An anti-mask protest in a busy supermarket has been branded a ‘slap in the face’ to NHS staff after dozens of people flouted Covid restrictions and descended on a Tesco store in Essex. The protestors ignored social distancing and rules surrounding face coverings. Customers are required by law to wear masks inside all shops, unless … Read more
The first of hundreds of trapped ships snaked their way through a newly unblocked Suez Canal on Monday as the saga over the waterway seems to be coming to an end. The bow of the 220,000-ton Ever Given container ship was finally dislodged from the channel’s bank on Monday and towed up the waterway after tugboats … Read more
String of popular beaches are CLOSED after horror week of heavy rain despite sunny temperatures reaching 27C – here’s the full list of coastline shut near you All beaches along the Central Coast of NSW are closed until Tuesday March 30 Avoca, Terrigal and Shelly beaches close over water quality and debris concerns Surf Life … Read more
Dozens of subpostmasters who say they were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting in the Horizon IT scandal are battling to clear their names at the Court of Appeal. Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of postmasters were sacked or prosecuted after money appeared to go missing from their branch accounts. Post Office bosses were … Read more
Politicians across the House of Commons have called for Priti Patel to change coronavirus legislation to allow protests despite lockdown. More than 60 MPs joined campaign groups Big Brother Watch and Liberty in writing to the Home Secretary to say it is a human right to demonstrate. Tories Steve Baker and Sir Christopher Chope as well … Read more
Politicians across the House of Commons have called for Priti Patel to change coronavirus legislation to allow protests despite lockdown. More than 60 MPs joined campaign groups Big Brother Watch and Liberty in writing to the Home Secretary to say it is a human right to demonstrate. Tories Steve Baker and Sir Christopher Chope as well … Read more
She recently vowed to change her former partying ways now she’s hit 30 and after being caught out in lockdown-flouting scandals in the UK. And Rita Ora was focusing on business as she posed up a storm while surrounded by dozens of bottles of her own Próspero Tequila brand in Sydney on Monday. The singer, … Read more
China’s communist rulers handed themselves veto powers over selecting Hong Kong’s lawmakers as part of a campaign to eliminate dissent and ensure a ‘patriotic’ government in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019. Legislation to allow China’s communist rulers to vet all election candidates in Hong Kong was tabled at the opening of the nation’s … Read more
Dozens of mammals including horses, dolphins and goats could be infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, a new study reveals. Chinese researchers analysed animal cells in the lab to determine which had the ACE2 receptors that facilitate an infection. ACE2 receptors have a shape that matches the outside of the coronavirus, effectively providing it … Read more
Dozens of Facebook moderators sue social media giant for severe mental trauma after being exposed to violent images at work Dozens of moderators for the social media giant are suing for mental trauma Their roles were to spot and remove harrowing material from the website Some attempted suicide while others have post-traumatic stress disorder By … Read more