Russia report: UK government ‘underestimated threat posed by Kremlin’

Long-awaited Russia report finds the UK government ‘underestimated the threat from the Kremlin and is still playing catch up’ as it is FINALLY published after nine month delay By Jack Maidment, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:41 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 10:46 BST, 21 July 2020 A long-awaited report in allegations of … Read more

Family lawyer admits UK CANNOT be sure Shamima Begum won’t be a terror threat

The lawyer representing the family of jihadi bride Shamima Begum today made the extraordinary admission that ‘nobody can be sure’ if she is still a terror threat to Britain – but insisted that she should be allowed to return to the UK anyway. Tasnime Akunjee also declared that a ‘lack of technology’ in the Syrian … Read more

Self-cloning ticks from East Asia that are invading parts of the US pose a threat to livestock

Mother nature has unleashed a number of bizarre insects across the US this year – first it murderous hornets, then annoying cicadas and now self-cloning ticks. Asian longhorned ticks have been spotted in the northeast for the first time since 2017 and are known to carry dangerous diseases that infect livestock. What makes this species … Read more

Police officers injured on duty see their pensions under threat

Penny-pinching police chiefs are attacking the pensions paid to hero officers injured in the line of duty. Disabled and traumatised former officers are being hauled before medical review panels in ‘unlawful’ attempts to cut their pension packets, campaigners claim. Around 13,000 wounded officers who can no longer work receive an injury pension, with the money … Read more

UK GDP could fall 13% amid threat of second coronavirus spike

The UK’s coronavirus-hit economy could suffer a 13 per cent fall in GDP this year, with the threat of a second spike cases leading to more ‘economic uncertainty’, an expert has warned today. Economic expert Richard Hughes says the country has suffered an ‘exceptional economic shock’ due to the pandemic and warned that its GDP, … Read more

Boris Johnson tears into Nicola Sturgeon over quarantine threat

Boris Johnson today tore into Nicola Sturgeon over her threat to quarantine people entering Scotland from England – insisting there is ‘no border’ within the UK. The PM derided the First Minister’s repeated refusal to rule out the move, saying it was ‘absolutely’ astonishing she thought it was an option. ‘There is no such thing … Read more

PIERS MORGAN: COVID-19 is a threat Trump bungled but Democrats are presiding over a culture war

What is the first thing you think about when you hear the name Abraham Lincoln? I imagine most people would say ‘America’s greatest president’ followed by ‘savior of the Union’ and ‘the guy who helped end slavery.’ For these three reasons, you might think Abe would be spared the increasingly insane and anarchical mob rule … Read more

JOHN NAISH: Why the UK’s deadliest coronavirus threat is now complacency

Are we already starting to suffer a second wave of Covid-19 before the first wave has even fully subsided? Leicester has seen a surge of more than 600 cases in just two weeks, and is confronted with the prospect of an extended lockdown. Expert agencies such as Public Health England are attributing the upsurge to … Read more

London Stock Exchange’s takeover of Refinitiv under threat

London Stock Exchange’s £24bn takeover of Refinitiv under threat after European regulators refer deal for in-depth competition probe By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:08 BST, 22 June 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 22 June 2020 The London Stock Exchange’s £24billion takeover of Refinitiv is under threat after European regulators referred the deal … Read more

Britain’s Covid threat level should be reduced from four to three

The UK’s coronavirus threat level was today dramatically reduced from four to three – as Boris Johnson hinted at an imminent shift on the two-metre rule. After weeks in which the alert was maintained despite the PM starting to ease lockdown, the Joint Biosecurity Centre has concluded that transmission is no longer ‘high or rising … Read more