‘The world went crazy’ with lockdowns, says Sweden’s coronavirus expert as he blasts WHO for ‘misinterpreting data’ with list of 11 nations seeing a ‘resurgence’ Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s virus expert, said the world ‘went mad’ with lockdowns Said leaders caved to pressure with decisions that ‘fly in the face’ of science Also hit out at … Read more
Russia has claimed it foiled a ‘terrorist attack’ after a soldier clutching a machine gun went berserk at a Victory Day parade in front of Vladimir Putin. Conscript Nikita Eroshenko, 22, smashed his Soviet-era weapon into three windows of a Federal Security Service vehicle after he was told he would not be marching in front of … Read more
Sun-seekers will be able to travel to popular European destinations from July 4 if ministers agree ‘travel corridors’ to key countries today. The Government’s coronavirus committee, led by Michael Gove, will meet this afternoon to decide which countries will have the 14-day quarantine restrictions lifted. The list will reportedly include ‘the main Mediterranean destinations’, with … Read more
Quick-thinking driver catches a runaway tyre before it crashes into his windscreen Driver forced to get out and catch a tyre which was hurtling towards his car Caught runaway wheel just before it hit his stationary car in Samara, Russia Said he jumped out car because he thought tyre would smash his windscreen By Lydia … Read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the West to reconsider its prevailing sense that Jesus was white – as he revealed a review into religious statues. Justin Welby said monuments in Canterbury Cathedral are going to be looked at ‘very carefully’ to see if they all ‘should be there’. The head of the Anglican Communion waded … Read more
The coronavirus may cause brain damage in as many as six in 10 critically-ill patients in hospital, a study has suggested. British researchers looked at 125 people hospitalised with the virus at the height of the UK’s crisis in April – but they admitted the patients were selected by doctors and were likely to be … Read more
Terrifying moment bear attacks Uber driver’s car to protect her cub from being run over on dark road Mother bear ran at and attacked Uber driver’s car as they drove down dark road Driver tried to avoid hitting animal and her cub in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia The car had an outline of the bear’s paw on … Read more
The head of Britain’s biggest Jewish community group has said actress Maxine Peake’s George Floyd claim WAS anti-Semitic and branded Rebecca Long Bailey’s response as ‘pathetic’. President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Marie van der Zyl condemned Peake’s comments, which linked the American’s death to the Israeli Secret Service. The Shameless actress rowed … Read more
Critics have claimed the £900,000 red, white and blue paint job on the Prime Minister’s RAF Voyager plane has been bungled. Enthusiasts said they thought the Union Flag on its tailfin had been done upside down as Boris Johnson‘s official aircraft took off from Cambridgeshire yesterday. Social media users were quick to vent their anger … Read more
The doomed Pakistan International Airbus A320 which crashed in May was seen on CCTV scraping along the runway at Karachi airport after its pilots ‘forgot’ to put its wheels down for landing. The airliner plunged into a residential neighbourhood in Pakistan’s capital city, killing 97 of the 99 people on board after its pilots aborted an … Read more
It is ‘touch and go’ as to whether local Covid-19 outbreaks can be controlled, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official warned today. Yesterday the UN agency revealed Europe has seen a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases since lockdown easing measures began. Dr David Nabarro, a WHO special envoy, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing calls to open ‘air bridges’ to the whole EU because freedom of movement rules makes it impossible to stop tourists crossing borders. The Government’s coronavirus committee, led by Michael Gove, will meet this afternoon to decide which countries will have the 14-day quarantine restrictions lifted. The list will reportedly include ‘the main … Read more
Seattle’s ‘occupied’ CHOP zone features a fleet of tents, a street renamed after George Floyd, an abandoned police building covered in Black Lives Matter slogans – and an armed man carrying a coffee cup. The encampment known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest is hailed by its supporters as an ‘ideal society’ where people help … Read more