Man with air rifle was shot dead by police at Swindon lockdown party

The former partner of a man shot and killed by police outside a party on Sunday has said she will fight for justice and the officer who fired the shot ‘will hang for this’.  Graham Trinder, 57, was shot dead by police while carrying an air rifle outside an illegal lockdown party in Swindon, Wiltshire, … Read more

Keir Starmer demands rethink on 10pm pubs curfew when lockdown ends

Sir Keir Starmer today demanded a rethink on the 10pm pubs curfew after the blanket lockdown ends in England, insisting it had not worked’.  The Labour leader raised the prospect that he could withdraw support for the controversial policy – leaving Boris Johnson at the mercy of a major Tory rebellion. The hospitality industry, along … Read more

Farmer burns 800 fleeces after Covid curbs made wool ‘worthless’

A Welsh farmer torched hundreds of ‘worthless’ sheep fleeces in protest at rock-bottom wool prices after the pandemic saw the market for the natural material sink to ‘diabolical’ lows.   He piled up 800 fleeces from newly-shorn sheep and turned them into a funeral pyre saying it was cheaper to destroy them by fire than to go to … Read more

Moment blundering DPD delivery driver keeps reversing his van into a parked car and then driving off

Moment blundering DPD delivery driver keeps reversing his van into a parked car before getting out to check the damage and then driving off By Aliki Kraterou For Mailonline Published: 13:28 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 14:02 GMT, 9 November 2020 This is the shocking moment a DPD van driver repeatedly hits a parked … Read more

Old Ireland in Colour: Amazing photos of the 19th and 20th centuries

These vivid colourised photos bring to life the history of Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, showing a world of cattle markets and horse-drawn trucks alongside Traveller children and pioneering women.  The images offer a glimpse of a time gone by, with horses in the streets, people sitting on mail trucks, and … Read more

Joe Biden announces Coronavirus Task Force led by Vivek Murthy

Joe Biden hit the ground running Monday morning in beginning to unveil his administration’s team by naming those who will head his coronavirus task force – the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will also receive their first briefing from the team. Rick Bright, the whistleblower who was ousted as chief of the Biomedical Advanced … Read more

Welsh farmer torches 800 fleeces after Covid curbs led to ‘diabolical’ fall in value of wool

A Welsh farmer torched hundreds of ‘worthless’ sheep fleeces in protest at rock-bottom wool prices after the pandemic saw the market for the natural material sink to ‘diabolical’ lows.   He piled up 800 fleeces from newly-shorn sheep and turned them into a funeral pyre saying it was cheaper to destroy them by fire than to go to … Read more

Joe Biden announces COVID task force led by Obama’s surgeon general Vivek Murthy

Joe Biden hit the ground running Monday morning in beginning to unveil his administration’s team by naming those who will head his coronavirus task force – the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will also receive their first briefing from the team. Rick Bright, the whistleblower who was ousted as chief of the Biomedical Advanced … Read more

Israel feared seventh country hit by mutated Covid strain spread by mink, as three people tested

Israel is feared to be the latest country to be hit by the mutated strain of coronavirus spread by mink in Denmark. The Israeli Health Ministry is testing three citizens who recently returned from the Scandinavian country where the new infection is spreading from animals to humans.  If positive, Israel could join the US, Italy, … Read more

Ex-partner of father, 57, shot dead by police while carrying air rifle says officer should ‘hang’

The former partner of a man shot and killed by police outside a party on Sunday has said she will fight for justice and the officer who fired the shot ‘will hang for this’.  Graham Trinder, 57, was shot dead by police while carrying an air rifle outside an illegal lockdown party in Swindon, Wiltshire, … Read more