WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 I’ve had the OK to restart filming my Life Stories show after a lengthy postponement due to the pandemic. Of all Captain Tom’s achievements, helping me finally book Sir Michael Caine on Life Stories may top the lot During one of six meals I enjoyed with Dame …...Read More
Captain Tom asked for two Cokes, a bar of Dairy Milk... and six blondes
We WILL keep firepower to fight another Falklands: Defence Secretary reveals
Britain will retain its ability to wage war as a ‘tier one’ power, the Defence Secretary insisted yesterday. Ben Wallace said the Armed Forces had the strength to fight another Falklands alone and would invest heavily in electronic warfare. However the Ministry of Defence is preparing for its funding to …...Read More
PAUL BRACCHI: Why was Tim Roache cleared of claims he spiked drink with in-house lie detector test?
The person hooked up to a spaghetti of wires and sensors in this case, however, is not a reality TV contestant but Tim Roache, who, at the time, was general secretary of the GMB An anonymous office somewhere in London and a middle-aged man is taking part in a lie …...Read More
Michael Gove pushed through government's rule of six
Michael Gove played a key role in pushing through this week’s controversial Covid-19 clampdown, it emerged last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock was heavily outnumbered at a meeting of Boris Johnson’s Covid cabinet on Tuesday when he put forward plans to cut the limit on social gatherings to just six. …...Read More
Jimmy Carter says his son DID smoke marijuana on the White House roof with Willie Nelson
One of Jimmy Carter's son smoked marijuana with Willie Nelson on the White House roof, the former president revealed in his new documentary. In Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, which explores the 39th president special connection with the music community, Carter shared that one of his sons got high …...Read More
Golf legend John Daly facing his greatest battle after being diagnosed with bladder cancer
It's the kind of news that cuts across sporting boundaries. A bulletin guaranteed to provoke sadness and sympathy far beyond the buttoned-down world of members’ lounges and captain’s fourballs. John Daly has spent the best part of three decades entertaining the public — golf fans and philistines alike — and …...Read More
Drinkers hit bars and pubs across the country for one more weekend of freedom
Advertisement Drinkers flocked to pubs and bars across Britain last night for a final weekend of freedom before the Government's tough new 'rule of six' comes into force next week. Revellers gathered in busy beer gardens in London, Manchester and Nottingham en masse on Friday ahead of the tightening of …...Read More
Boris Johnson accuses the EU of trying to break up the 'territorial integrity' of the UK
Boris Johnson is accusing the EU of trying to destroy the 'territorial integrity' of the UK with a 'blockade' in the Irish Sea as he attempts to tear up his Brexit deal. The Prime Minister said that Brussels could 'carve up our country' and 'seriously endanger peace and stability' in …...Read More
GUY ADAMS: National Trust launches a national witch-hunt
Richard Tollemache is the scion of a landowning dynasty that presides over almost 18,000 acres of Lincolnshire which lie around a neo-Georgian stately pile called Buckminster Park. He is the son of Sir Lyonel, the seventh baronet, and his family estate includes a vast portfolio of farmland and forest, plus …...Read More
JOHN HUMPHRYS: We'll need more nuclear weapons to fight the greatest war of all
John Watson, then a Tory MP, knew he had a bit of a battle on his hands. He was addressing his audience about the benefits of nuclear power. Not an easy case to make with so many coal miners filling the chairs in front of him. But he felt pretty …...Read More
