Test and Trace private consultants paid '£7,500 a day' of taxpayer cash

Hilary Duff has no time for the mommy shamers after coming under fire over her daughter’s car seat.

Wow, next month marks a real March away from Netflix!

The Batman” was just shy of three hours long?Maybe you feel, along with other comic book enthusiasts, there’s no such thing as too much Bruce Wayne. Three hours? Five hours? Inject it directly into your eyeballs.Or, after two years of pandemic isolation, perhaps you’ve gotten so used to pausing the TV every 30 seconds to check your phone, grab a snack, use the restroom or doom-scroll on Twitter. The thought of spending 180 uninterrupted minutes staring at a silver screen is so daunting, you’ve considered skipping “The Batman” altogether.Moviemakers take all those reactions into consideration when they deliver their final cut.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA limousine driver testified on Wednesday about working for Harvey Weinstein, making him the first witness to take the stand for the producer’s upcoming Los Angeles trial.Alfred “Freddy” Baroth was called to testify early because L.A. prosecutors worry that his health could prevent him from appearing at the trial, which has not been scheduled and remains at least several months away.Baroth’s testimony referred largely to trip records and invoices that established Weinstein’s presence in the city on various dates in 2010 and 2013. Weinstein is facing 11 counts of rape and sexual assault in incidents involving five women between 2004 and 2013.Weinstein appeared in a wheelchair, wearing a mask and a jail jumpsuit, and clutching a paperback copy of the bestselling novel “All the Light We Cannot See.” Netflix is currently adapting the book as a limited series.

Zendaya looks at every red carpet she steps foot on--but she still has some not-so-graceful moments here and there that make her seem more human. During a recent trip to Rome, the Euphoria actress nearly took a tumble as she exited the car and walked into Eitch Borromini for lunch surrounded by security.

IN a floor-length white silk gown, Victoria Beckham turned heads as she made her way down the aisle, flanked by a who’s who of superstar guests. While she wasn’t the bride, there were no concerns about upstaging the wedding party at this ceremony — as claiming every last inch of the spotlight for yourself was the aim of the game.

DANNIELLA Westbrook has said she is "devastated" after her screen aunt Anna Karen died in a house fire. The former Sam Mitchell actress, 48, appeared alongside the Aunt Sal star in EastEnders.

THIS Morning's Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield hugged on a red carpet tonight as they met up offscreen. The pair - who are genuine friends who often holiday together - put on a united front at the 41-year-old's perfume launch.

Gabrielle Union, 49, and other celebrities called out Texas Governor Greg Abbott, 64, for a direction he gave to the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services, ordering them to investigate the parents of transgender children who have received gender-affirming surgeries as potential cases of child abuse. The actress and other stars slammed the governor’s decision as “dangerous” for the LGBTQ+ community.

rescue dog turned “Vinnie Bones” to save his owner’s life by giving him CPR.The five-year-old pooch jumped up and down on Ray Whiteley’s chest to restart his ticker just as Hollywood hardman Vinnie Jones taught in his life-saving TV ad for the British Heart Foundation.Chewie followed the tough guy actor’s `push hard and fast on the sovereign’ advice after finding Ray slumped on the sofa at home following a heart attack.First the Yorkie-Doberman cross started barking to alert Ray’s wife Loretta who was in the garden.Then he started leaping up and down on her lifeless husband’s chest.Stunned Loretta, 56, walked in to find the hero hound battling to save Ray’s life.To her astonishment Chewie’s efforts paid off and her husband started to breathe again.Without his pet’s efforts Ray would almost certainly have died as it took an ambulance an agonising eight-and-a-half minutes to reach the couple’s home in Leyland, Lancashire. Chewie is one of five finalists up for the Hero Dog Award at Crufts in March.Loretta said he had developed a particularly close bond with the couple after a brush with death himself.He was found with the rest of his litter half buried in a bag with their paws and mouths taped up at 12-weeks-old.The Whiteleys offered him a new forever home and - both trained first aiders - taught him and their other pets to do CPR as a `bit of fun’ never imagining how vital it would prove.Ray, who has multiple sclerosis, frequently suffers with pneumonia which triggered a cardiac arrest.Loretta said: “Ray had stopped breathing but Chewie would not give up on him.

Manchester United scarf - and is her country's answer to Gary Lineker.Victoria Lopyreva, who was an ambassador for the 2018 World Cup, is a well-known TV presenter and was a special guest of United's back in 2017.

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Imax marked an official turning point in the fourth quarter, reporting its best results in any quarter since 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic upended show business and civilization.

Lamar Odom wants another shot at love with Khloé Kardashian.

alcohol and illicit drugs" prior to her tragic death. Jade Elizabeth Mitchell died at her mother's address on Thomas Street, Holyhead, Wales, shortly after 6am on June 19, 2020, after being found unresponsive on the sofa.

Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence have had their last waltz. The 37-year-old professional dancer filed for divorce from the 42-year-old actor in Los Angeles on Friday February 18, according to documents obtained by HollywoodLife. The paperwork showed that the couple had been separated since January 7, and they did have a prenuptial agreement. The pair had been married since May 2019.

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The "worst-case scenario" of 50,000 cases of coronavirus per day across the UK is "almost exactly where we are at", a top advisor has warned.

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Christmas may not be the ‘usual celebration’ due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Professor Jeremy Farrar said that families should be prepared for a ‘very difficult’ period over the next few months due to a rise in the virus and other infections.

Michael Gove defended the £7000 day rates paid to some consultants involved with the Government's failing test and trace system.