England’s coronavirus outbreak IS shrinking as official data shows new cases have HALVED with just 1,700 people getting infected each day – but separate figures suggest the curve is flat Office for National Statistics has published its lowest estimates so far Infection rate of 0.03% suggests just one in every 3,900 people has coronavirus King’s … Read more
The US defense secretary has disclosed that China is top of the country’s list of most dangerous military rivals. Mark Esper told military chiefs the US needed to match Beijing’s capabilities by recalibrating training and operations. In a message to Pentagon staff marking his first year in the role, he said the US must make China … Read more
Britain today announced 85 more coronavirus deaths — as Northern Ireland has now gone a week without any Covid-19 fatalities. The figure, announced by Department of Health chiefs and which take into account lab-confirmed fatalities in all settings, takes the official Government total to 44,602. Today’s fatalities are marginally lower than last Thursday’s, when Government statistics … Read more
Welcome home! Adorable moment two-year-old girl dashes along quay yelling ‘I love you’ and leaps into her fisherman father’s arms as he returns from two days at sea Ben Rowse, 34, arrived back in Newlyn, Cornwall, after a few days out at sea His daughter Toni-Rose, two, frantically waved as she saw his boat arrive … Read more
The US defense secretary has confirmed China is top of the list of most dangerous military rivals. Mark Esper told military chiefs the US needed to match Beijing’s capabilities by recalibrating training and operations. In a message to Pentagon staff marking his first year in the role, he said the US must make China ‘the … Read more
Been to Victoria? Anyone in New South Wales who has visited coronavirus-stricken state will be forced to self-isolate for two weeks Isolation order imposed for people in NSW who have visited Greater Melbourne Anyone who enters NSW from coronavirus-stricken state ordered to self-isolate Order comes as NSW Premier foreshadowed a tightening of restrictions By Tita … Read more
Amber Heard has today claimed that Johnny Depp wrote ‘I love you’ in blood after severing his finger while launching a savage attack on her in which she ‘feared for her life’ while he filmed Pirates of the Caribbean in 2015. Depp is on the stand at the High Court for a third day today and was … Read more
Sweden continues to have one of the highest coronavirus death rates in Europe after avoiding lockdown – though it is gaining ground on the UK despite the harsh measures imposed in Britain. Sweden registered 1.6 deaths per million people on Thursday which was higher than the 1.4 deaths registered in the UK. But the country’s … Read more
Thousands of taxi drivers, cleaners and shop workers will be tested for Covid-19 as part of a new trial — even if they have no symptoms. Department of Health chiefs announced the asymptomatic swabbing scheme today, revealing it will launch tomorrow. Firms included in the trial include taxi firm Addison Lee, BT, services firm Mitie … Read more
Two dismembered bodies found stuffed inside a suitcase in Seattle by teenagers making a TikTok video have been identified as a mother-of-four and her boyfriend. Now their families are raising money to offer as a reward for information leading to their killer’s arrest. The bodies of Jessica Lewis, 35, and Austin ‘Cash’ Wenner, 27, were … Read more