It is hard to believe it in our atomised world of smartphones, but Walter Cronkite – the legendary anchor of CBS Evening News during the 1960s and 1970s – enjoyed average audiences of 53 million viewers every night. They watched, rapt, as he expounded on everything from the assassination of JFK to the human triumph … Read more
After days of speculation, Reform this week unveiled their new masterplan for solving the small boats crisis. The document, hastily cobbled together with an imposing but blurred image of an aircraft carrier, was entitled Operation Fortress and ran to 28 pages. But it could actually be summarised in four words: ‘We will invade France.’ Nigel … Read more
Richard Gere was spotted this week in New York, filming a romantic scene with his co-star Diana Silvers for their age gap love story Asymmetry. Gere, who turns 77 at the end of the month, has been cast in the movie as a revered author called Ezra while Silvers, 28, plays a literary assistant called … Read more
Rio and Kate Ferdinand are apparently the big money signing for ITV‘s new I’m A Celebrity spin-off, Wild Frontier, which films in Canada next month. If the reports are true, they will become the first married couple to sign for the show and bosses are said to be delighted to have landed the Ferdinands. They … Read more
Donald Trump was facing humiliation on Wednesday night after Iran secured a deal with Oman to police the Strait of Hormuz. After five months of regional conflict, the prospective deal paves the way for Iran to deny access to Western ships along the key route. While the proposal excludes tolls or service fees being levied … Read more
Ed Sheeran wants to convert six historic barns at his £1.1million farm dating back to the 17th century into storage space for a ‘music archive’. The chart-topping singer bought the 400-year-old Grade II listed farm close to his 16-acre home in Suffolk two years ago. Sheeran, 35, recently won permission from Mid-Suffolk District Council to … Read more
Residents of a leafy suburb have been left furious after travellers smashed through a gate to pitch up an illegal encampment on their local recreational park. Footage shared with the Daily Mail shows dozens of caravans, trucks and vehicles rolling into Highfield Lane in Quinton, south Birmingham. Horses can be seen stabled in a children’s … Read more
Shameless Gianni Infantino has been given the ‘full support’ of FIFA’s top brass – and is set to remain as president – after summoning execs to crisis talks in Morocco. At the end of another extraordinary day in the World Cup sell-off scandal, which saw Luis Figo become the latest high-profile name to call for … Read more
Residents have hit out against plans to build a 13-storey Albanian ‘mega mosque’ in a north-west London – despite there already being 15 within a three-mile radius. Proposals to expand the UK Albanian Muslim Community and Cultural Centre in Queen’s Park were submitted to the local council last month. Architects want to demolish the existing … Read more
A manhunt is underway after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted on a train to London Victoria. The 15-year-old victim was attacked by a man on board the service at around 3.10pm on Wednesday, August 5. He seriously sexually assaulted the girl before getting off the train at Gatwick Airport, police said. The British Transport … Read more