TRENDING
CATE BLANCHETT
THE two-time Oscar winner, right, is spectacular as she heads up an all-star cast in BBC2’s new drama, Mrs America, about Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative homemaker who took on the burgeoning feminist movement in the 1970s. If you liked Mad Men, you’ll love this.
CLACTON PIER
THE Essex attraction has been crowned Pier of the Year. The pier which reopened on July 4 after being closed since March, was handed the title by the National Piers Society, pipping secondplaced Clevedon Pier and third-placed Brighton Palace Pier.
WILLENHALL
THE West Midlands town has been crowned the UK’s top property hotspot since the easing of lockdown. It has the fastest-moving housing market, with more than half (55%) of its newly listed for-sale properties finding a buyer since the market reopened.
THE SIMPSONS
THE yellow ones have been voted Britain’s favourite television family. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie were closely followed by Only Fools and Horses chancers Del Boy and Rodney and The Royle Family in a survey of Brits for Freeview.
Favourite family: The Simpsons
WHATEVER the eventual outcome of Johnny’s libel claim against a British newspaper, the world has been treated to a no-holds-barred account of their failed marriage from the witness stand. Takes the notion of washing your dirty linen in public to a whole new level.
LITTER
A DELUGE of litter and fly tipping since lockdown is creating a threat to nature, the Woodland Trust reveals. The charity has reported a surge in dumping at 1,000-plus sites, warning animals can suffocate in bags or be hurt by glass. Just pick it up people!
TOM MEIGHAN
THE former Kasabian frontman this week pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex-fiancée Vikki Ager in April. Just a day earlier the singer had announced his departure from the rockband.
BOOHOO JOHNNY DEPP AND AMBER HEARD
THE fast fashion retailer has seen its share price plummet after claims that workers producing clothes destined for the brand were being paid as little as £3.50 an hour in Leicester and working in poor conditions. Boohoo has launched an independent review of its suppliers and pledged to end relationships with any found to have broken its code of conduct.