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A hi-tech clothing firm claims to have created the world's first 'disease-proof' jacket.The super garment, dubbed the Full Metal Jacket, is designed kill bugs and viruses like the one that causes Covid-19, because it is made from 11km of copper.Copper fabric and the protections it offers don't come cheap however – the jacket will set you back £895.The seemingly magical properties comes from the fact copper is a "biostatic" a metal which is able to kill bacteria and any viruses that come into contact with it, the makers claim.Vollebak adds copper yarn or thread makes up 65% of the material used in the "disease-proof" jacket.Its co-founder Steve Tidball said: "As we enter a new era of disease, the Earth heats up, and fires and floods sweep

Ross Kemp has revealed how Alzheimer’s disease has left his former EastEnders co-star, Barbara Windsor unable to recognise him.Kemp starred alongside 82-year-old Windsor as they played mother and son Peggy and Grant Mitchell on the BBC One soap for over 20 years.Still close friends, the 55-year-old has spoken candidly about how Windsor’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis six years ago has changed the star as part of his latest documentary series Ross Kemp: Living With Dementia.“Barbara was my 'TV mum' on EastEnders and is hilariously funny and vivacious, with a rapier wit — we’ve always had a giggle, on and off set,” he told The Sun.

Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid has opened up that her friend Kate Garraway is "hoping for a miracle" as husband Derek Draper continues to fight for his life. Susanna, 49, revealed that Kate is praying he can "break through" after Derek was taken out of a medically-induced coma, but is yet to regain consciousness.The I'm a Celebrity...

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHarry Potter star Emma Watson has become the latest figure to weigh in on the controversy provoked by the book series author J.K. Rowling’s series of tweets about trans people.“Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are,” wrote Watson on her own Twitter feed.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBAFTA-winning British comedy star and The Windsors actor Harry Enfield has waded into the growing debate about white comedians performing in blackface, saying he doesn’t regret doing it in the past.Interviewed on the Today show on BBC Radio 4, Enfield discussed performing as Nelson Mandela and an Indian man in past sketches and said: “I wouldn’t do it now, but I don’t think I regret it.”He added that there should be a “conversation” about applying black or brown makeup for a comedy role, particularly when it comes to satirizing public figures.

Pharrell Williams has described the coronavirus pandemic as “a plague we’re living through at the moment”, while also voicing his view that there won’t be “a new normal” once the virus outbreak eventually subsides.The musician and producer addressed the health crisis in a new interview with Kanye West that has been published this week by i-D.After West asked whether they should discuss the coronavirus outbreak, Williams replied that “we need to be clear that this is a plague we’re living through at the moment”.“I don’t think there will be such a thing as ‘a new normal’ – it doesn’t do enough justice to the difference in who we were pre-pandemic and who we will be moving forward,” he said.

Netflix has pulled The Mighty Boosh from its service due to the show’s use of blackface.The League Of Gentlemen has also been removed as the latest in a number of shows that are disappearing from streaming services due to perceived racial insensitivity.Both shows contain a character that is played by a white actor wearing blackface, and The Guardian reports that the shows have been removed from Netflix due to being racially problematic.

British Gas is set to cut 5000 jobs after restructure plans were accelerated by the pandemic. Centrica will cut out three layers of management to slimline the business including half of their 40-strong leadership team who will step down by September.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNetflix’s purge of comedies featuring white performers in blackface continued last night when the streamer removed cult British show The Mighty Boosh.Created by Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, and produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow Productions, the program featured a character called The Spirit of Jazz in an episode titled Electro.For the role, Fielding was painted in black makeup and wore a dread-like wig below a white top hat. The character appeared in later episodes over the course of the three series.Netflix has taken down its entire Mighty Boosh collection rather than targeting specific episodes.

Anton Du Beke apologised to his 251,000 followers after he had to cancel an online group workout session.The Strictly Come Dancing pro hit out at his “frustrating” broadband service and pleaded with fans to repeat a previously recorded exercise session while he tried to get it fixed. He wrote: “DISASTER!... No broadband again.

The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, a health official in California has said.

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Skills For Tomorrow aims to equip users with vital skills to help the transition back into work following the pandemic.Focusing on improving the productivity and digital talent of individuals and small businesses alike, BT is hosting a series of webinars, run by internal experts.

Summer is here and you might be feeling in the mood to splash out on some sunny weather beauty essentials – like bright new lipstick shades or a few tubes of suncream. But shopping baskets can quickly add up, and before you know it, you’ve spent a small fortune.

The owner of British Gas has announced plans to terminate 5,000 jobs as coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on businesses around the world.

at-times controversial rapper explained why she kept her pregnancy and the birth quiet on social media. On Wednesday afternoon, the 'Work' rapper wrote, "I have a son.

Scott Disick and his ex-girlfriend Sofia Richie have remained in contact.The 37-year-old reality star and the 21-year-old daughter of Lionel Richie broke up last month after a roughly three-year romance.Now a Peopleinsider has dished: 'Scott is in touch with Sofia, but as of now, they don't plan on getting back together. Sofia seems okay with them being apart.' Side by side:Scott Disick and his ex-girlfriend Sofia Richie have remained in contact but 'don't plan on getting back together,' a People source said; pictured in 2017The Flip It Like Disick hunk shares three children with his ex Kourtney Kardashian - Mason, 10, Penelope, seven, and Reign, five.'Scott is doing well.

Jax Taylor should also be fired from for his past racial remarks, Faith Stowers said Wednesday.Stowers, 31, told the Us podcast Watch With Us that she didn't believe officials with Bravo have flushed all of the racism from Vanderpump Rules, citing Taylor, 40, as an example.Stowers told the podcast that 'there are other people that should be educated as well because they’ve made some pretty crazy mistakes and said some crazy - not even mistakes.

Health Secretary is to appear before MPs in a session on the Covid-19 outbreak. Jeane Freeman and national clinical director Jason Leitch are expected to face questions on the impact of the virus in care homes from the Scottish Affairs Committee.

Ed O’Brien has reassured Radiohead fans that the prospect of the band reconvening to make a new album “will definitely happen”.The guitarist told NME back in April that he and the band were having “online meetings” and “talking about stuff”. While he stressed that “for the foreseeable future, everyone is doing their own thing,” O’Brien did add that “when it feels right to plug back into Radiohead, then we will.”O’Brien has spoken about the future of Radiohead again in a new interview with Guitar World, in which he was asked if he had any idea on when the band plan to release the follow-up to their 2016 album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’.“I’m sure there will be another album,” O’Brien said in reply.