A former athlete who was feeling the boredom of quarantine has spent his birthday completing a marathon in his six metre (19 foot) back garden and has raised over £20,000 for the NHS at the same time. James Campbell, 32 (today), decided to put this Wednesday morning to much better use than most of us […]
A woman in Frodsham, near Chester, has been ensuring her neighbours get a good dose of daily exercise, having started daily socially-distanced dance-alongs out in the street. While most of us are awkwardly clunking around our living room to YouTube workouts, fitness instructor Janet Woodcock, 52, has been rallying her entire street to get outside […]
This is the incredible moment a gymnast jumped through a hoop with a mid-air split: Circus performer and gymnast Andrew Price, 30, from London, performed the spectacular feat on 13 January. As a hoop was thrown at him horizontally, Andrew jumped and performed a mid-air split – called a ‘straddle’ to get through it. Andrew […]
A courier has criticised Brits who are ordering ‘non-essential tat’ amid the coronavirus pandemic. With the country in lockdown, many people are spending their free time shopping online, with one delivery driver from Manchester claiming she is delivering piles of non-essential items every day – more than before quarantine measures were introduced, in fact. The […]
Footage shows police in the US involved in a high speed chase with a man who was ‘teaching his dog to drive’. Officers in Washington were called to reports of a motorist driving ‘recklessly’ at around 1pm on Sunday (29 March) and ended up embroiled in a 100mph chase. As officers tried to corner the […]
Footage shows the heartbreaking moment a coronavirus hero who delivers food and medicines to elderly villagers burst into tears after vandals wrecked her car. Helen Crouch, 41, has spent the last few weeks helping pensioners and vulnerable people who live in rural areas around Leicestershire, volunteering as a community responder. But after she’d just taken […]
Residents across Britain have been left with food waste piled up in the street as people have stockpiled more food than they can eat and local authorities have also been forced to scale back bin collections due to staff sickness. With the country now starting its second week of lockdown, bin collectors have been off […]
There’s no doubt about it – isolation is doing strange things to people and this little boy is no exception to that rule after he begged for an ‘old man’ style haircut: Cheeky George Moore, 5, was left with this questionable hair do after seeing it on and feeling inspired. The little LAD grabbed a […]
From today (1 April), the maximum one-off spend on ‘tap and go’ contactless card increases from £30 to £45 in the UK. It is hoped the new measure will remove the need for customers to handle a pin pad, hence lowering the risk of spreading coronavirus. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) explained that while some […]
Seven new species of spider have been discovered in Australia. The peacock spider is quite famous because theyuse their colourful bodies to attract females in a mesmerising dance. But one has been singled out for its name and the inspiration behind it. Introducing to the world: . Credit: Joseph Schubert That’s the scientific name given […]
