The former wife of Rodney King, whose beating by police lead to the 1992 LA riots, says police brutality is just as prevalent today as it was almost three decades ago. ‘Now they’re killing us, then Rodney got beaten,’ said Dennetta King in an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV. ‘It’s worse now because in 30 years … Read more
For many people with conditions such as arthritis, ibuprofen has long been the medicine of choice. It can be the deciding factor in patients being pain-free enough to walk, or not. But arthritis patients are now putting industrial lubricant WD-40 on their stiff and aching joints because they fear, wrongly, that ibuprofen will make coronavirus … Read more
The UK is suffering far graver economic damage than Sweden after Britain imposed a lockdown and the Scandinavian country did not. Britain’s GDP has already seen a larger slump than Sweden’s this year – with only one week of lockdown included in the figures so far. The UK’s construction and retail sectors both saw their … Read more
Councils facing a £5billion cash shortfall caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could charge families higher council tax for worse public services. Before the lockdown local authorities bought shopping centres and office blocks to make up for lost money after government cuts. Since 2016 local authorities have borrowed £6.6billion in total to pay for this type of retail. … Read more
Back in November 1918, the San Francisco authorities thought they had beaten the deadly Spanish flu pandemic that had spread across the globe in only a matter of months. Infection levels in the city had peaked, then dwindled to apparent insignificance. At the centre of the city a whistle blew, signalling the official end of … Read more
Donald Trump says at Lincoln Memorial town hall that he’s ‘treated worse’ than Abe by the press – as a supporter asks him why he bullies, rambles and doesn’t answer reporters’ questions President Trump was asked by a supporter Sunday night why he didn’t comport himself in a more professional fashion during press briefings The … Read more
Worse to come for ‘broken’ crude oil market as coronavirus crisis causes extreme oversupply By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 Oil prices sank to fresh 21-year lows before recovering as markets continued to grapple with extreme oversupply caused by the coronavirus … Read more
The governor of the Bank of England today issues a stark warning that Britain should be cautious about lifting the coronavirus lockdown too early. In his first interview since taking the top job, Andrew Bailey told the Daily Mail that a premature end to the restrictions could cause a severe loss of confidence and inflict … Read more
The Government’s decision to extend the lockdown for a further three weeks has, unsurprisingly, intensified the complaint that ‘shutting down the economy will cost more lives than the coronavirus’ — or, in the words of President Trump, that the ‘cure may be worse than the disease’. The argument, in essence, is this: recessions kill. Intuitively, … Read more
Bob Odenkirk on his son Nathan’s COVID-19 battle: ‘It was pretty bad and it was worse than the flu’ By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 22:50 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 22:50 BST, 19 April 2020 Two-time Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk revealed his 21-year-old son Nathan has recovered from the coronavirus ‘a couple weeks’ … Read more