A married father-of-three who started wearing women’s clothes four years ago and hasn’t looked back says he’s determined to challenge gender stereotypes when it comes to fashion. Mark Bryan, an American living in Germany, proudly dons tight skirts and high heels to work, at the shops and even at home, Bored Panda reports. The 61-year-old … Read more
What can we learn from nations that got it right? VICTORIA ALLEN analyses the UK’s coronavirus testing farce By Victoria Allen for the Daily Mail Published: 00:01 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 19 October 2020 Why has Test and Trace fallen apart in England while other countries have managed to make the … Read more
A group of British anti-maskers behaved ‘like spoiled brats’ when they refused to wear face coverings on a flight home from Berlin, a source claimed today. Charisse Burchett was criticised on Wednesday after she shared an image of herself and two women seated on an aircraft having apparently won a ‘stand off’ with airport staff. … Read more
I’ve always loved pretzels. For my hen do, I dragged 10 friends to Cologne for a weekend of wheat beer and salt-crusted doughy deliciousness. So it’s hardly surprising that, hours after arriving in Baden-Württemberg, a mountainous region of southern Germany with the Black Forest at its heart, I’m polishing off my fourth one – a … Read more
Court overturns order to shut Berlin’s bars and restaurants from 11pm because ‘it is not apparent’ it would help fight coronavirus By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 11:01 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 11:17 BST, 16 October 2020 A Berlin court has suspended an order for bars and restaurants to close from 11pm to … Read more
Coronavirus swabs should be analysed in batches to speed up the Government’s lagging testing programme, experts say. The method, known as pooled testing, involves combining multiple swabs in a batch into a single test tube. If Covid-19 is not detected in the combined sample, all patients are presumed to be negative. If any viral particles are … Read more
Angela Merkel has warned Germany is heading for ‘disaster’ after regional leaders refused to sign off on her tough new coronavirus measures amid surging cases in Europe. Coronavirus deaths almost doubled today in Italy and at least nine countries on the continent saw their highest ever daily infection tallies on Thursday. Merkel lost her temper … Read more
Coronavirus deaths almost doubled today in Italy and at least nine European nations recorded a record haul of new cases. Financial markets dipped on Thursday as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland recorded their highest ever daily infection tallies. Increased testing capacities mean that it is impossible to compare … Read more
Germany reports a record 6,638 new cases of coronavirus, its highest total of the pandemic but still far lower than its European neighbours Germany reported 6,638 new cases of coronavirus Thursday and 33 deaths Cases increased sharply this week, and are 60 per cent higher than last week Total is also the highest for Germany … Read more
France will enforce a month-long night-time curfew in Paris and eight other major cities and towns aimed at fighting the Coronavirus ‘second wave’, it was announced tonight. The capital will now shut down for nine hours from 9pm until 6am, in a bid to stop the disease circulating, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. This … Read more