Plane carrying 150 fruit and veg pickers from Romania lands at Stansted

The first plane carrying 150 ‘critically important’ Romanian fruit and vegetable pickers landed at Stansted this afternoon.  The young Romanians, a mix of men and women and all wearing face masks and gloves, filed out of the near empty airport in groups of five to comply with social distancing rules. They were then transported by … Read more

Flight carrying 214 Brits trapped on coronavirus-hit cruise ships in Florida arrive back at Heathrow

214 Brits who were trapped on two coronavirus-hit cruise ships in Florida finally land back at Heathrow after being trapped on board for days MS Zaandam and Rotterdam cruise ships docked in Florida on Thursday Officials had been reluctant to let them dock over fears of Covid-19 patients President Trump intervened to allow docking on … Read more

Flight carrying 214 Brits trapped on coronavirus-hit cruise ships in Florida arrive back at Heathrow

Charter flight carrying 214 Brits who were trapped on two coronavirus-hit cruise ships in Florida finally arrive back at Heathrow after being trapped on board for days MS Zaandam and Rotterdam cruise ships docked in Florida on Thursday Officials had been reluctant to let them dock over fears of Covid-19 patients President Trump intervened to … Read more

Grave diggers prepare Brazil’s biggest cemetery for caskets carrying victims of the coronavirus

Disturbing aerial photos show dozens of freshly excavated graves at Brazil’s biggest cemetery after the country’s death toll hit 329 and cases soar to 8,076.  The spike in coronavirus cases in the South American nation has forced workers at the 780,000-square meter burial ground to increase the number of plots to a site that already … Read more

Critically-ill patients are taken off coronavirus-stricken cruise ship carrying four dead passengers

Critically-ill passengers have been rushed off a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship carrying hundreds of Britons and Americans as it finally docked in Florida after being turned away by 14 other countries. Travelers were placed on stretchers and hurried to ambulances waiting on the quayside at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, by hazmat-clad medical staff before they were … Read more

Fury as UK is STILL not carrying out 10,000 coronavirus tests a day

Fury as UK is STILL not carrying out 10,000 coronavirus tests a day despite ministers claiming the level had been hit yesterday Ministers claimed yesterday 10,000 coronavirus tests were being done per day They admitted today that level had not been reached despite ‘capacity’ in place Backlash has been growing about the slow pace towards … Read more

Fury as UK is STILL not carrying out 10,000 coronavirus tests a day

Fury as UK is STILL not carrying out 10,000 coronavirus tests a day despite ministers claiming the level had been hit yesterday Ministers claimed yesterday 10,000 coronavirus tests were being done per day They admitted today that level had not been reached despite ‘capacity’ in place Backlash has been growing about the slow pace towards … Read more

Rioting prisoners carrying metal bars smash up jail in Scotland

Two police officers have been injured in a suspected riot at a prison as tensions over coronavirus soar inside jails across the UK. Police were called to Addiewell Prison in West Lothian, Scotland, on Monday after rioting prisoners carrying metal bars are said to have ‘smashed up’ part of the jail and stabbed a prison officer … Read more

Rioting prisoners carrying metal bars smash up jail in Scotland

Two police officers have been injured in a suspected riot at a prison as tensions over coronavirus soar inside jails across the UK. Police were called to Addiewell Prison in West Lothian, Scotland, on Monday after rioting prisoners carrying metal bars are said to have ‘smashed up’ part of the jail and stabbed a prison officer … Read more