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Photo: Jordin Althaus/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty When Minnie Driver came home from school one day to find her mother, Gaynor Churchward, making cushions, “I thought she had gone a bit mad,” she tells PEOPLE. Churchward was reeling from her recent divorce and didn’t have much in the way of job experience, Driver says. “But she successfully made some very beautiful cushions. And she began what ended up being a multi-million pound company....

Photo: McLaren WhileTom Bradywent viral forthrowing the Lombardi Trophy trophyto a teammate during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl boat parade in February, it wasn’t the first time the seven-time champion has made a tight pass over water. “I wouldn’t say I was beaming with confidence, but I had a bit of confidence when Tom released the ball,” Formula 1 star Daniel Ricciardo tells PEOPLE of when Brady threw him a passwhile they both stood on separate yachtsoff the shores of Monaco in 2018....

Photo: Valentin Wolf/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock Facebook has shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts so far in 2019, the social networking giant announced in itsCommunity Standards Enforcement Reporton Wednesday. According to the data, approximately 5 percent of worldwide Facebook active users were identified as fake accounts throughout the year. The company said that they classify fake accounts into two types: abusive and under-misclassified. Roughly 3.3 billion fake accounts were removed in all of 2018....

Photo: Richard Gardner/Shutterstock Britain’s oldest pub is closing down after centuries of business. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans, which has been open since 793 AD, is closing after a difficult past few years amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the pub’s landlord announced onFacebookFriday. Christo Tofalli shared the sad news on Facebook, writing, “Along with my team, I have tried everything to keep the pub going.” He noted that the last two years had been especially hard for the business, and added that “unprecedented” conditions “have defeated all of us who have been trying our hardest to ensure this multi-award-winning pub could continue trading into the future....

Abraham Amezcua’s kids.Photo: GoFundMe Three children in California who recently lost their father tocoronavirus (COVID-19)complications are now battling the novel virus themselves, according to their family. The relatives of single dad Abraham Amezcua have made a desperate plea onGoFundMeafter his children — son Moses, 13, and twins Antonio and Sydney, 11 — tested positive for COVID-19 in the days following his death. “He was battling COVID-19 at home and did not make it through the night,” the campaign’s description read....

Photo: Mediapunch/Shutterstock Kabosu, the 17-year-old renowned internet sensation that spawned the “doge” meme and dogecoin, has been diagnosed with leukemia and liver disease. The pup’s owner, Atsuko Sato, posted anupdate videoon her health to her Instagram, showing shots of Kabosu laying on the floor of their home, eating and drinking while wrapped in blankets and slightly limping as she walks across their living room. Sato ended the video with a shot of her resting with Kabosu and her cat....

Leandro De Niro with mom and dad.Photo:Drena De Niro Instagram Drena De Niro Instagram Carlos Rodriguez, the father ofRobert De Niro’s late grandson Leandro “Leo” De Niro-Rodriguez, is remembering his son after his tragic death. “Our families and friends will grieve but never forget him,” Carlos wrote onInstagramWednesday. “Leo was a passionate young man, he loved his family and friends, he was loved his life and was curious about the world,” noting his son “was a prolific and talented high level programmer who wanted to find a purposeful use with his talents beyond the social media calamity he didn’t care for....

Photo: JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images The father of the Michigan teen now in police custody forTuesday’s mass shooting at Oxford High Schoolpurchased the weapon allegedly used in the massacre only days before. The father also bought three 15-round magazines, said Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. Only two have been recovered. Police have not said why the father obtained the gun. They are also not releasing the suspect’s name, but said he is a sophomore at the school....

The previously mandated parallel television set crosscut date of 2009 has just been carry by the FCC , meaning that even though spreader ( the mass like NBC who send out the show ) will be dropping the analog feed , cable operators ( the local cable companies that take your money every month ) will still have to support old ass analog TV Set . They have two way do to it ....

Photo: twitter The fiancée ofDylan Lyonssays her life will forever be changed after the Florida journalist was gunned down while reporting on an earlier homicide. Lyons, a Spectrum News 13 reporter, was killed Wednesday afternoon just after 4 p.m. when a gunman opened fire on him and photojournalist Jesse Walden — who was critically injured — as they sat in their car in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Orlando....

TheBackstreet Boysare being put on the hot, hot, hot seat. When it comes to who the chronically late one of the group is, they unanimously vote it’s Richardson. “Chronically late? 15 minutes until call time? I’m missing,” Richardson, 47, agreed. Courtesy Live Nation In yet another unanimous decision, it’s determined that the biggest jock of the group is Littrell. “The best athlete all around is definitely Brian,” McLean, 40, said....

Photo: FacebookRaquel Coronell Uribe was ready for a relaxing break following a stressful fall semester at Harvard University, when she received the news that her cancer had returned.Uribe penned anopen letterin the Harvard Crimson on Sunday revealing that just days after hitting the “five-year mark from the end of treatment” in December, her longtime oncologist, Dr. De Angulo had tears in his eyes as he conducted a test.“Forty-eight hours and a bone marrow aspiration later, he confirmed that I had beaten the odds again — but this time, there were no bells or celebrations,” Uribe writes....

Photo: Decatur Police Dept. A U.S. Airman stationed at Hurlburt Field in Okaloosa County, Florida, was charged with traveling across state lines and raping an 11-year-old child, according to the Decatur Police Department. Airman First Class Keith Williams, 25, was charged with first degree rape, traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act and electronic solicitation of a child. Detectives discovered Williams was communicating online with a child in Decatur, Alabama, during the month of October of last year,authorities allege in a Facebook post....