India‘s coronavirus epicentre has been plunged into a state-wide weekend lockdown as the country battles exploding infection numbers and shortages of vaccines, drugs and hospital beds. Having let its guard down with mass religious festivals, political rallies and spectators at cricket matches, India is experiencing a ferocious new wave with around a million new cases … Read more
The Grand National meeting gets underway without crowds as Aintree lies deserted at the time thousands of punters would usually be piling through its doors ready for a beer and bacon sandwich! The Grand National’s first meeting will take place without fans on Thursday Aintree racecourse was empty ahead of the event with the UK … Read more
Her first racing triumph, aged 13 and riding a pony, gave no hint that Rachael Blackmore would one day make history. But yesterday she entered the record books by becoming the first woman to win the Champion Hurdle, highlight of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. Miss Blackmore, 31, from Killenaule in County Tipperary, … Read more
Shipwrecked! Two men and a woman who were stranded on a deserted island in the Bahamas for 33 DAYS after their boat capsized are finally rescued by Coast Guard and say they survived on COCONUTS A US Coast Guard helicopter crew conducted the rescue on Tuesday in Anguilla Cay, an uninhabited Bahamian island between Cuba and … Read more
Defiant Britons ignored Boris Johnson’s plea to ‘stay at home this weekend’ as vast crowds flocked to the country’s beauty spots and Saturday food shoppers shunned wearing face masks in supermarkets. The Prime Minister yesterday released a video calling on the public to ‘think twice’ before leaving the house as he moved to cool rising optimism that … Read more
A sequence of pictures shows the stark contrast between streets that were left eerily deserted at midnight and when they were packed with New Year’s Eve revellers one year ago. Normally-bustling Trafalgar Square in London was empty as the clock struck midnight with officials putting up barriers to keep rule breakers away. Pictures also capture … Read more
Australians have begun farewelling a year many would rather forget with New Year’s Eve celebrations in full swing across the country under circumstances that have never seen before – and will hopefully never be seen again. A nation divided by coronavirus and arbitrary border closures is even more split tonight as it welcomes 2021. Australians who … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are still lying empty despite the rising coronavirus cases and fears over a new highly-infectious mutant strain. East London’s ExCeL centre – the first site opened by NHS England amid the crisis, is seen practically deserted in pictures taken today. The site would be the largest intensive care unit in Europe if fully operational, capable of … Read more
Shocked police discover dead body inside a suitcase in deserted £400,000 house after neighbours reported ‘foul smelling odour’ lasting weeks Police and forensic teams were spotted outside property a property in Southall Footage shows officers in Beaconsfield Road in the West London district Residents say there was ‘really foul smelling odour’ at property for two … Read more
New generation of banks ‘are best for customer service’: Big banks that deserted High Street to swell profits are slammed by consumer group Which? survey of 4,500 customers rated 24 banking brands Starling Bank finished top with an overall customer service score of 88 per cent RBS had 61 per cent, and TSB and Santander … Read more