Rishi Sunak announces public sector pay freeze for next year

Rishi Sunak today announced the Government will freeze public sector pay next year but NHS workers and those in the lowest paid jobs will still get an increase in their wages.   The Chancellor said that while much of the private sector had been hammered during the coronavirus crisis, public sector workers had largely not been … Read more

Celebrity Big Brother Heavy D is dead

Heavy D dead: Celebrity Big Brother star passes away aged 47 as his friend says ‘you lived your life the way you wanted’ The TV star shot to fame after appearing as a buyer on the UK version of Storage Hunters In August 2016, he took part in the 18th series of Celebrity Big Brother … Read more

Justin Trudeau pranked by Russian duo posing as Greta Thunberg

‘Can you introduce me to Terrance and Philip?’ Justin Trudeau pranked by Russian duo posing as Greta Thunberg who urged him to leave Nato and fix up a meeting with South Park characters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been pranked by a Russian duo A woman posing as Greta Thunberg urged Trudeau to leave … Read more

Amateur astronomer traces possible source of notorious ‘WOW!’ signal

Discovery of pulsars British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar. Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted. Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered … Read more

Celebrity Big Brother Heavy D is dead

Heavy D dead: Celebrity Big Brother star passes away aged 43 as his friend says ‘you lived your life the way you wanted’ By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 12:57 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 13:03 GMT, 25 November 2020 Celebrity Big Brother star Heavy D, real name Colin Newell, has died at the … Read more

Boris Johnson defends ‘steely’ Priti Patel at PMQs, accusing Keir Starmer of trying to ‘bash her’

Boris Johnson defended ‘steely’ Home Secretary Priti Patel over bullying claims today, accusing Labour of attacking her because she is successful. Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer attacked the decision to keep Ms Patel, 48, in her post despite a critical report into her behaviour at the Home Office. The probe by Sir Alex Allan, finally … Read more

Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford slams I’m A Celebrity for ‘releasing non-native cockroaches’

Wales’ First Minister has today slammed I’m a Celebrity for releasing non-native insects into the wild, as he raised concern they could spread Covid. Drawing comparisons to Denmark’s mink Covid outbreak, Mark Drakeford said releasing non-native creatures into the Welsh countryside could pose a ‘risk to human health’.   It comes after police launched a probe … Read more