A wealthy haulage boss who used an encrypted phone network as he helped transport £1.5million worth of cocaine from the Netherlands to Ireland has been jailed for 14 years. Irishman Thomas Maher, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today after previously admitting to four counts of conspiracy to commit a crime abroad. The court heard the … Read more
It’s a croc eat croc world: Cannibal crocodile eats younger reptile The 1,200-pound crocodile was so hungry that it ate one of its kind after digging its teeth into its body The adult male crocodile was pictured attacking the juvenile reptile, which cried out in desperation Photographer Jan Butter, 69, captured the incredible photos in … Read more
While Britain became the ‘sick man of Europe’ overnight as flights to the continent ground to a halt, its infection rate is still lower than some of the countries imposing travel bans. More than a dozen European countries have stopped flights from Britain because of the mutant virus strain that has forced Boris Johnson to … Read more
By David Churchill What has happened to the coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of Covid has developed which is said to spread far faster. A ‘strain’ is a new version of a virus which has genetic mutations. The new strain is a version of Sars-Cov-2, the coronavirus which causes the disease Covid-19. … Read more
British passengers were left stranded in German airports last night and confined in a terminal until they could test negative for Covid-19 after Europe moved to seal off the UK because of its alarming new strain of the disease. Nurses in hazmat suits were screening the last arrivals from Britain on Sunday night as furious … Read more
A mutant strain of Covid-19 ravaging the United Kingdom has been detected in a ‘couple’ of returned overseas travelers to Australia, officials have confirmed. The variant, which British authorities say is 70 per cent more transmissible than the dominant strain, has led several European nations to close off direct flights from the UK. Italy, Belgium and … Read more
Hundreds of passengers at London’s Heathrow Airport scrambled onto the last flight to Dublin before a Covid-19 travel ban sets in at midnight in Ireland as France has banned British lorries and the EuroTunnel is set to close. Crowds of people packed into Heathrow Terminal 5 to await updates of the reportedly overbooked British Airways … Read more
Netherlands bans ALL flights from the UK until January 1 after the discovery of the mutant ‘Super-Covid’ strain that is 70% more infectious The Dutch government has banned all flights from the UK as of Sunday The government said it is monitoring developments and is considering additional measures regarding other modes of transport Netherlands have … Read more
Netflix ‘needs a British watchdog with teeth’, ministers are warned as Dutch regulators admit they have little power to sanction the streaming site over The Crown The American streaming giant has its European headquarters in Amsterdam Comes under the scrutiny of Dutch regulators, who admit they have little power Come after protests at how The … Read more
Stone Age arrowheads made of human bones have been discovered in the Netherlands. According to a new report, ancient hunters were selective about which skeleton they scavenged and used the remains of dead tribesmen whose hunting prowess they hoped to invoke. Thousands of years ago, during a great glacier period, sea levels were considerably lower … Read more