oak-panelled, book-lined study, attired in formal evening dress. My starched shirt-front, dazzlingly white, is as stiff as a sheet of tin. You can see your face in my patent-leather shoes, polished to a brilliant shine. My black tie …...Read More
New memoir on Hollywood at its most debauched - as told by beauty who fell under the A-list's spell
Hollywood stars rarely live up to their on-screen reputations but Warren Beatty even had trouble keeping up with his offscreen one. Before he took phone calls, the film world’s most notorious lothario would do a hurried set of squats holding 20lb weights in each hand so that when he picked …...Read More
This shoddy decision to end free TV licences for most over-75s will haunt the BBC's fat cat bosses
So the deed is done. But will the BBC pay a price for going ahead with its plan to end free TV licences for most over-75s after a two-month stay of execution because of the Covid-19 pandemic? The Corporation’s panjandrums evidently think they can get away with it. They will …...Read More
Elderly care home residents MUST be allowed see their families to prevent a 'hidden catastrophe'
Relatives of dementia patients in care homes should be treated as key workers and be given regular coronavirus tests to help prevent a 'hidden catastrophe', charities say. Dementia UK and the Alzheimer's Society are among those who have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, in which they say care provided …...Read More
Brazil's president says his country 'saved lives and jobs' during COVID-19 pandemic
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro boasted on social media that no other country has put forth a better effort to protect lives and jobs throughout the coronavirus pandemic despite a record-breaking rise in deaths and confirmed cases. 'No other country has done like Brazil,' the far-right leader wrote on Twitter on …...Read More
Middle-class mother living a Cotswolds idyll was seduced by a fraud who claimed he was a Rothschild
Fifteen years ago, Christine Handy’s life was fizzing with opportunity and new beginnings. At 40, she was financially secure and living mortgage-free in a handsome five-bedroom townhouse. A part-time job provided a balance to caring for three young children, and, divorced from her wealthy Cotswold landowning husband, she was happy …...Read More
Naya Rivera's ex Ryan Dorsey is seen for the first time with their son
Advertisement The heartbroken ex-husband of missing Naya Rivera was seen for the first time comforting his young son just a day after the Glee actress vanished from a California lake where she’d been boating with their four-year-old son. Doting dad Ryan Dorsey was spotted holding Josey in his arms as …...Read More
TOM LEONARD asks if the billionaire rapper who is now running for President can win the White House
He's said he’d run a White House inspired by a superhero movie and be a President who ‘follows the word of the Bible’. If you thought U.S. politics couldn’t possibly get any more insane, steel yourself — how does President Kanye West and First Lady Kim Kardashian sound? Following his …...Read More
California park officials spot nearly a dozen condors in teh area for the first time in 50 years
California condors disappeared from Sequioa National Park 50 years ago, never to be seen again – until now. Park officials announced the return of the majestic scavenger after spotting nearly a dozen in the area on May 28. The bird has been roaming North America for thousands of years, but …...Read More
