Will Mellor says his dad’s death during lockdown ‘absolutely crippled me’

Will Mellor has opened up about his father’s death during lockdown, revealing that the fact he couldn’t see his dad amid the restrictions ‘absolutely crippled me’.   The actor, 44, was left devastated when his father Bill passed away in April last year, with the star unable to even hug his dad due to Covid-19 restrictions. … Read more

Sales of flats HALVE as housing market is crippled by fire risk fears brought on by Grenfell

Sales of flats HALVE as housing market is crippled by fire risk fears brought on by Grenfell cladding crisis Flat prices halved amid fears over cladding similar to that on Grenfell Tower  In September last year flat transactions also fell by around 5,600, or 48 per cent Earlier was revealed homeowners could face £40,000 bill … Read more

China’s economy grows 4.9% while the rest of the world is crippled by coronavirus

China’s economy has grown 4.9 percent in the third quarter from last year proving the country is back to its pre-pandemic trajectory with consumer spending and industrial production going back to normal levels. China fell short in the third quarter of its forecast for growth between 5.5 percent and 6 percent predicted at the start … Read more

The doctors still crippled by Covid-19 six months after they caught it

Some can barely walk they’re so exhausted and their muscles so weak. Many have lost the ability to recall everyday facts or hold a conversation. Others have developed life-threatening allergies or chronic dizziness. All have suffered months of ill-health — careers are on hold, social lives are mothballed and family life is a shadow of … Read more

Crippled two-legged huntsman spider that was adopted by Australian woman is released into the wild

Crippled two-legged spider that went viral when it was adopted by an Australian woman is released back into the wild after growing its limbs back  Elina Walsh, from Far North Queensland, rescued a two-legged huntsman spider  She discovered Peggy at home in June and nursed the spider back to health   Peggy regrew all of her … Read more

China takes advantage of USS Roosevelt being crippled by coronavirus to send jets close to Taiwan

China has taken advantage of the USS Theodore Roosevelt being crippled by the coronavirus by sending an aircraft carrier and fighter jets close to the disputed territory of Taiwan.   Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the Liaoning, China’s first operational aircraft carrier, and five accompanying warships passed first through the Miyako Strait, located between Japan‘s islands of Miyako … Read more