‘The second wave of coronavirus is already in Germany’, senior Merkel ally says, as he admits ‘we have new clusters of infections every day’ The warning came as daily infections rose to 800 on Friday and Saturday Country’s R rate also rose above 1 to 1.08 on Saturday, up from 0.93 on Thursday Comes as … Read more
Car ploughs into crowd near train station in Berlin injuring at least seven people By Faith Ridler For Mailonline Published: 08:55 BST, 26 July 2020 | Updated: 09:14 BST, 26 July 2020 At least seven people have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd near a train station in Germany. One person was … Read more
Three dead as microlight plane crashes into apartment building and bursts into flames in German city of Wesel Witnesses told local media that the light aircraft had collided with hot-air balloon The crash happened in the city of Wesel around 35 miles north of Dusseldorf Firefighters and police are at the scene and the area … Read more
Two dead as microlight plane crashes into apartment building and bursts into flames in German city of Wesel Two more people are also believed to have been injured in the accident The crash happened in the city of Wesel around 35 miles north of Dusseldorf Firefighters and police are at the scene and the area … Read more
A new witness has come forward to claim that Madeleine McCann is alive and living with a German family on the Algarve – 40 miles from where she disappeared. The Portuguese woman claims she saw a teenage girl with Madeleine’s distinctive blemish in her right eye outside a supermarket in Gale near Albufeira. ‘Her eyes … Read more
Coronavirus is able to travel more than 26 feet (eight metres) in cold environments with moving air, according to a study that recreated an outbreak in a food factory. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research focused on an outbreak of Covid-19 at a slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany, that infected 1,500 workers. They found … Read more
The experiences of Jewish children during the Holocaust are being told through their toys and games in a poignant new online exhibition. Alongside an estimated six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945, including 1.5 million children, many hundreds of thousands were displaced or lived in ghettos, where young people treasured their … Read more
Staff working from home suffer less stress and are more productive but miss their colleagues, German study finds The study surveyed 7,000 employees’ attitudes to home working in Germany Around 75% of those surveyed said they would like to continue after coronavirus The study found that people experienced less stress and are more productive It … Read more
British cruise operator Cruise & Maritime Voyages has collapsed into administration, putting 4,000 jobs at risk and cancelling all customer bookings. The Essex-based company, which has seven small to mid-sized cruise liners, said it had ceased trading and closed offices in Australia, France, the US and Germany. CMV is the first major British cruise company … Read more
Senior Wirecard executive ‘is hiding in Russia under the protection of GRU intelligence agency’ after the company admitted ‘missing’ £1.7bn never existed Jan Marsalek, COO of Wirecard, vanished as firm collapsed amid claims of fraud Marsalek claimed he was going to Asia, but is thought to have fled to Belarus He is now near Moscow … Read more
A new material inspired by grapefruits and shells has been developed by British engineers and it blunt any angle grinder or drill that it comes in contact with. It has been named Proteus after the shape-changing Greek god of the sea and is both lightweight, strong and also capable of dispersing any waterjet. The material … Read more
Mark Wahlberg wears a protective face mask and a camouflage baseball cap as he arrives in Berlin to film Uncharted By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 10:53 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 10:54 BST, 18 July 2020 Production of the movie was shut down nearly four months ago due Coronavirus. But, Mark Wahlberg, 49, … Read more
Ever since I was at school, I’ve been fascinated by the strange tale of the Children’s Crusade. It began in the year 1212, with a boy wandering across France and Germany. As the boy told vast crowds of wide-eyed admirers, he had been chosen by Jesus to lead a crusade of children to the Holy … Read more