Mark Zuckerberg spent September and October last year warning about the dangers posted by rival tech giant TikTok in what, according to a report on Sunday evening, was a deliberate attempt to turn Washington against the Beijing-owned company, almost a year before he launched his own version of it with Reels. TikTok has gained more … Read more
Pupils are more likely to be hit by a bus on their way to school than catch coronavirus in the classroom, the deputy chief medical officer claimed today. Dr Jenny Harries said the risk of children being involved in a traffic accident or of catching the flu are ‘probably higher than the current risk’ posed … Read more
Gavin Williamson is in the running to be named MP of the Year despite widespread demands for him to quit over this year’s exams fiasco. The Education Secretary has been nominated in the People’s Choice category of the awards run by non-partisan organisation the Patchwork Foundation. He has been nomination by the public in a … Read more
Families have rubbished a coroner’s claims that their elderly relatives died at the hands of a serial killer – instead of being murder-suicides as first thought. A senior coroner’s officer published a 179-page report claiming there were significant similarities between the deaths of couples across North West England between 1996 and 2011. The incidents, which … Read more
The German government has said it is ‘fairly likely’ that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned. ‘We are dealing with a patient who it is fairly likely was poisoned,’ Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert told a press conference today. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will survive but be ‘incapacitated for months’ after he allegedly … Read more
‘If NHS waves you off with paracetamol, get ready to meet your maker’: Morrissey slams health service following death of his mother from cancer claiming doctors missed three chances to diagnose disease Former Smiths frontman blamed the NHS for his 82-year-old mother’s death He claimed NHS doctors missed a gallbladder cancer diagnoses three times Made … Read more
Taxidermist who was jailed after photos of him stood next to animal trophy collection sparked probe is facing being put behind bars AGAIN for illegally trading black rhino horns Aaron Halstead was jailed in 2015 for 24 weeks for trading with animals illegally He had illegally bought three sperm whale teeth, a cheetah’s skull and … Read more
US President Donald Trump could fast-track the coronavirus vaccine being made by Britain’s Oxford University to get it into use before the country’s election. White House insiders say Mr Trump is considering pushing for approval for emergency use of the jab, which is one of the world’s most promising candidates. Early trials of Oxford’s jab … Read more
100 nudists test positive for Covid-19 after ‘very worrying’ outbreak at French naturist resort At least 95 nudists have tested positive at the French resort of Cap d’Agde Another 50 have reported falling sick after returning home from the village Health officials called outbreak ‘very worrying’, as cases soar nationwide Nudists told to comply with social … Read more
Vegans are the NEW ‘milk snatchers’: Meat-free campaigners push for dairy-free alternative to the white stuff on school menu… 49 years after Margaret Thatcher stopped benefit for over 7s Vegans and doctors pressuring government to take cow’s milk off school menus They want plant-based alternatives high in calcium to be subsidised instead Evokes Margaret Thatcher’s … Read more