Author: Eleanor Price

Dame Helen Mirren was subjected to a hostile tirade of abuse by a pro-Palestine activist on a London street, with the 80-year-old Oscar-winning actress being called an “evil Zionist b****” near Tower Hill as she walked with her husband at night — in an incident that has drawn widespread condemnation and renewed concern about the targeting of public figures over their perceived support for Israel. Footage of the confrontation, uploaded to Instagram on 27 May by an anonymous account called Anti-Fascist Action UK, shows Mirren approaching the man calmly and asking if he was okay. The situation escalated rapidly. The…

A suspected Ebola case has been admitted to hospital in Austria after a person from the Urfahr-Umgebung district returned from Uganda displaying symptoms of the deadly Bundibugyo virus — as the outbreak in central Africa continues to escalate and European health authorities brace for further imported cases. Austrian health officials confirmed the admission in a statement, saying: “Yesterday, a person from the Urfahr-Umgebung district was admitted to the hospital for inpatient evaluation due to symptoms of illness.” The patient had recently returned from Uganda, one of the countries at the centre of the ongoing outbreak, and is being assessed for…

EastEnders fans have been left stunned after spotting former soap legend James Alexandrou in the latest season of Amazon Prime’s high-octane spy thriller Citadel — nearly two decades after he walked away from Albert Square. Alexandrou, 41, played the iconic Martin Fowler for more than a decade from 1996 until 2007, becoming one of the most recognisable faces on British television. Now he has made his Hollywood mark, appearing in episode three of Citadel’s second season alongside A-list star Stanley Tucci in what fans are describing as a full-on action role — complete with gun in hand as a lead…

NASA has unveiled a three-stage plan to construct a permanent human outpost on the moon by 2032 at a cost of $20 billion — and experts are now revealing what life on the lunar surface could actually look like, from inflatable tents and nuclear reactors to 3D-printed buildings spread across miles of barren terrain. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman laid out the agency’s roadmap at a press conference on Tuesday, describing a phased approach that begins this autumn and culminates in a full-time inhabited base with regular crew rotations. Between now and 2029, up to 21 robotic lunar landings will deliver…

The World Health Organisation has issued a stark warning that the Ebola outbreak devastating the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than international health authorities can contain it, as the death toll passes 220 and case numbers exceed 1,000 — raising fears of a deepening global health emergency. WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered the sobering assessment while addressing the African Union, telling member states: “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us.” The outbreak, driven by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola — which kills up to 50 per cent of…

Three major American airports are now conducting Ebola screenings on passengers arriving from Central and East Africa as the deadly outbreak continues to spread, with more than 900 suspected cases recorded, at least 220 deaths and warnings of potential cases now emerging in Europe. As of 24 May, the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed in three provinces — Ituri, Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu — with five cases linked to the DRC outbreak also reported in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 17…

Wes Streeting has demanded a ban on social media for children under 16 and compared the technology industry’s resistance to regulation to the tactics once deployed by tobacco executives — in his first major intervention on the issue since leaving the Cabinet and calling for Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation. The former health secretary said social media was “extremely addictive, bad for our health” and accused technology bosses of “borrowing the big tobacco playbook to avoid regulation.” His remarks carry particular political weight given that he has indicated he will stand for the Labour leadership if a challenge against the Prime…

The world’s cheapest major cruise line is threatening to charge passengers £51 if they are caught taking food from its buffet back to their cabins — a policy that has divided holidaymakers and sparked a heated debate about where the line falls between hygiene rules and heavy-handed enforcement. Costa Cruises, the Italian operator owned by Carnival Corporation, has introduced a strict €60 cleaning charge for guests found with buffet food in their rooms, pool areas, public lounges or other indoor spaces. A notice sent to passengers on board one of its ships, reported by Crew Center, states that “all food…

Penelope Cruz has revealed she believed she was about to die after being warned of a brain aneurysm while preparing to film a key scene for her new movie — before doctors told her the alarm had been a false one and she could continue working. The 52-year-old Oscar-winning actress disclosed the terrifying health scare during a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival for her new film The Black Ball, according to Variety. Cruz described the moment she was given the news as she was being fitted with her wig ahead of filming. “When we were about to go…

Rio Ferdinand has taken his wife Kate and their family to Dubai for a break ahead of his lengthy departure to the United States for the World Cup — giving the couple a chance to spend time together after Kate was left heartbroken by the death of her beloved dog Ronnie. Kate, 34, announced at the weekend that Ronnie, her pet since her TOWIE days, had passed away. “Heartbroken. Anyone that knows me knows how much I love my baby Rons. So so sad,” she wrote on Instagram, sharing photographs of the dog she had owned since 2015, when she…