Ken Dodd’s widow Lady Anne donates £700,000 to build an amphitheatre in Prescot

Ken Dodd’s widow Lady Anne donates £700,000 to build an amphitheatre to perform Shakespeare outdoors near Knowsley Safari Park A mini-ampitheatre is set to be built in Prescot and will open in two years’ time The Merseyside theatre will celebrate the town’s links to William Shakespeare It has been funded by a £700,000 grant from … Read more

Party organiser says she just invited 20 people to her lockdown breach rave in Manchester

The organiser of an illegal lockdown party in Manchester which saw police officers pelted with missiles has claimed she only invited 20 people to the gathering that got ‘out of hand’. Police were forced to call for back-up after being pelted by objects as they tried to shut down the illegal event last week which was attended by … Read more

Stripes and checked patterns repel horseflies

There’s nothing which ruins a picnic quicker than a downpour – or a swarm of uninvited flies joining the feast. But now, experts have discovered a simple solution to this all-too-familiar plague: Sit on a checked picnic blanket. According to the new study, chequered and striped patterns trigger an optical illusion in the eyes of … Read more

Sport of the future: 13-year-old girl invents the ‘Electrodeck’ remote-control skateboard

A teenage girl has won an award for her design for a new type of remote controlled skateboard dubbed the ‘Electrodeck’ that can reach speeds of 10mph. The skateboard is an innovative way to make skaters go faster and do more tricks without ever having to take their feet off the board, competition organisers claim. … Read more

Environment bill to include legally binding targets to curb plastic waste and air pollution

Legally-binding targets to curb plastic waste and reduce air pollution will form part of new environment bill An environment bill is being introduced in PM’s bid to ‘build back greener’     Goals to focus on less waste, cleaner air, cleaner water and more biodiversity  The Daily Mail has long campaigned against plastic polluting the seas and … Read more

Top civil servant at Department for Education ‘is facing axe’ over series of school disasters 

Top civil servant at Department for Education ‘is facing axe’ over series of school disasters Jonathan Slater has been permanent secretary at the department for four years  Ministers are concerned about failure to reopen schools and exam grading   The Government has denied that Slater will be leaving his post despite concerns  By Claire Ellicot Political … Read more

London and Cardiff raked in £58.2m from moving traffic offences

London and Cardiff pocketed a combined £58.2million from drivers who committed moving traffic offences in a year, a new report by the RAC has found.  More than half of the fines – at £31.4million – were from yellow-box junction infringements in the financial year 2018/19, which continue to prove lucrative for authorities across both capitals. … Read more

Donald Trump opens Arizona mini-rally by accusing Joe Biden and Barack Obama of TREASON

Donald Trump came out guns blazing at a mini rally in Yuma, Arizona on Tuesday accusing former President Barack Obama and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden of ‘treason’ in his first sentence. The president was greeted by chants of four-more-years as his signature pump up song ‘God Bless the USA’ faded out. ‘You know considering … Read more

Rebecca Judd shares her compelling earpiece theory about The Bachelor

AFL WAG Rebecca Judd has shared her interesting earpiece theory about The Bachelor.  Speaking on her KIIS FM radio show, the 3pm Pick Up on Monday, Bec, 37, claimed that producers feed the leading man lines through an earpiece during the finale.  It comes after Bachelor reject Nadine Kodsi made extraordinary claims about Locky Gilbert, saying that … Read more

Scientists discover 30 new forms of deep-sea life in the Galapagos

Marine scientists exploring the depths of the ocean surrounding the Galapagos Islands have uncovered dozens of new species of deep-sea creatures. Plunging miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, they discovered 30 previously unknown invertebrates, include four new species of crustacean known as squat-lobsters, 10 new types of bamboo corals and four new species of octocorals. A … Read more