Top expert says coronavirus could become as common as flu

Professor Robert Dingwall says it is likely the coronavirus will mutate and spread across the world to the point where it becomes a feature of our lives in the long term and as common as flu. In an interview with MyStoryMedia, he revealed: “There is always a risk of mutation. The good news is that is is unusual for viruses to mutate in a way that makes them more lethal rather than less. If a virus kills it’s host too quickly it won’t get passed on which will endanger it’s own survival.”

Robert Dingwall.png

Robert dingwall

How The Gambia became a paradise...for paedophiles

On my second day in The Gambia I was walking down the beach when I noticed a stoutly built middle-aged man wading into the sea with a tiny African child. The relationship might have been perfectly innocent but the sight was unusual enough that I decided to take a photograph; and when I showed it to my editor it marked the start of a lengthy investigation into the child abuse tourism in that country that has been little reported until now

Gambia 1.jpg

The heart breaking love story behind the Leicester City helicopter crash

Kate and her husband Dave seem like a really nice couple and her sister Izabela enjoyed a glamorous, jet setting life most people can only dream of with her fiance, Eric. What happened to them was absolutely tragic and I was so happy the Sunday Express gave them all the fitting tribute they deserved. It will be interesting to see what the safety investigators reveal about the incident in their report next year.

IMG_0088.jpg

The sister of INXS star Michael Hutchence opens up about his daughter Tiger Lily

The minute I read a documentary was being released about the extraordinary life and tragic death of INXS star Michael Hutchence, I started trying to get in touch with his surviving relatives to find out what happened to his missing millions and his daughter - a story I have covered previously. His sister Tina was kind enough to speak to me and Caroline Graham at the Mail on Sunday has done an absolutely fantastic job of following up on my research to publish this fascinating feature.

tiger lily JPEG.jpg

Grenfell survivors

A large number of the people who survived Grenfell, I soon discovered while researching this article, no longer want to talk about it, which is no huge surprise given the trauma they experienced. But I was very grateful to those that were willing to speak out ahead of the release of a very important report on the fire tomorrow; and as bad as I felt asking those involved to tell their stories, I would have felt worse if the media had lost interest in covering, and asking questions about, what happened on that terrible night and in the months afterwards: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10220506/grenfell-tower-report-inquiry-answers/

Grenfell tower

Grenfell tower

Emily Moore, Britain's first official trolling victim, speaks to My Story Media

Emily Moore was brave enough to stand-up to internet bullies 10 years ago and she is equally fearless now. A gang of teenage girls did their best to make her life hell while she was still at school. She was assaulted, spat on, followed home and had her front door kicked in. This was the infant days of social media and, as Facebook became popular amongst her peer group, the torment soon spilled over to the internet, allowing the bullies to invade her home through her computer. Many young girls would have crumbled if they were subjected to the same viciousness, but Emily never stopped reporting her abusers, or standing up to them, even after one, Keeley Houghton, made death threats on her Facebook account. Today, she is happily married and a successful creative producer at a top fashion company. She is a shining example of how, no matter how blighted your teenager years are, you must never give up hope: you can and will go on to succeed. I was very grateful that she agreed to be interviewed despite the risk this might encourage her childhood bullies to make contact with her again - and I was equally pleased the Sunday Express did her story justice when it published it today.

Emily Moore PDF.jpg