Three activists scale Parliament calling for slavery reparations to be paid with huge banner signed by XR and Black Lives Matter – the day after stunt at nearby Cenotaph Three activists hung note ‘to the People of the United Kingdom’ from scaffolding It demanded ‘honest acknowledgement of the harm and human cost of slavery’ The … Read more
An ‘idiot’ walker triggered a large scale emergency and had be be rescued by a coastguard helicopter when he tried to scale 70ft up a cliff with his bare hands. The man and a friend climbed up from the beach beauty spot at Stair Hole, near Lulworth Cove in Dorset, without any ropes or equipment … Read more
Drone footage taken by the National Trust has revealed the extent of the devastation being wrought on British woodlands by ash dieback, a deadly fungal infection. The shots taken this autumn show trees dying in Hanging Wood, part of the Trust-administered Hughenden Estate in Buckinghamshire. Some 300 ash trees on the estate will need to … Read more
Earthquake in Leighton Buzzard? What next 2020??’ Shocked residents report ‘houses shaking’ and ‘windows rattling’ after 3.9 tremor strikes in Bedfordshire town which is felt across Home Counties Tremors reported in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire One local said they ‘felt their whole house shake’ when earthquake struck Some 610,000 people live in the affected area … Read more
An eye-opener into your health: This smart body fat scale has over 41,000 reviews on Amazon and is currently reduced to less than £30 By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 11:48 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 11:48 BST, 21 August 2020 Smart Bluetooth scales have changed the way we weigh ourselves. While traditional bathroom … Read more
These astonishing images show the scale of the destruction in Beirut after an explosion tore through the port killing more than 100 people and leaving thousands injured in its wake. Rescuers worked throughout the night and into Wednesday morning scouring ground zero for survivors after the cataclysmic blast that has wrecked entire neighbourhoods in the … Read more
A leading Chinese disease-control expert has confirmed that Wuhan’s officials did cover up the scale of the initial outbreak. Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, who visited the former coronavirus epicentre in January to help diagnose cases, told BBC that local authorities destroyed physical evidence and provided ‘slow’ response to clinical findings. ‘I do suspect that they have … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Europe’s feeble bail-out will not be enough to head off large scale unemployment By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:42 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 23:14 BST, 21 July 2020 The longest summit in the European Union’s history finally has delivered a result. The £680billion Covid-19 rescue package breaks new ground. … Read more
Forecasting is difficult enough in normal times. Britain faces three great uncertainties in the shape of Covid-19, Brexit and relations with China. The decision to ditch Huawei means that ‘Global Britain’ optimism about deeper trading relations with China potentially is in jeopardy. As the People’s Republic accounts for 19 per cent of global GDP, and … Read more
A British-American explorer has become the first woman to scale Earth’s highest and lowest points, as she reaches the bottom of the Mariana Trench after climbing Mount Everest. Vanessa O’Brien travelled via a submersible to the Earth’s lowest point, the bottom of Challenger Deep, on June 12 for a surveillance mission. The 55-year-old dived 10,925metres below … Read more