N-Dubz rapper Dappy’s former partner gets engaged to US triple-murderer she has never met Kaye Vassell, 29, has moved to Missouri to be closer to killer Deandra Buchanan The mother of two of Dappy’s children, has started campaigning for his release Buchanan jailed after killing girlfriend, aunt and stepfather in November 2000 By Joe Middleton … Read more
NHS staff have been forced to fly in their own supplies of visors, masks and gowns after raising millions through crowdfunding. They have welcomed the donations but say it should never have been necessary. One appeal – called Masks for NHS Heroes – has already raised £1.8million. The group, started by a team of NHS … Read more
President Trump showed reporters a White House-produced video during Monday’s briefing in an attempt to shame the New York Times for critical coverage of his coronavirus response. The video, which the president said was produced by Dan Scavino, the White House social media director, showed – in the White House’s words – that the ‘media minimized … Read more
The UK is reviewing the evidence on face masks again, Number 10’s top scientific adviser revealed today. Sir Patrick Vallance claimed Downing Street would ‘definitely’ change its stance on wearing masks if the science became stronger. Britain has repeatedly insisted that healthy Britons do not need to wear face masks to try and protect themselves. … Read more
Ricky Gervais has hit out at celebrities for whining about having to self-isolate while NHS staff risk their lives to battle Covid-19. Mr Gervais, 58, said that once the coronavirus crisis is over he never wants to hear people ‘moaning about the welfare state’ or nurses again – and voiced his support for applauding healthcare … Read more
Europe took its first tentative steps towards a return to normality on Monday as some countries re-opened businesses. And several other nations have announced they are preparing to ease their lockdown restrictions in the coming days. Spain and Italy – the two European countries worst-hit by the coronavirus outbreak – have re-started some industries while Germany … Read more
Shock internal report into anti-Semitism in the Labour party says it was so rife that some members were borderline neo-Nazis Internal report found Jeremy Corbyn did little to help discipline offenders Found a ‘litany of mistakes and missed opportunities’ amid strained relations It also said a better approach to anti-Semitism complaints had been established By … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday gathered the Democratic governors of five neighboring states to form a coronavirus ‘council’ to tackle how to reopen the country in a direct insult to President Trump who earlier tweeted that it was his decision and his alone. Cuomo was joined on a televised conference call by the governors of … Read more
A controversial ‘scoring system’ used by the NHS to decide who receives critical care has been slammed over fears disabled people will be denied life-saving treatment. The so-called ‘Clinical Frailty Scale’ (CFS) ranks patients’ frailty from one to nine and is designed to prioritise those most likely to recover from the killer virus. It has been implemented … Read more
Coronavirus is ten times deadlier than the 2009 swine flu pandemic and a vaccine will be needed to halt it, the World Health Organisation has said. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing from Geneva the organisation was constantly learning about the bug sweeping the globe. The incredibly contagious infection has now killed … Read more