TRENDING TANKING
MICHELLE OBAMA
JUST when we thought we couldn’t love the former First Lady (right) any more than we already do, now she is reading from her favourite children’s books to help kids get through the coronavirus crisis. She kicked off her “Mondays With Me” series this week reading The Gruffalo on PBS Kids’ YouTube channel and Facebook page.
BANANA BREAD
IF YOU have not baked banana bread yet then what have you been doing in lockdown? According to Google, searches for banana bread have reached an all-time high, making it the world’s most-wanted recipe. Sadly, flour appears to be the new toilet roll when it comes to stores’ stock levels.
MILKMEN ... AND WOMEN
DAIRIES are seeing a surge in the number of customers asking for deliveries due to isolating during the pandemic, with some recruiting hundreds of milkmen and women to help deal with the extra workload.
KIA TOBIN
THE teenage carer had the nation in tears this week after the video of her presenting widower Ken Benbow with a cushion featuring his late wife’s face went viral. It later emerged that Kia and her fellow carers had gone into lockdown in the home to reduce residents’ risk of Covid-19.
VICTORIA BECKHAM
THE singer-turneddesigner has come under fire for furloughing staff at her fashion business taking taxpayers’ money to pay wages. Fellow designer Stella McCartney has also been criticised for relying on the job retention scheme.
DIY DENTISTRY
THE British Dental Association has criticised the Government for ‘dragging its feet’ in opening Urgent Dental Care hubs to provide emergency care as reports surfaced of a dad in Devon pulling out his own tooth after he was unable to see a dentist.
CATH KIDSTON
ALL 60 of its UK stores are to close, after the company’s owners secured a deal to buy back its brand and online operations following its fall into administration. Just 32 of its 940 staff will see their jobs secured as part of the deal which will keep the name alive online.
THE PILLOW CHALLENGE
AS IF the 5k challenge and the #MeAt20 challenge were not enough, now celebrities are posing wearing makeshift frocks fashioned out of bed pillows and belts. Think we will pass...