Pub bosses warn ministers that shutting bars again ‘will destroy jobs’

Pub bosses warn ministers that shutting bars again ‘will destroy jobs’ after government Sage adviser said closing may be a trade-off to get children back to school A top Government adviser has warned ‘trade off’s over Covid-19 are necessary Prof Graham Medley warned children should be prioritised over the pub trade Vintners have warned closing … Read more

Giant rats destroy car and trap mother and her children in their home as they run riot in Yorkshire

Giant rats destroy car and trap mother and her children in their home as they run riot in Yorkshire Giant rats have surrounded mother’s home in Barnsley and destroyed her car She claims Barnsley Council are not taking the rodent threat ‘seriously’  28-year-old who refuses to be named will not let her children play outside  … Read more

China ‘orders Christians to destroy crosses on their churches and take down images of Jesus’

Chinese officials have reportedly ordered some Christians to smash the crosses on their churches and remove images of Jesus from their homes. Authorities have recently destroyed religious symbols by force in churches in multiple provinces, including Anhui, Jiangsu, Hebei and Zhejiang, according to US-based news site Radio Free Asia. Furthermore, officials of Shanxi, another region, … Read more

From Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You to Cursed and Das Boot: The best on demand TV this week

BBC iPLAYER, ALL 4 & YOUTUBE I May Destroy You Although not exactly unknown before I May Destroy You – her E4 comedy series Chewing Gum was much admired and she gave the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in 2018 – Michaela Coel is now being hailed as a TV superstar.  … Read more

‘Delusional’ unions could destroy BA, analysts warn

City analysts say union leaders ‘delusional’ if they believe British Airways does not need to make deep cuts to survive By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 Union leaders are ‘delusional’ if they believe British Airways does not need to make deep … Read more

Police force has ‘strong words’ with curator over tweets on how to destroy statues with chemicals

An Oxford-educated museum curator who tweeted a guide on how to chemically destroy bronze statues has been told by police to delete the posts but continues to ignore the instruction. Madeline Odent, the privately schooled curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent an inflammatory series of tweets to her 5,164 followers, ending with an explicit … Read more

Hertfordshire police arrive at home of museum curator who tweeted how to destroy bronze statues

Police arrived at the home of Oxford-educated Madeline Odent this evening after she tweeted a guide on how to destroy bronze statues in the wake of recent Black Lives Matters protests. Museum curator Madeline Odent wrote a series of tweets last night on how to destroy bronze statues such as the one of Edward Colston … Read more

Museum curator tweets advice on how to destroy bronze statues with chemicals after BLM protests

An Oxford-educated museum curator has provoked outrage by sharing expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.   Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were then shared thousands of times.  … Read more

TOM LEONARD: This perfect storm has the power to destroy Donald Trump

Rows of burnt-out police cars, their sides scrawled with obscene graffiti, grimly illustrate the ferocity of the anger. Entire neighbourhoods of looted shops and businesses tell another story – of the extent to which law and order has broken down. A British tourist returning yesterday to SoHo, Manhattan’s trendiest shopping district, would not have recognised … Read more

Invasion of the giant Asian moths! Exotic pests spotted in the US that could destroy agricultural

Invasion of the giant Asian moths! Exotic pests which lay up to 500 eggs and could be detrimental to agricultural industries are spotted in the US for the first time Washington state is preparing for an infestation of giant Asian moths  Hokkaido gypsy moth was spotted for the first time in the US outside of Seattle … Read more