Cops in three major US cities joined George Floyd demonstrators in solidarity over the weekend, marching together with the protestors and in one case taking a knee. The support shown by officers in Camden, New Jersey, Ferguson, Missouri, and Flint, Michigan, drew praises on social media after violent protests and looting had erupted following the police-related … Read more
The symptoms crept up on me. I’d had chest pain for a week — when I lifted heavy pots or sacks of soil from the garden centre or climbed the stairs to the children’s rooms. Ironically perhaps, given our hypersensitivity to such things right now, it felt like a bronchial infection — a sharp pain … Read more
Centrica, Easyjet and ITV face relegation from FTSE 100 after coronavirus pandemic sends their shares plunging By Hugo Duncan And Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 Some of Britain’s biggest business names face relegation from the FTSE 100 after the Covid-19 pandemic … Read more
Iskra Lawrence has joined the chorus of voices in condemning the killing of George Floyd on Sunday, as she vowed to protect her newborn daughter from racial abuse. The British model, 29, model took to Instagram to upload a snap of the baby she shares with partner Philip Payne, as she spoke out amid the … Read more
Queen Elizabeth II has been pictured horse riding in the grounds of Windsor Castle in her first public appearance since the coronavirus lockdown began. Windsor is said to be the Queen’s favourite royal residence and she has been photographed over the weekend riding one of her ponies, a 14-year-old Fell Pony called Balmoral Fern. The 94-year-old, … Read more
Cars may be banished from town centres under plans to reopen high streets. Town halls have been ordered to overhaul busy shopping areas before retailers resume trading in a fortnight. Suggestions include ‘queue zones’ outside stores with spray markings and temporary barriers. The guidance from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government also recommends that … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Negative interest rates are an insidious way of making savers finance Government’s debt pile, but economies that victimise the thrifty seldom thrive in the long run By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 31 May 2020 Savers, collectively, are losing billions of pounds … Read more
Anti-vaxxer and former My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans has compared flattening the curve of COVID-19 to ‘flattening the curve of autism’. The 47-year-old celebrity chef reposted a meme from the anti-vaccine Facebook page Truth is Terrorism to his Instagram account over the weekend that suggested the two conditions were comparable. The post, a variant … Read more
Cars may be banished from town centres under plans to reopen high streets. Town halls have been ordered to overhaul busy shopping areas before retailers resume trading in a fortnight. Suggestions include ‘queue zones’ outside stores with spray markings and temporary barriers. The guidance from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government also recommends that … Read more
Pregnant Ciara prays for ‘unity’ as she shares selfie with her six-year-old son Future amid George Floyd protests: ‘Enough is enough!’ By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 22:05 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 31 May 2020 As cities across the country are undergoing the fifth night of protests in the wake of … Read more