Verizon has joined the growing list of US companies boycotting Facebook over its failure to crack down on hate speech, after one of its ads was reportedly posted next to a video ‘drawing on hateful and antisemitic rhetoric’ on the platform. The telecomms firm announced Thursday it will pull ads from Facebook until the social … Read more
Jada Pinkett-Smith, 48, isn’t afraid of having tough conversations with her husband Will Smith, 51, when cameras are rolling for the sake of her digital talk show. In a teaser clip for an upcoming episode of Red Table Talk, Will revealed that his 1995 divorce from his first wife was the ‘worst thing in [his] … Read more
Snooker star Willie Thorne, 66, dies after suffering respiratory failure By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 08:35 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 08:42 BST, 17 June 2020 Former snooker star Willie Thorne has died after suffering respiratory failure. The 66-year-old, who announced he was battling leukaemia in March, was taken to hospital last week … Read more
Snooker legend Willie Thorne, 66, is placed in an induced coma in Spain following respiratory failure as battles infections after having treatment for leukaemia Willie Thorne had been taken to hospital with a dangerously low blood pressure The 66-year-old snooker legend announced he was battling leukaemia in March Now his carer has confirmed the former … Read more
A drug designed to stop blood clots could be a life-saving treatment for Covid-19, according to scientists who are now trialling it in the UK. The British Heart Foundation has begun a study to test the effects of a medication called TRV027. It has already worked for heart failure by keeping a healthy balance between … Read more
Boris Johnson today hinted that the two-metre social distancing rule will be eased as coronavirus case fall as he faced a Tory backlash over the economic ‘devastation’ it is causing. The PM is coming under growing pressure to relax the instruction, which is hampering the return of schools and crippling swathes of UK plc. Senior Conservatives … Read more
Every parent and teacher knows that a child who misses just a couple of weeks from school can fall rapidly behind his or her classmates. Which somehow puts into perspective the crisis facing a generation of children who have now gone without school for three months because of the coronavirus lockdown. I find it astounding … Read more
The number of elderly deaths from coronavirus in Sweden is a ‘big failure’, the country’s ambassador to the US has said. Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter said 90 per cent of those who died in Sweden were over 70, meaning that around 2,700 elderly people have died of the virus. Sweden has banned visits to care homes … Read more
National Lottery website and app both crash after power failure ahead of £5m Lotto draw tonight Customers trying to access the website are told online services are ‘unavailable’ The power outage took place in the Watford area, an town northwest of London On Twitter, The National Lottery apologised for any inconvenience caused today By James Wood For … Read more
Ministers have been warned by their expert scientific advisers that lifting the coronavirus lockdown and then reimposing restrictions later would be seen by the public as a ‘serious failure of policy’. Newly-released secret documents show the government’s scientists have argued in favour of only a very slow easing of measures. They said if lockdown was … Read more