Pandemic planning shambles: Hushed-up government drill on killer flu outbreak

A government pandemic response drill four years ago found that the UK was woefully under-prepared to fight a future outbreak, it was revealed last night. The shortcomings exposed by Exercise Cygnus in 2016 included a lack of capacity in hospital and social care settings which risked becoming overwhelmed. Checking Britain had a sufficient supply of … Read more

Pandemic planning shambles: Hushed-up government drill on killer flu outbreak

A government pandemic response drill four years ago found that the UK was woefully under-prepared to fight a future outbreak, it was revealed last night. The shortcomings exposed by Exercise Cygnus in 2016 included a lack of capacity in hospital and social care settings which risked becoming overwhelmed. Checking Britain had a sufficient supply of … Read more

Canada killer ‘obsessed with mounties’ had an alcohol problem

Canada’s worst mass murderer was a millionaire alcoholic whose denture business was shuttered by coronavirus, it was revealed today as the death toll from his rampage rose past 19.  Gabriel Wortman, the 51-year-old gunman who was shot dead after a 12-hour killing and arson spree across Nova Scotia, was also said to have an obsession … Read more

Murders most foul: The dapper knight who sunk the ‘brides in the bath’ killer 

Our brilliant new series began in Saturday’s Weekend magazine with a countdown of the 80 most compelling True Crime TV shows and podcasts available.  It continues all this week in the Mail with four-page specials featuring stories from our archives — with Crimes of Passion, Rough Justice, Serial Killers and Unsolved Crimes to come.  But … Read more

Murders most foul: The dapper knight who sunk the ‘brides in the bath’ killer 

Our brilliant new series began in Saturday’s Weekend magazine with a countdown of the 80 most compelling True Crime TV shows and podcasts available.  It continues all this week in the Mail with four-page specials featuring stories from our archives — with Crimes of Passion, Rough Justice, Serial Killers and Unsolved Crimes to come.  But … Read more

Drew Carey forgives ex-fiancee Amie Harwick’s alleged killer: ‘have to be able to forgive people’

Drew Carey, 61, has forgiven alleged murderer Gareth Pursehouse, 41, for any role he might have had in the tragic passing of ex-fiancee Amie Harwick, 38. ‘He was mentally ill. He was abused as a kid. You have to be able to forgive people like that. I wish he never did it. I wish he never … Read more

ITV’s Liar viewers brand final episode ‘anticlimax’ after rapist Andrew Earlham’s killer is revealed

ITV’s Liar viewers blasted tonight’s final episode, branding it an ‘anti-climax’ after serial rapist Andrew Earlham’s killer was revealed to be his victim, Laura Nielson, all along.  Throughout tonight’s show characters were knocked off the suspect list – up until rape survivor Laura Nielson (played by Joanne Froggatt) was questioned by DI Karen Renton (Katherine Kelly). In … Read more

ITV’s Liar viewers brand final episode ‘anticlimax’ after rapist Andrew Earlham’s killer is revealed

ITV’s Liar viewers blasted tonight’s final episode, branding it an ‘anti-climax’ after serial rapist Andrew Earlham’s killer was revealed to be his victim, Laura Nielson, all along.  Throughout tonight’s show characters were knocked off the suspect list – up until rape survivor Laura Nielson (played by Joanne Froggatt) was questioned by DI Karen Renton (Katherine Kelly). In … Read more

Third heroic nurse dies after treating patients with killer virus

A young NHS nurse who died after treating stricken coronavirus patients had fallen ill at work but was not allowed to go home because his ward was so short-staffed, his heartbroken mother claimed last night. John Alagos, 23, the third nurse and the youngest British medic believed to have succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 virus, … Read more

Third heroic nurse dies after treating patients with killer virus

A young NHS nurse who died after treating stricken coronavirus patients had fallen ill at work but was not allowed to go home because his ward was so short-staffed, his heartbroken mother claimed last night. John Alagos, 23, the third nurse and the youngest British medic believed to have succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 virus, … Read more