TRENDING TANKING
NORMAL PEOPLE
THE adaptation of Sally Rooney’s hit novel has been named BBC iPlayer’s most streamed show of the year. The Irish romantic saga, starring breakout actors Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones, right, was streamed more than 62 million times by audiences. Season three of Killing Eve took second place with 39 million streams.
ZARA TINDALL
THE Queen’s granddaughter is pregnant with her third child, her husband announced this week. Ex-England rugby player Mike Tindall, 42, said: “It’s been a good week for me, had a little scan last week – third Tindall on its way.”
ELF AND HOME ALONE
THE seasonal classics are among the films helping to coax people back into UK cinemas, new figures show. Elf, pictured, and Home Alone appear in the latest box office top 10, published by the British Film Institute (BFI), along with other favourites Die Hard and The Grinch.
MARGARET KEENAN
ON Tuesday, the 90-year-old British grandmother became the first patient in the world to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. She called it the “best early birthday present I could wish for” and urged others to follow her lead in getting the jab.
KAY BURLEY
THE Sky News presenter has been taken off air while the channel conducts an inquiry into whether she breached Tier Two Covid restrictions while celebrating her 60th birthday in London at the weekend. The veteran broadcaster has apologised on Twitter for “inadvertently breaking the rules”.
GINGER
IN a blow for festive bakers, we are facing a global ginger shortage thanks to the pandemic and two poor harvests in China, whose ground ginger output has dropped by 20%. Tesco and Sainsbury’s completely sold out of the spice online this week.
THE IKEA CATALOGUE
THERE will be no more perusing its pages planning how to redesign your home Scandi-style, because the Swedish furniture giant has announced that, after 70 years, it will no longer be publishing its print catalogue. The current edition will be the last.
POLITICS
IT HAS overtaken money as the hardest subject to discuss, according to a survey. A global poll by financial advisors deVere Group found 48% said it is the most taboo topic, ahead of personal finance, at 34%.