Blood test backlog means nearly 200 Commonwealth Army recruits face losing their visas and being forced out of Britain 200 recruits from India, Jamaica, St Lucia and others flew to UK in November for Army assessment tests 170 are still waiting for blood tests so can’t start training and are now jobless Many have been … Read more
Is this New Delhi or Newquay? Tuk-tuks could be coming to Britain after a licence was granted for the three-wheeler taxis in Cornwall NuBeez plans to roll out electric tuk-tuks across Cornwall – all with doors The three-wheeled taxis will be electric and could be solar-powered one day The plan is to start with two … Read more
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections, as the World Health Organisation warns there is no return to the ‘old normal’. The rate of cases has been rapidly increasing in the United States, Brazil, India, Japan and Australia, among others. Hong Kong, Bolivia, Sudan and Ethiopia have also seen rises in … Read more
Historians blast BBC for ‘unbalanced’ News At Ten report claiming Churchill was responsible for ‘mass killing’ of up to three million in 1943 Bengal famine Report on Tuesday examined how Indians view Britain’s wartime prime minister Accused of responsibility for mass killing and ‘prioritising white lives’ in famine But historians suggested the BBC report had … Read more
An affectionate letter from Sir Winston Churchill to his first great love has come to light. The future wartime prime minister was a 22-year-old junior officer when he met Pamela Bulwer-Lytton (nee Plowden), Countess of Lytton, in India in 1896. He was instantly infatuated, and told his mother in a letter on October 26, 1896 … Read more
India has piled up more than 40,000 coronavirus cases in a day for the first time as the world’s third-largest outbreak continues to worsen. The 40,425 new cases announced today bring the total from 1,077,618 to 1,118,043, three days after India became the third country in the world to pass a million cases. Another 681 … Read more
BBC’s new period drama A Suitable Boy is praised for having an all-Indian cast and director… but the screenplay was adapted by a Welshman By Eleanor Sharples For The Daily Mail and Chris Hastings and Sanjay Jha For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:28 BST, 20 July 2020 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 20 July 2020 … Read more
A record-breaking surge in coronavirus cases was reported yesterday as almost 260,000 people tested positive for the virus in 24 hours. The most significant increases were noted in the US, Brazil, India and South Africa, as the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases surpassed 14.2 million. On Saturday, the World Health Organisation reported 71,484 new … Read more
EVGENY LEBEDEV: Coronavirus is creating a catastrophe for our wildlife as illegal wildlife trade sees rhinos, lions and giraffes poached By Evgeny Lebedev For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:55 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 19 July 2020 One night in central Kenya, I accompanied rangers on a patrol around the Ol … Read more
Roar power! Astonishing moment two tiger brothers rear up and claw each other in an explosive battle Harsha Narasimhamurthy, 28, took pictures of the epic battle in Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, northern India Footage shows the tigers fight on their hind legs in front of a female in Ranthambore National Park The photographer said he was … Read more