This was the magnificent sight yesterday as one million protective aprons were delivered to the NHS. Less than 24 hours after being made, the crucial Mail Force Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was handed over. Box after box of aprons were unloaded at a depot in the Midlands which is the nerve centre of the NHS’s … Read more
Early yesterday morning, they were just a drum of white granules on a lorry from Grangemouth. Hours later, they had been heated, rolled, pressed, stamped, cut in to medical aprons, folded and boxed at a factory in Blackburn before delivery to a warehouse in Preston. By this morning, they should be on their way to … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel is in talks to force France to take back migrants no matter which side of the Channel they are seized on Migrants being brought into the UK when they’re caught in the Channel Priti Patel said if migrants know they’ll be returned, they won’t try to cross A source close to … Read more
So now you’re the fashion police too? Force faces fury for mocking locked-down Britons for taking an ‘essential saunter in jeans’ as their daily exercise South Yorkshire Police issued an alert detailing a ‘saunter in jeans as exercise’ The now deleted post, said the police were ‘doing their best’ to keep people safe The police … Read more
Border police pick up 16 migrants including a baby off Dover today as this year’s total to make the crossing tops 1,000 with more than 600 crossing during lockdown Border Force picked up group in two boats and brought them into Dover today Group included man carrying a baby in a blue blanket and around … Read more
US Air Force sends B-1 bombers back to Guam on temporary deployment after ending its 16-year continuous presence on the Pacific Island just weeks ago The United States Air Force has dispatched a fleet of B-1 bombers to Guam just weeks after ending its 16-year continuous bomber presence in the region Four bombers and approximately … Read more
Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports will force travellers to wear masks to travel as Eurostar passengers face two-week quarantine in France The three airports are also trialling temperature checks before entering building Passengers will be expected to bring their own gloves and masks to the airport It comes as ministers have been accused of … Read more
Border Force in France seize £20million worth of cocaine within plywood boxes in a lorry carrying consignment of car parts to Britain The haul, which had a potential street value of around £20 million, was discovered within a number of plywood boxes in a lorry Border Force officers use hi-tech search equipment to combat immigration … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the Mail Force PPE airlift By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:16 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 02:16 BST, 1 May 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
Secretive Air Force X-37B space plane is launching its sixth mission in May that’s expected to break its previous record of 780 days in low orbit The X-37B space plane is set to go on its sixth mission on May 16 from Florida The craft is expected to again spend more than two years in … Read more