Matt Hancock ties himself in knots about whether people in Manchester can leave the area

Matt Hancock got in a muddle on live radio today about whether 4.5million people in the newly locked-down north-west can visit friends outside the area saying: ‘I’ll have to come back to you on that’.   The Health Secretary was speaking to BBC Radio Manchester and appeared so flustered by the question host Becky Want then told … Read more

Thousands of hard-up pensioners ‘face food and fuel poverty’ as their free TV licences are scrapped 

Thousands of hard-up pensioners face food and fuel poverty as their free TV licences are scrapped from today, campaigners warn More than 3million UK households will be asked to pay the  £157.50 annual fee   500k pensioners could qualify for a free licence but are unaware, study finds They could be forced to choose between having … Read more

TV BAFTAs 2020: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal reunite for first time since Normal People

TV BAFTAs 2020: Normal People co-stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal reunite for the first time since being propelled to stardom to attend socially-distanced virtual ceremony By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 14:33 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 14:44 BST, 31 July 2020 Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal were reunited on Friday afternoon as … Read more

Alex Jones looks radiant in red frilled blouse and high-waist denim jeans

Alex Jones looks radiant in red frilled blouse and high-waist denim jeans following post-lockdown holiday with her family By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 02:00 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 07:08 BST, 31 July 2020 She has been struggling with the coronavirus pandemic and having to distance herself from her loved ones.  But Alex … Read more

Strictly bosses DENY celebrities have turned down show

Strictly Come Dancing bosses have denied celebrities such as Michelle Keegan and Jessie J declined to be on the show because of the ‘low’ £60,000 appearance fee.  Speaking exclusively to MailOnline on Wednesday, a Strictly source has contested reports that several celebrities had turned them down and said only those who have signed onto the show … Read more

Normal People’s Paul Mescal cracks open the champagne

EXCLUSIVE: Normal People’s Paul Mescal cracks open the champagne as triumphant star celebrates his Emmy nomination with friends By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 11:03 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 11:03 BST, 29 July 2020 The champagne flowed on Tuesday evening as rising star Paul Mescal celebrated his Primetime Emmy Awards nomination with a … Read more

Prince William tells Peter Crouch podcast reveals he made his bodyguard pose as a SNIPER

Prince William reveals how he made his bodyguard pose as a SNIPER to scare off a rival football player when he was a schoolboy because ‘everyone wanted to break my legs’ Prince William revealed he had a bodyguard scare off rival schoolboy footballer Duke asked officer to shine a laser’s red dot at the boy pretending to … Read more

BBC gets go-ahead to axe Newsround from afternoon TV slot

The BBC will axe Newsround’s afternoon edition after almost 50 years after audiences for its bulletins on the small screen continued to fall in lockdown.  The broadcaster wants to move more of its children’s content online in an attempt to halt declining TV viewing numbers among young people.  Ofcom approved the BBC’s plans after the … Read more

University Challenge viewers rejoice as the Open University BEAT Oxford

University Challenge viewers rejoiced yesterday as the Open University beat Linacre College, Oxford on the BBC Two show.  The team from the Open University, who had an average age of 52, beat the post-graduate Oxford college 210 to 140 leaving fans overjoyed at the underdogs’ win. Oxford University is ranked number one in the world … Read more