Ex-councillor charged for graffiti on Charles Dickens Museum

A former councillor has been charged with criminal damage after the words ‘Dickens Racist’ were scrawled on a Charles Dickens museum. Ian Driver, 63, of Broadstairs, Kent, was arrested today and charged with seven counts of criminal damage relating to an alleged offence in Broadstairs on Saturday June 13 and six in Broadstairs and Ramsgate … Read more

Amazon sale cuts the price of Apple Watch Series 3, Fitbit Versa 2, wireless headphones and more 

From £90 off the Apple Watch Series 3 to better-than-half-price electric toothbrushes, five of the best tech deals on Amazon today By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 14:04 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 21:26 BST, 30 June 2020 If you were waiting for the perfect time to get your hands on the latest tech … Read more

Woman and child airlifted to hospital after London ‘incident’

Woman and child airlifted to hospital following ‘incident’ in south London Police were called to a property in Mitcham, south London at 4pm today  They found a woman and a child at the property in need of emergency treatment The pair were flown to hospital for treatment by London’s air ambulance service Officers have secured … Read more

Coronavirus: Scientists grade countries’ response to pandemic

A new model has grouped countries into ‘clusters’ depending on how they did over the course of the coronavirus pandemic.  Researchers from Australia and China found that when the response against the virus first began in January, China was in its own cluster, split from the rest of the world. However, as cases spread around … Read more

Uber sending out 600,000 packages of Clorox wipes to encourage riders to sanitize before exiting

Uber is giving out 600,000 packages of Clorox wipes so passengers can sanitize seats and doors before exiting Uber is sending out Clorox canisters to drivers in the US It will a store of 600,000 canisters to drivers in Chicago, Atlanta, and New York The company is also encouraging passengers to disinfect cars  By James Pero … Read more

JANET STREET-PORTER fears pub-bound Brits this weekend

What are your plans for so-called Super Saturday this weekend? If you’ve any sense, don’t leave home. July 4th might spell freedom for some, but – based on recent displays of social distancing on the streets of Brixton, the beaches of Bournemouth and the swampy ponds on Hackney marshes – the partial reopening of pubs … Read more

Danny Dyer and Luisa Bradshaw-Wright have temperature checks

EastEnders stars including Danny Dyer and Luisa Bradshaw-White were spotted getting their temperatures checked in their cars as they continued their return to filming on Tuesday.  Danny, 42, who plays Mick Carter, was the first to arrive at the set of Albert Square in his black car and was closely followed by Luisa Bradshaw-Wright, 45, … Read more

Half of Americans diagnosed with COVID-19 don’t know how they got it 

Less than half of Americans diagnosed with coronavirus knew they had come into contact with someone who had tested positive, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reveals.  The CDC’s interviews with 350 people tested for COVID-19 at academic medical centers across the US is among the first in the country to … Read more

Nearly 90% primary schools in England reopen to more children

Nearly nine in 10 primary schools in England have reopened their doors to more children since lockdown but just a third of eligible pupils in some year groups are back in class, figures show. Almost three quarters of secondary schools welcomed back more students in Years 10 or 12 on June 25, the second week … Read more

UK Premier League distances itself from Black Lives Matter

The Premier League has distanced itself from Black Lives Matter and said it ‘does not endorse’ the group after pundit Matt Le Tissier said he only wore their badge on TV after being asked to by Sky Sports bosses.  The body said in a statement that while there is ‘no room for racism in football’, … Read more