DON’T visit your GP: Britons who think they have coronavirus told to call instead to ensure they don’t spread the disease to other patients NHS has told GPs to make sure carriers of the disease don’t come to surgery They have instructed GPs to carry out a telephone or Skype assessment instead This is in … Read more
The US launched an airstrike today against Taliban fighters in retaliation for the killing of at least 20 Afghan soldiers and policemen in a string of attacks. It was the first strike by American forces since a troop withdrawal agreement was signed between the two sides on Saturday as part of a historic peace deal. Taliban … Read more
MEMOIR THE SECRET MIDWIFE by Anonymous (John Blake £16.99, 320 pp) On her first day as a student on a labour ward, the Secret Midwife was directed to a quiet room. Inside, a woman was sitting on a bed, cradling a small, silent bundle. ‘Ah, thank goodness!’ the woman said. ‘I’ve been pressing the buzzer … Read more
One day, long after the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us, historians may see the last few days as the moment when the world tumbled into the abyss. On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organisation declared that mankind stood at a ‘decisive point’. The world faced ‘a crisis, an epidemic that … Read more
A 15-year-old boy jumped to his death at a college after a phone call to a friend he told to ‘make sure you hug your parents’, an inquest heard. On June 3 last year George Brankov gave his girlfriend a box of chocolates on his way to classes at the UTC Media College in Salford, … Read more
Devoted BBC listener found dead after worried radio newsreader tipped off police when ‘Clara from Bude’ didn’t make her weekly call Woman rang BBC Radio Cornwall at exactly 8.10am every Saturday and Sunday Newsreader Joanna Twist became concerned when Clara stopped calling Ms Twist and colleague were the only two people to go to funeral … Read more
The journalist who introduced the Duke of Sussex as ‘just Harry’ at an Edinburgh conference yesterday has said she thinks he ‘doesn’t need a title to be a big deal.’ Former Labour advisor Ayesha Hazarika told crowds at the sustainable travel event in the Scottish capital yesterday: ‘He’s made it clear that we are all … Read more
Flood-hit residents were today urged by police to evacuate their homes ‘immediately’ after temporary barriers were overwhelmed in a historic Shropshire town. Officers told people in Ironbridge to leave their properties and businesses as soon as possible as the force of the swollen River Severn forced flood defences backwards, although they managed to hold. More … Read more