President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US intelligence community said Tuesday that he would focus on China as the country’s greatest threat, saying Beijing was determined to supplant the United States’ superpower status. But John Ratcliffe, an outspoken Trump defender nominated to become director of national intelligence, came under pressure in a Senate confirmation … Read more
Border police pick up 16 migrants including a baby off Dover today as this year’s total to make the crossing tops 1,000 with more than 600 crossing during lockdown Border Force picked up group in two boats and brought them into Dover today Group included man carrying a baby in a blue blanket and around … Read more
A farmer who started the asparagus harvest with 50 British workers but now has just six left has blasted the Government as ‘deluded’ for not doing more to help. Seasonal workers from Romania were due to fly out to help UK farmers pick their asparagus crop this weekend, but had their flights cancelled when their … Read more
Impressionable young birds pick up style tips from their elders just like humans and ‘feather their nests’ with coloured materials they associate with older trendsetters. Experts set out to see if birds might prefer to build nests of the same colour as the one they hatched in, or whether juvenile experiences were more important. They … Read more
Alessandra Ambrosio wears a leopard-print face mask as she picks up sushi in Beverly Hills with her boyfriend Nicolo Oddi to celebrate his 40th birthday By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 17:39 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 17:39 BST, 30 April 2020 Even though quarantine and lockdown remain in effect, she would not let … Read more
Minister tells furloughed workers they should get fruit-picking jobs to help farmers who are struggling to fill vacancies George Eustice expects there to be a need to recruit British harvest workers ‘A third of the migrant labour that normally comes to the UK is here,’ he says Up to 80,000 workers, mostly from Eastern Europe, … Read more
Many investors will no doubt be feeling nervous about choosing a home for this year’s £20,000 Isa allowance. But with savings rates decimated, experts insist the stock market still offers the greatest prospect of growing your wealth long term. For those who are keen to invest some or all of this year’s Isa allowance but … Read more
For a second year in a row Singapore Airlines has been named as the best airline in the world in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, with Jet2.com named the best in the UK and Europe and Southwest Airlines hailed as North America’s best carrier. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account … Read more
Uncertainty may be the new normal. But no matter how often we hear this mantra, investors would still like to know whether share prices are close to their lows, or if there is worse to come. The answer is: it’s complicated. Traditionally, the stock market has been a leading indicator, moving ahead of events and … Read more
POETRY A LITTLE HISTORY OF POETRY By John Carey (Yale £14.99, 320pp) Pick up this book, take a deep breath and hold on tight. John Carey takes us on a helter-skelter ride through 4,000 years of an art form central to human life since people banged drums and thrilled each other with stories in rhythm … Read more