You Deserve a Good Lunch
Step away for half an hour today, if you can, and make yourself a turkey and apple sandwich, an easy pea soup or an omelet, using Jacques Ppins technique. Read more...
The Stranded Stars of Wuhan F.C.
A professional soccer team from Wuhan, China, went to Spain for preseason training. And got stuck. For six weeks. On Thursday, they let @tariqpanja in to talk about how they are holding up. Read more...
Third UK prisoner dies after catching coronavirus
The inmate died on Friday at HMP Littlehey, a category C prison for sex offenders, where the virus also killed 84-year-old paedophile Edwin Hillier nearly two weeks ago. Read more...
Polish composer Penderecki dies at 86 after long illness
Poland's Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the world's most celebrated composers, died on Sunday at the age of 86, his family said. Read more...
George Preti, 75, Dies; Studied Bodily Odors as Biological Clues
In his bizarre niche of science, he sought to weaponize odors as a means to sniff out disease, even using dogs to do so. Read more...
Google to start selling auto insurance in the U.S., analyst says
Google Inc may be moving into the U.S. auto insurance market with a shopping site for people to compare and buy policies, an analyst said on Thursday, as it continues to shift its attention to the automotive industry. Read more...
I've been furloughed What does it mean?
The term furlough, until now more or less unknown, is suddenly popping up everywhere. We explain what it means and what it entails for workers and businesses. Read more...
Police Pay
An article on 14 May said that a report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies had revealed that police are using dishonest methods to boost their pay. While the report found that police overtime spending has risen and said the matter was 'ripe for review' - the suggestion that this was caused by dishonesty or 'tricks' came from the Mail, not the report. Officers can begin claiming overtime 30 minutes after the end of a shift. The claim that officers make arrests outside normal working hours to increase their payments has been aired previously, but we should have made clear that it is conjecture. We apologise for any confusion and the article has been amended. Read more...
Airline tycoons told to cough up if industry is bailed out
The industry has been pleading for state aid after being crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic. Virgin Atlantic, part of Sir Richard Branson's empire, has led calls for an 7.5bn industry rescue package. Read more...
A tale of a wartime evacuee turned conjuror. A wizard twist at the end. But where's the magic?
Here We Are opens in a theatre in Brighton, 1959. A snazzy tap-dancing showbiz personality called Jack Robinson is waiting in the wings. The world of entertainment is on the cusp of change Read more...
The Best Matzo? Its Homemade
This version may not be kosher for Passover, but its delicate, airy and quick to make. Read more...
How Russias Troll Farm Is Changing Tactics Before the Fall Election
The Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency, which interfered in the 2016 election, is using different methods to hide itself better. Read more...
As China goes back to work, doubts over its coronavirus recovery linger
As the United States and much of the rest of the world locks down over the novel coronavirus pandemic, China is cautiously opening back up. Read more...
ADRIAN THRILLS This tribute to the female greats will put a spell on you - by jazzing up the gloom
ADRIAN THRILLS Kandace Springs isn't the first female singer to count Prince as one of her mentors. Chaka Khan, Sheena Easton and Laura Mvula all worked with the maverick American. Read more...
Blunders begone! Golden Globes burnish Hollywood credibility
Four years ago Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais turned his sharp tongue on voters of the awards show, ridiculing them for nominating the poorly reviewed Johnny Depp-Angelina Jolie action thriller "The Tourist." Read more...
'Sell one of your yachts!' Outrage as billionaire Sir Philip Green asks for taxpayer help
Furious Twitter users called on the British retail mogul to sell one of his three yachts, which includes the 122million Lionheart, or use some of his estimated 1.8billion fortune. Read more...
World Rugby chief Bill Beaumont on fears that game faces financial apocalypse
EXCLUSIVE BY CHRIS FOY Bill Beaumonthas warned rugby's global community that 'everyone will suffer' in the fall-out from the coronavirus shutdown, called for unity and more state help. Read more...
U.S. Retail Crisis Deepens as Hundreds of Thousands Lose Work
Furloughs by Macys and Gap will affect the majority of their work forces, and show how the pandemic will devastate many retailers. Read more...
13 Uplifting Documentaries on Netflix
Find stories of overlooked artists in the music industry, a Hollywood starlet who was also an inventor, athletes who summit a mountain and more. Read more...
Germany's coronavirus death toll tops 1,000
Germany's total infection count rose by 6,174, marginally higher than yesterday, taking the tally from 73,522 to 79,696. Read more...
Essential Drug Supplies for Virus Patients Are Running Low
Medicines to alleviate breathing difficulty, relieve pain and sedate coronavirus patients are in very high demand, depleting stock around the country. Read more...