Tens of thousands of Belarusian opposition supporters have gathered in Minsk this afternoon to join a ‘March for Freedom’ over President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election. Chanting ‘Leave!’, the protesters marched down Independence Avenue following an opposition call for the biggest rally yet in a week of demonstrations since the vote. Columns of demonstrators raised victory … Read more
Have YOU got £57m down the back of your sofa? Mystery Euromillions winner has just FOUR WEEKS left to claim huge jackpot they scooped in March Ticket was bought in Ayrshire, Scotland, but hasn’t been claimed in five months If not produced by September 13, the £57,879,670 windfall goes to good causes Claiming it would … Read more
March of the tech titans: Compared to newcomers like Just Eat, the Silicon Valley giants don’t look overvalued at all, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 12 August 2020 The biggest winners from the pandemic have proved to be companies with … Read more
Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed there has been 200,700 excess deaths during the pandemic – surpassing the confirmed 161,000 COVID-19 death toll. In August, the United States continued to amass the largest COVID-19 death toll across the world and the number topped 161,000 this week. But according to a … Read more
Thousands of NHS workers are taking to the streets of the UK to protest against their exclusion from a recent public sector pay rise announcement. Anger is mounting as NHS workers were overlooked in the latest round of public sector pay rises – despite more than 500 NHS and social care staff dying from Covid-19. Unite, … Read more
Thousands of people protested Germany‘s coronavirus restrictions Saturday in a Berlin demonstration that insisted ‘the end of the pandemic’ has arrived. The declaration comes as authorities voice increasing concerns about an uptick in new infections. With few masks in sight, a dense crowd marched through downtown Berlin from the Brandenburg Gate ahead of a rally … Read more
Dozens of demonstrators brought Brixton to a halt as they marched through London to mark Afrikan Emancipation Day. The coalition of action groups – led by Stop The Maangamizi: We Charge Genocide/Ecocide and the Afrikan Emancipation Day reparations march committee – took the drastic action to ‘make themselves heard’ in a bid for reparations from the UK … Read more
Piggy bank raid: Nearly £2m of withdrawals made by hard-up savers holding Help to Save accounts in just three months Help to Save is a government scheme which pays out a bonus to eligible savers It is designed to encourage new savers to build up a fund over a four-year period Nearly £2m was withdrawn … Read more
Fans FINALLY return to watch live British sport with 1,000 spectators in attendance for Surrey’s friendly against Middlesex… as The Oval hosts the first test event with social distancing guidelines in place Alternate rows were used and advisory signs were on show for a friendly match There were limited number of members in assigned seats … Read more
A manufacturer of a high-performing Covid-19 antibody test has still not managed to get it approved by officials for use in England — despite submitting proof months ago that it works better than others on the market. Derby-based SureScreen Diagnostics first created its rapid antibody test, which tests blood to see whether someone has had … Read more