Paris has seen a second night of riots break out over police ‘heavy-handed’ treatment of ethnic minorities during the coronavirus lockdown. Anger erupted in the French capital last night and during the early hours of Monday morning over alleged ‘racist’ police attacks. In response, police used tear gas and baton charges in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, northern Paris, … Read more
A stark guide to deathbed etiquette has been released in a bid to aid families hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Centre for The Art of Dying Well at St Mary’s University, London, advised relatives unable to be physically with their loved ones to communicate with them virtually, trust in the care of doctors and … Read more
Super-rich Americans have fled to New Zealand to hide out in their luxury bunkers throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Quick-thinking Silicon Valley billionaires booked flights for New Zealand as soon as the COVID-19 crisis began to escalate. A number of executives managed to escape shortly before the country closed its borders to almost all travellers on … Read more
Ministers are split over whether to start easing lockdown restrictions amid concerns of a second wave of new coronavirus cases if freedoms are restored too soon. While Boris Johnson recuperates at his countryside retreat, Chequers, a clear fissure has developed in the Cabinet over the timeframe for easing the measures imposed by the Prime Minister … Read more
A Spanish town that cut itself off from the outside world more than a month ago in an ambitious attempt to stop coronavirus reaching its residents still has zero infections. Zahara de la Sierra, which sits high above the Andalusian countryside in southern Spain, has so far managed to keep the global pandemic at bay … Read more
Union bosses have set out a list of five conditions they claim must be observed to protect teachers if schools are to re-open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) warned that staff concerns must be ‘fully addressed’ before teachers would be … Read more
Death of the world’s loneliest dolphin: ‘Honey’, who sparked headlines around the world after she was discovered at abandoned Japanese aquarium, dies after two years by herself in a small pool Honey died at the Marine Park Aquarium in city of Choshi, east of Tokyo She and 46 penguins and hundreds of fish and reptiles … Read more
‘I saw snakes as I went loonier and loonier during coronavirus hallucinations’ says V&A Museum director Nicholas Coleridge as he reveals his family were told to prepare for the worst as he fought for his life in intensive care Nicholas Coleridge said he was met with snake visions during Covid-19 battle Also said he saw images … Read more
Unlock us NOW: Australian city that hasn’t recorded a single coronavirus case in nearly two weeks demands tough restrictions be lifted Townsville, North Queensland hasn’t recorded a case of coronavirus in 12 days Politicians and medics are now urging the government to ease restrictions They suggest North Queensland is cut off from the rest of … Read more
Australia recorded just 13 new coronavirus cases on Monday, but the Government insisted they would leave the easing of restrictions to medical experts. Queensland recorded no new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since March 9, while in New South Wales – the hardest hit state with a total of 2,963 infections – there … Read more