Priti Patel claims she ‘wanted to close UK borders in MARCH’

Priti Patel claims she ‘wanted to close UK borders in MARCH’ at start of Covid-19 pandemic in leaked recording of Zoom meeting with Conservative Party supporters Priti Patel said in leaked recording the UK should have closed borders earlier She said she was ‘advocate of closing them last March’ when pandemic started Remarks will put … Read more

Britons dash home before Boris Johnson slams UK borders shut

Thousands of Britons today flew into the UK and were pictured arriving at the country’s airports as they sought to get home before borders slam shut on Monday after all travel corridors were axed. Boris Johnson said on Friday that from 4am on Monday all travel corridors will be suspended and anyone coming to the … Read more

Australia Zoo ‘isn’t out of the woods yet’ as closed borders mean NO international visitors

While 2020 should have been a milestone year for Australia Zoo, the Irwins instead marked 50 years of the iconic zoo with financial strain and uncertainty. Bindi Irwin recently admitted her late father Steve’s legacy was almost on the brink of collapse as they struggled to keep the zoo operational amid COVID-19.  Now a source … Read more

Priti Patel vows to beef up Britain’s borders after Brexit

Priti Patel vows to beef up Britain’s borders after Brexit with ‘firmer’ checks on entry to the UK UK police last year accessed international databases 603 million times  Under Boris Johnson’s Christmas  Brexit deal such access is severely curtailed  Home Secretary Priti Patel  says she will take back control of Britain’s borders She previously wanted … Read more

Shutting Britain’s borders at the start of coronavirus could have prevented major outbreak

Shutting Britain’s borders at the start of the coronavirus crisis may have lessened  the country’s catastrophic outbreak, another study has suggested.  Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) modelled the impact of international travel restrictions on the spread of Covid-19.  They looked at 162 countries and estimated the number of imported cases, … Read more

WA Premier Mark McGowan demands international borders remain closed until a coronavirus vaccine

‘No Bali holidays until there’s a vaccine’: State premier makes remarkable demand that could see millions of Australians banned from flying overseas for YEARS WA Premier Mark McGowan wants Australia’s borders shut until a vaccine exists   He said opening international travel up could be ‘diabolical’ for COVID-19 cases  It comes as the Bali Tourism board … Read more

The World’s Most Dangerous Borders charts Reza Pakravan’s journey across the width of Africa

To say that Reza Pakravan has a thirst for adventure may be an understatement. He’s absolutely gasping, it seems, to find outlets for his derring-do. The 46-year-old has cycled 11,000 miles from Norway to Africa, fighting thieves and battling malaria along the way, biked across the Sahara Desert and undertaken a 4000-mile journey across the … Read more

Its borders are now open and it’s not just for royal honeymoons, so say ‘I do’ to the Seychelles

The giant tortoise was agonisingly slow and stately as it inched with plodding precision across the road. Two cars and a bicycle patiently came to a halt as this ancient shelled creature — one is pictured below — caused the rarest of occurrences on the island of Praslin: a traffic jam in the Seychelles, lasting … Read more

Its borders are now open, you can fly direct, so… say ‘I do’ to the Seychelles

The giant tortoise was agonisingly slow and stately as it inched with plodding precision across the road. Two cars and a bicycle patiently came to a halt as this ancient shelled creature — one is pictured below — caused the rarest of occurrences on the island of Praslin: a traffic jam in the Seychelles, lasting … Read more

Rebecca Judd says she’s ‘going to be on one of the first flights to Perth’ once the borders reopen

Rebecca Judd says she’s ‘going to be on one of the first flights to Perth’ once the borders reopen By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:22 BST, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 15:22 BST, 2 October 2020 She’s currently isolating inside her $7.3million Melbourne mansion with her husband Chris Judd and their four … Read more