Rihanna took to Instagram on Friday evening to express the ‘magnitude of devastation, anger, sadness’ she feels over the murder of George Floyd. ‘Watching my people get murdered and lynched day after day pushed me to a heavy place in my heart! To the point of staying away from socials, just to avoid hearing the blood … Read more
Former Chancellor Sajid Javid has joined the Tory outcry over Dominic Cummings after Boris Johnson ruled out an inquiry into the scandal and pleaded with the country to ‘move on’. In a letter to constituents, Mr Javid said that he did not believe Mr Cummings’ 260-mile trip from London to Durham was ‘necessary or justified’. … Read more
Boris Johnson was told to sack top aide Dominic Cummings today by his own MPs for breaking the coronavirus travel lockdown as the first cracks in party unity appeared. Steve Baker, a former Brexit minister and a senior hardline Brexiteer like Mr Cummings, broke cover to demand the advisor be removed, demanding the Prime Minister … Read more
Elon Musk leads US anger at ‘hypocritical’ British ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson’ over his rule-breaking trysts after issuing report that predicted 2m deaths in America Prof Neil Ferguson forecast grim coronavirus death tolls in the UK and US His apocalyptic worst-case scenarios spooked governments into lockdown Musk branded the scientist a ‘tool’, a ‘moron’ and rubbished his … Read more
A furious row has broken out among Great Ormond Street paediatricians and the NHS after an alert was dispatched to GPs linking a deadly inflammatory disease to the coronavirus. It comes as a 13-year-old boy from Aberdeen has been fighting for his life after testing positive for coronavirus with unusual symptoms including bloodshot eyes and … Read more
An exclusive medical unit in Saint-Tropez has sparked anger after it emerged billionaire residents have access to coronavirus testing while locals do not. A gated compound at Les Parcs de Saint-Tropez where some of the world’s richest people have homes has its very own private testing site. Locals in the French Riviera resort have reportedly demanded to also … Read more
Anti-lockdown riots break out in Paris amid anger at police ‘heavy-handed’ treatment of minorities’ after Macron extends social distancing to fight COVID-19 until May 11 Tear gas and baton charges were used by police in northern suburb of Paris Squads of Republican Security Company officers were called in to tackle dissent Comes after 30-year-old motorcyclist … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
Cornwall residents have continued to express their fury at celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay for moving to his £4.4million mansion in Cornwall amid the coronavirus outbreak. The TV personality, 53, has once again been targeted on social media by his neighbours, who have accusing him of ‘flouting government rules’ by leaving London in a bid to … Read more
Pensioners are being forced to look for work and cancel holidays amid a payments backlog at one of Britain’s biggest insurers. One reader told Money Mail he had been waiting for the Prudential to release his pension pot for almost a month, while another had to wait three months for compensation. Savers have also complained … Read more