French health workers are given a 7billion pay rise in the wake of coronavirus
The majority of the money will be spent on a pay rise for nurses, carers and non-medical staff, while it will also pay for another 15,000 new recruits after years of spending cuts in the French health system. Read more...
It's National Hot Dog month, so grab a "red hot"
From Germany to Coney Island, here's a history lesson on the hot dog, an American icon Read more...
As the US rolls out new sanctions on Assad, Syria braces for economic devastation
The United States has rolled out fresh sanctions that aim to drive Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back to a UN-led negotiating table and threaten to devastate Syria's already floundering economy. Read more...
ALEX BRUMMER No tears shed for Boohoo
What began as a supply chain issue has hit Boohoo's share price and could quickly turn into something far worse. Read more...
Manchester United face losing 25m of 75m-a-year adidas sponsorship deal
United have a mega-money 75m-a-year deal with the sportswear brand - second only to Liverpool and their 80m Nike deal - but there is a clause which is likely to be worrying the club's hierarchy. Read more...
Face Masks Will Be Mandatory in Shops in England
The order, set to come into force on July 24, will put England in line with other European countries and with other parts of Britain, like Scotland, which sets its own health policy. Read more...
Fashion YOU Will Love
Stephanie Sofokleous's summer scorchers Read more...
Nurse, 28, is diagnosed with cervical cancer after her smear test was cancelled due to pandemic
Destiny Wade, 28, an oncology nurse from Crayford, London, was supposed to have a smear test in March and started having mild symptoms but was told it was probably a popped cyst. Read more...
Pre-Raphaelites Victorian Avant-Garde at the Tate Britain review
In recent years a huge enthusiasm has sprung up for them. The Tate exhibition Pre-Raphaelites Victorian Avant-Garde, featuring some of their most striking and impressive paintings, is a certain crowd-puller. Read more...
Jimmy Fallon Predicts Trump Will Say He Was the First to Wear a Mask
After the president finally wore a face mask in public, the Tonight Show host called it a really smart move if today were March 13th. Read more...
The Russian whistleblower risking it all to expose the scale of an Arctic oil spill catastrophe
Vasily Ryabinin stood on the banks of the River Daldykan and pushed a long stick into the blood-orange sludge. Raising the stick, he put a lighter to it and it ignited it like a torch. Read more...
David Lee Roth Is Letting His Art (Mostly) Do the Talking
Since the Covid-19 pandemic forced him off the road, the singer has been making comics at his Los Angeles home, and calling it performance therapy. Read more...
Sacred Heart Is No Hockey School. Million Could Change That.
Under its athletic director, Bobby Valentine, the small Connecticut university is expanding its facilities in the hopes of becoming a college hockey power. Read more...
Should you swallow the cost of premium vitamins? Which ARE worth splashing out on...
There has long been debate about supplements - whether they can boost your health by 'supplementing' the nutrients you get from food or whether they are merely expensive placebos. Read more...
What happened when I tried to become French
Julien was a tennis instructor with steel shoulders, blue eyes and two terraces we could never sit on because he stuffed them both with his marijuana plants. Read more...
Kate Garraway says she's 'keeping her fingers crossed' as husband Derek has a 'stable day'
The presenter's husband, 52, has been seriously ill in hospital for months after contracting coronavirus. Yet, Kate, 53, informed fans that Derek had a 'stable day' as she returned to GMB. Read more...
Antonio Conte admits he WILL quit Inter Milan if club chiefs are unhappy with him
Conte's mixed messages followed Inter's 3-1 win over Torino on Monday night, a return to form following a poor run amid the resumption of Serie A which has seen their title bid disintegrate. Read more...
Ireland Baldwin shows off taut bod in yellow bikini at beach in Malibu with boyfriend Corey Harper
Ireland Baldwin showed off her curves and inkings in a skimpy bikini as she hit the beach in Malibu with her boyfriend Corey Harper and some pals on Monday. Read more...
French bus driver attacked over mask rules dies
A bus driver in France who was beaten up by passengers refusing to wear mandatory face masks died in hospital Friday, French Prime Minister Jean Castex and the victim's family have said. Read more...
A Bird? A Plane? No, Its a Google Balloon Beaming the Internet
A commercial deal in Kenya marks the first application of balloon-powered internet in Africa, the region with the lowest percentage of internet users globally. Read more...