Coronavirus US: Death rate ‘should start to fall next week’

Coronavirus deaths in the United States will hopefully start dropping by next week, according to CDC director Robert Redfield.  Deaths across the country have been plateauing for the last three weeks with an average of 1,000 Americans dying per day. The average number of deaths was 1,027 on Thursday.  The number of cases, however, have been declining steadily … Read more

The Bachelorette: Tayshia Adams is seen on set for the first time after replacing Clare Crawley

Tayshia Adams has been pictured for the very first time on set of the much-anticipated season 16 of The Bachelorette.  The 29-year-old contestant – who first appeared in season 23 of The Bachelor, alongside Colton Underwood – is gearing up to take over from Clare Crawley, and looked stunning as she strutted comfortably around crew … Read more

Father is being chased by debt collectors after his son, 6, bought a £19,000 monster truck on eBay

Father reveals he is being chased by debt collectors after his son, 6, bought a £19,000 monster truck on eBay when he left his laptop logged in and the seller refused to cancel the bid Mohammad Faraji, 45, received a bill for a truck son Ario successfully bid for  The father, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, is being … Read more

Human natural selection is adding to ‘an epidemic of nearsightedness’, researchers say

Natural selection among humans is adding to the ‘epidemic’ of nearsightedness, with each successive generation in the UK gaining more than 100,000 extra cases. It is estimated that around half of the world’s population — some 4.9 billion people — will suffer from the distant visual impairment by the middle of the century. Much of … Read more

Turkey’s President Erdogan turns another ancient Istanbul church into a mosque

Turkish President Recep Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be converted back into a place of Muslim worship. The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after a similarly controversial conversion for the UNESCO World Heritage-recognised … Read more

Jack Grealish’s court case for Range Rover crash postponed

Jack Grealish won’t face court hearing over crashing his £80,000 Range Rover into parked cars until November because of delays cause by coronavirus Jack Grealish, 24, is now listed to appear in court on November 12, not next week The Premier League footballer was postal charged over the incident in Solihull Witnesses said he was ‘partying’ … Read more