Storm Christoph George and Amal Clooney's mansion grounds affected
The 17th-century, Grade II-listed house in the celebrity haunt of Sonningis located on an island in the river, which past the edge of their grounds. Read more...
Investor pay revolt blocks hike for boss of WH Smith Carl Cowling
The stationery chain said it understood shareholders were unhappy with a pay rise for chief executive Carl Cowling, who took on the role in 2019 and was due for his second 25,000 rise in April. Read more...
Lena Dunham is slammed on Twitter after joking she cannot wait to be 'Hunter Biden's beautiful wife'
Lena Dunham is getting slammed on Twitter after posting a joke about wanting to marry Hunter Biden and spend the holidays with the First Family. Read more...
Trump Opens Habitat of a Threatened Owl to Timber Harvesting
Going far beyond expectations, the Trump administration eliminated protection from more than three million acres of northern spotted owl habitat in the Pacific Northwest. Read more...
Anti-Kremlin demonstrations break out across Russia in support of jailed Putin-critic Alexei Navalny
Protests against Vladimir Putin took place in temperatures as low as minus 60F (51C) as police forcibly detained supporters of Kremlin foe Navalny, who was arrested upon his return to Russia. Read more...
How the 'Indiana Jones of the art world' ARTHUR BRAND hunted down Hitler's horses
Art detective Arthur Brand is known in his office as Don Quixote for how much time he spends on 'wild goose chases' but says he had no idea what he was getting into on his hunt for Hitler's bronze horses. Read more...
Benefits claimants
In common with other newspapers, an article on 11 February reported official Department of Work and Pensions figures which suggested that 68 per cent of incapacity claimants were receiving benefits despite being fit for work. While 29 per cent were found fit for work straight away, the other 39 per cent were assessed as being unable to work now but able to work in the foreseeable future. We are happy to clarify the position. Read more...
Bidens Inauguration Scores Bigger TV Ratings Than Trumps
The opening moments of both presidencies did not attract as large an audience as Barack Obama did in 2009. Read more...
Covid UK Fleetwood woman's brother and father die within months
Suzanne Selby has paid tribute to her brother Alan, 47, from Fleetwood, Lancashire, and father Karl, 74, from Heywood, Greater Manchester, after they died from coronavirus seven months apart. Read more...
How Couples Made Their Wedding Meaningful and Safe in a Pandemic
No, your wedding wont be an extravaganza during this time. But it will be more personal and meaningful if you give it a chance and take precautions. Read more...
Kiwi disability worker Tamsyn Cornwall, 31, reveals bowel cancer symptoms everyone should know
Tamsyn Cornwall, from Auckland, spent years training at F45 gyms and eating a diet rich in gluten-free wholefoods. She never expected she would have a stoma bag for the rest of her life. Read more...
Deaths in London began to tail off last week, official data shows
Department of Health figures show a tailing off in fatalities across the capital last week, signalling the second wave may be running out of steam in the city. Its hospitalisations and cases have peaked. Read more...
Senate Leaders Agree on Impeachment Trial Delay, Giving Biden Breathing Room
The plan would put off the historic proceeding until Feb. 9, giving former President Donald J. Trump time to prepare his defense and allowing President Biden to fill his cabinet and begin work on his agenda. Read more...
A Chinese Celebrity Scandal Puts Surrogate Births on Trial
The state news media excoriated an actress accused of abandoning babies born in the United States. Others say Chinas limits on reproductive techniques at home are outdated. Read more...
Mars' 'Happy Face' crater has grown in decade due to thermal erosion
The 'Happy Face' crater near Mars' south pole from 2011 (left) and 2020. The ongoing erosion of carbon dioxide ice on the surface has deepened the 'smile' and caused the nostrils to combine into one hole. Read more...
The UK's favourite walks to blow away the cobwebs from Buttermere to the Fife Coastal Path
The 4.5-mile lakeside walk in Cumbria received a walk score of 88 per cent. It was awarded five stars for scenery, thanks to its combination of a rippling silver lake next to dramatic mountains. Read more...
Kathleen Kingsbury Is Named New York Times Opinion Editor
She spent seven months as the sections interim head after replacing James Bennet, who resigned under pressure. Now she officially takes a job that has been a steppingstone to the top editor position at The Times. Read more...
National Guard to remain in DC until March due to lingering threats
After Joe Biden's inauguration went off with only a handful of minor arrests and incidents on Wednesday,15,400 of those Guardsmen are now being sent home. Read more...
Coronavirus vaccine UK gets jabs to 343,000 people in a day
The PM warned that 'constraints on supply' were making the situation harder as he was grilled by MPs in the Commons this afternoon,after alarm that the daily rate had fallen for a third consecutive day. Read more...
Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its ambitious internet balloon venture
A futuristic project by Google's parent company Alphabet to provide internet from high flying balloons has burst. Read more...