Roughly 43,000 New Zealanders who had been starved of live rugby for three months due to Covid-19 filled Auckland’s Eden Park on Sunday for a Super Rugby match, the largest crowd in 15 years. The Auckland-based Blues held on to beat the Wellington-based Hurricanes 30-20 in the Super Rugby Aotearoa game. Sunday’s match was another … Read more
Angry scenes have been captured in town squares across the UK as Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators today. More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Brighton to stand in solidarity with BLM demonstrations worldwide. While protesters in Bristol denied they were far-right supporters while gathering at the Cenotaph with ‘All Lives Matter’ banners. Hundreds … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Thousands of people marched in Hollywood on Sunday as part of a Black Lives Matter protest. And being Tinseltown, there were a fair few famous names in the crowd. Among the A-listers who joined in were Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, still recognizable despite the face coverings they wore due to the coronavirus. Taking action: … Read more
Moment a man drives into crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle and then jumps out of his car and shoots a 27-year-old demonstrator in the arm before being arrested Unidentified man drove through crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters Sunday The incident took place in Seattle as hundreds gathered for a demonstration Once … Read more
One of the country’s largest anti-lockdown protest was held Friday as thousands swarmed Wisconsin State Capitol and residents in South Carolina held a mobile protest at the Statehouse. These latest anti-quarantine protests come as some governors begin to relax stay-at-home orders in states like Texas and Georgia – despite fears of a second wave. A … Read more
Protestors at an anti-lockdown rally in Texas yelled ‘fire Fauci’ in a targeted chant against President Trump’s top medical advisor, as thousands of Americans defied stay-at-home and social distancing orders at rallies. Meanwhile, anti-Trump activists launched counter-protests outside of the president’s properties and laid body bags on the ground. Hundreds of protestors gathered at the … Read more
Mick Fleetwood And Friends London Palladium Rating: From George Harrison in 2002 to Ginger Baker the other day, we’re used to finding a rock star’s death followed by a tribute gig. On Tuesday, the idea came with a twist: the honoree was still with us. Peter Green, the guitarist who co-founded Fleetwood Mac in 1967, … Read more
Homeless people on the streets of San Francisco have been pictured gathering dangerously close together amid the coronavirus pandemic. Images show how the communities on the city’s Tenderloin Street are struggling to social distance after the COVID-19 outbreak, with many tents crowded together in spots and people even grouping together to drink and take drugs … Read more