Senior British academics share coronavirus conspiracy theories online – including speculation it was a biological weapon British academics have shared conspiracy theories about the coronavirus online Organisation for Propaganda Studies tweeted interview ‘Is Coronavirus New 9/11?’ in which Dr Piers Robinson called Covid-19 a ‘low fatality virus’ Academics include Profs Tim Hayward and Mark Crispin … Read more
Tony Blair calls for senior minister to be put in charge of mass coronavirus testing as pandemic approaches peak in the UK Former PM Tony Blair demands Government minister takes charge of virus tests Mr Blair’s intervention came amid concern over if UK will meet its testing goal The Government has set a target of … Read more
Lockdown until JUNE: Senior health chief warns entire population of Britain could need to stay home for nearly three months to avoid worst effects of coronavirus Britain’s coronavirus death toll hit 1,019 yesterday in worst day country faced yet Some senior government figures suggested that coronavirus could peak in April But Professor Neil Ferguson said … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s courts are potential hotbeds for coronavirus because staff fail to enforce social distancing and ‘woeful’ technology means video-link hearings can’t go ahead, senior judge warns Judge described hearings of litigants squeezed around tables in close proximity They claimed the roughly 200 people who enter building are not asked if ill Justice department said … Read more
Tokyo 2020 MUST be postponed warns senior Japanese Olympic Committee member Kaori Yamaguchi said Games must be delayed because athletes cannot prepare She is the first JOC board member to openly call for Games to be postponed Many major sporting events have been delayed because of the virus outbreak Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step down as working royals sent shock waves around the world. But what will actually happen after ‘Megxit’? Here MailOnline answers your questions on how things will change for the couple on March 31. What will happen on March 31? ‘Megxit Day’ is the day Harry and Meghan … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are advising senior citizens at risk of contracting coronavirus to stay home and avoid in-person interaction. In a call to reporters on Tuesday, Dr Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said the elderly are most at risk because of their ages … Read more
One of the Government’s most senior officials has made the incendiary suggestion that Britain does not need its own farming industry. In leaked emails obtained by The Mail on Sunday, powerful Treasury adviser Tim Leunig argues that the food sector is not ‘critically important’ to the economy – and that agriculture and fishery production ‘certainly isn’t’. … Read more
Gender-neutral toilets should not cause controversy because they have always been used in France, says Britain’s most senior judge Lord Burnett spoke out after unisex facilities were introduced at the High Court Follows three years of controversy over introduction of gender-neutral cubicles Move provoked complaints from women who say it threatens female safe spaces Lord Burnett … Read more
Fresh Home Office staff row as it is claimed Priti Patel ‘told permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam to sack a senior official on Christmas Eve and he refused’ as top mandarin makes public joke about rift Priti Patel said to have clashed with Sir Philip Rutnam over bid to oust top official Home Secretary allegedly … Read more