Iron Age ‘princess’ discovered in France: Archaeologists unearth 2,200-year-old tomb of a woman dripping with blue glass beads and wearing a copper belt buckle Body was unearthed outside Saint-Vulbas, about 20 miles from the Lyon, France Woman, believed to be a princess, was buried wearing bracelets and belt buckle Separate burial was also made at … Read more
Lance Armstrong has admitted he thinks doping might have caused his testicular cancer and also revealed that he was a drugs cheat from the age of 21. The disgraced former cycling superstar was finally caught nineteen years later, stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and he eventually admitted to doping the following year … Read more
Should UK abandon two metre social distancing? Iain Duncan Smith urges Boris Johnson to relax rule to ‘get economy moving’ as Britain is ‘only country in Europe’ using measure Iain Duncan Smith said UK is ‘only country in Europe’ using two-metre measure The UK is using the two-metre measure while Germany is using 1.5 metres … Read more
Donald Trump sparked backlash from medics around the world after he revealed he is taking an anti-malaria drug to try and protect himself against coronavirus. The president, 73, said he began taking hydroxychloroquine – branded as Plaquenil – ‘a couple of weeks ago’ along because ‘good things are being said about it’. Trump has often … Read more
Union chiefs have told teachers to demand full answers to at least 169 questions from their bosses on bin lids, tissue supplies and employing new staff to clean paint brushes, scissors and glue sticks before agreeing to return to school, it was revealed today. The National Education Union has also told its teachers to stop … Read more
France should sell the Mona Lisa for €50billion (£44.7billion) to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis, a leading French businessmen has suggested. Stephane Distinguin, 46, founder and CEO of the international tech company, Fabernovel, proposed the French ‘sell the family jewellery’ to combat the economic strain caused by the pandemic. He told … Read more
British teachers are today being urged to follow the lead of their French counterparts by going back to work and getting more than 1.4million children into class after two months in lockdown. Ministers across the Channel have revealed that they have had 70 cases of coronavirus in 40,000 schools and nurseries in the past 11 days … Read more
Henry VIII hated camping so much he slept in easily-erected ‘houses of timber’ while on campaign, a historian has revealed. Alden Gregory, curator of historic buildings at Historic Royal Palaces, said that while Henry was associated with the sumptuous tents at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, there was no evidence that he ever … Read more
Number of child migrants arriving in Kent almost DOUBLES in a year as new figures reveal 1,450 people have crossed Channel since January Some 450 child migrants were in Kent County Council’s care at the end of April This compares to 257 in same period last year, council leader Roger Gough said At least 1,448 … Read more
A British art teacher has painted a lockdown map to poke fun at how the UK is dealing with coronavirus. The picture, by Annalisa Morrocco, is titled ‘The Official Map of Lockdown Island’ and highlights the country’s preoccupation with stockpiling food, binge watching Netflix and even features covidiots. It is split into seven sections including … Read more
EU is set to BACK DOWN in the row over fishing rights after Brexit, sources claim The EU’s hardline position on fishing rights has been criticised by UK minsiters Under the EU’s plan, European fishermen will keep same access to UK waters However, Michael Gove yesterday said the UK will never give in to that … Read more
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron spent a weekend exchanging WhatsApp messages about quarantine-free travel between Britain and France – blindsiding officials on both sides of the Channel Boris Johnson uses WhatsApp to regularly converse with Emmanuel Macron The two world leaders were in touch throughout last weekend on messaging app PM announced travellers from France would … Read more
Beaches in Greece, France and Italy were open Saturday for the first weekend since the easing of coronavirus lockdowns. Scores of people flocked to the beaches, to make up for time spent indoors and to capitalise on the timely arrival of one of the first heatwaves of the year. More than 500 beaches reopened across … Read more