LABOUR’S “crackpot” broadband plans sparked market chaos yesterday as £500million was wiped off BT, a major TalkTalk deal stalled and 100,000 pensions were put at risk. The proposal to nationalise Britain’s broadband network was blasted as a “fantasy” which could eventually cost more than £160billion. At the launch yesterday of his ga-ga plans, Jeremy Corbyn […]
A LABOUR candidate for the general election has been revealed as the author of a string of best-selling bondage novels that are “steamier than Fifty Shades”. Steffie Williams Roberts, 27, pens the raunchy BDSM books under the pen name Steffie Dawn and her work has featured in the Amazon Erotica Top 10. Her 2013 seven […]
SERIOUS-looking Victoria Beckham shows she does actually have a sense of humour with a side-splitting moment. Fashion designer Posh Spice, 45, was spotted wearing a grey suit with the skirt slashed to the thigh and purple heels while out and about in Paris. Victoria’s appearance comes after she recently admitted that being a “good mother” […]
WHO but a self-confessed Marxist like John McDonnell could think that renationalising the telecoms industry is a good idea? Before privatisation in 1984, you had a choice of two handsets, lumberingly heavy with a finger-numbing rotary dial — originally designed to slow your dialling down so the decrepit copper-wire network could cope with it. That […]
A GAY primary school headteacher sacked after a threesome with two 17-year-old boys he met on Grindr has been awarded nearly £700,000 compensation. Matthew Aplin, who was the head of Tywyn Primary School in Sandfields, Port Talbot, South Wales, had sexual activity with the two teenagers at his home in August 2015. The governors of […]
KELLY Brook celebrated turning 40 in style as she partied with Magic Mike Live guys and enjoyed a striptease as she was showered in pink money. The presenter, who wore a hot pink mini dress with a bejewelled police cap, was treated to the show by her pals at Heart radio. Taking to Instagram to […]
MCDONALD’S Christmas advert follows adorable little girl Ellie as she befriends a lovable reindeer called Archie. The animated ad opens with Ellie asking her older sister Jenny if she wants to play with her, but Jenny slams the door in her face, telling her to “grow up”. Upset Ellie goes outside to sit in the […]
♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 Dominant Saturn and the moon have very different plans and your challenge is to get the correct balance between time you devote to personal ambitions and to home life. If you start the weekend single, your new love travels lots and speaks four languages. A friend with a […]
THE cheapest Christmas markets in Europe have been revealed with France and Croatia coming out on top as some of the biggest bargains. An affordable break can also be found in Latvia and Estonia – although you’re best off avoiding Germany. The Post Office has looked at the top 13 Christmas markets in Europe, and […]
THE tabloid Sun is born on November 17 1969 after Rupert Murdoch buys the title for £600,000. One day earlier, The Clangers makes its TV debut on BBC1. 1970 1980 Hillsborough disaster, caused by police failures to manage crowds, claims 96 Liverpool fans’ lives in April 1989. News Group Newspapers Ltd In November 1989 the […]
THE Sun – what better name for a newspaper that rises each morning and brightens your day? For me and its millions of readers, the “super, soaraway Sun” doesn’t just dish up the day’s news; it spices it up with informative debate, a much-needed pinch of irreverence, lashings of fun and, most importantly, garnishes it […]
A BAR in Dubai is offering women free drinks based on how much they weigh – and less doesn’t mean more. Fusion Club at the Cassells Al Barsha Hotel in the United Arab Emirates is running the promotion where the higher the number on the scale the more booze you can get. Women can redeem […]
SMOKERS who switch to vaping start to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke after just one month, a major study suggests. The health of their blood vessels improved, with efficiency returning halfway towards that of a typical non-smoker after four weeks. Researchers said their trial is the largest yet into the effects of […]
THE boss of bakery chain Greggs has gone vegan. Roger Whiteside began his plant-based diet three weeks ago. The chief executive, 61, said he was working his way through his company’s growing vegan range. Mr Whiteside, who has been in charge for seven years, said: “If you’d asked me three weeks ago which roll I […]
CHILDREN In Need viewers were confused tonight as Nadine Coyle appeared “live” in London despite flying to Australia to appear on I’m A Celebrity earlier this week. The former Girls Aloud star appeared on a special version of The Hit List during tonight’s massive telethon alongside Sugababes star Heidi Range. But fans were confused as […]
AUSTRALIA is huge. “No kangaroo s**t, Sherlock!” I hear you say. But until you’re at the wheel of a motorhome in Perth, Western Australia, with a 350-page road atlas on your lap and the open road ahead, you don’t quite grasp the enormity. Sydney is 2,446 miles to the east, Darwin 2,516 miles to the […]
HARRY KANE hopes England’s fans will not turn on Raheem Sterling in Kosovo tomorrow. Three Lions skipper Kane wants no repeat of the jeering of Joe Gomez at Wembley, which left the Liverpool defender devastated after Thursday’s 7-0 win over Montenegro. Sterling, left out of the squad after his restaurant clash with Gomez, will start […]
IT SAYS a lot for being in charge of a Premier League team when a noticeboard, signed by Frank Lampard, reads that Chelsea players will be fined £20,000 for being late for training. It screams “I’m in charge. Don’t mess with me or my assistants”. Also “You’re paid extremely well, so I have to make […]
KOSOVO football bosses are going to extraordinary lengths to make England players and fans feel welcome. There are billboards dotted around Pristina, including one of Raheem Sterling with a message in Albanian which translates as “Welcome brother”. And the tiny Balkan country plan to display images of poppies at the stadium tomorrow in tribute to […]
ETHAN AMPADU could be forgiven for questioning his decision to join Germany’s Brexit movement. The Chelsea teenager became the latest British kid to head to the Bundesliga when he joined RB Leipzig on a season-long loan in July. But the 19-year-old has played just 48 minutes of league action so far — a fact that […]
Ruin, superfast LABOUR’S £100billion-plus “free superfast broadband” pledge is a transparent absurdity with an entirely sinister motive. It is designed to fool those too dim to think beyond the words “free” and “broadband”. Who cannot grasp that Corbyn’s “freebies” would all be funded from ruinous rises to their taxes or bills. This one would, at […]
HAVING to endure a squirm-inducing inquisition from BBC’s Emily Maitlis INSIDE Buckingham Palace is an acknowledgement that these are indeed desperate times for Randy Andy. There is zero doubt that the Duke of York is fighting to save his battered reputation. This could be the most consequential royal interview since Princess Diana on Panorama in […]
ANDY Cohen admitted that he ‘kinda’ hoped that Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice cheated on husband Joe Giudice while he was in prison. The Bravo boss made the comment while hosting Watch What Happens Live when he was interviewing Teresa’s sister-in-law on Wednesday. He asked Melissa and American Horror Story actress Leslie Grossman if […]
SHE has been accused of cruelly hiding away Formula One legend Michael Schumacher from the world – and disguising the truth about his condition. But devoted wife Corinna Schumacher claims she is simply paying back her husband for 24 happy years of marriage by fulfilling his wish for privacy. The German seven-times world champion has […]
JEREMY Kyle’s pregnant fiancee Vicky Burton showed off her growing baby bump today on a shopping trip. The former nanny and her television host partner went on a shopping trip in Richmond, London with Vicky proudly showing her bump off. She looked glowing as she walked down the road with her fiance in a striped […]