The cyclist, an elderly peasant farmer, swerved into the path of our minibus on the quiet road in rural China. He went flying. He was clearly badly injured. We shouted at the driver to stop and get the man to hospital. But our Communist Party minder ordered him to drive on. It was 1979, and … Read more
British tourists making a quick get away to Spanish holiday resorts have found themselves charged ‘covid tax’ by bar and restaurant owners. The unofficially imposed ‘servicio Covid’ is said to help bars and restaurants pay to fit their staff out in PPE. However the charge, varying from €1 per drink to €1 per round, has come … Read more
1975 Increasingly disgruntled at being asked to move from their usual fields into cramped accommodation half a mile away, the sizeable Glastonbury herd of cows staged a protest, mooing at the top of their lungs during a set by hippy folk-rockers The Incredible String Band. Cows were mooing during Scottish hippy folk-rockers The Incredible String … Read more
‘I now think I’m not invincible’: Shaun Ryder reveals he has faced a cancer scare in lockdown after discovering benign growth on his testicle By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 01:56 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 09:44 BST, 9 June 2020 Shaun Ryder has revealed he faced a cancer scare during lockdown due … Read more
The scale of Britain’s borrowing and debt binge caused by the Covid-19 lockdown has never been greater. Last month borrowing rocketed to £62.1billion. That number should start to ease down as people return to work and the nation’s shops open. Nevertheless, Britain, like much of the advanced world, is staring at a deficit and debt … Read more
Coronation Street star Shelley Kelly has candidly discussed how acting out scenes of domestic abuse affected her. The 64-year-old actress – who plays Yasmeen Nazir on the ITV soap – admitted she couldn’t stop thinking about the real-life victims of abuse while she was shooting her scenes. In dramatic episodes earlier this month, Yasmeen fought … Read more
British company is forced to sell PPE ABROAD after attempt to equip the NHS was met with an ‘impenetrable wall of bureaucracy’ British supplier was forced to sell personal protective equipment abroad Firm spent ‘five weeks hammering at the Government’s door’ with no response The Government said it had deployed ‘every resource’ to get PPE supplies … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s pledge for more testing for workers and residents in care homes has been welcomed by those on the frontline of the crisis. But many say their calls for more specialist training and more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are still being ignored. Lindsay Marks, 39 – not her real name – has … Read more
Doctors in European countries including Spain and France are reportedly turning to euthanasia to ease the burden of coronavirus on already-overwhelmed health services. In both Spain and France, deaths from coronavirus have ballooned above the official number of dead in China, where the outbreak first began. In Spain, there have been 130,759 reported cases, with … Read more
North Wales Police officers face ridicule after accidentally pulling over their own chief constable as he headed out on patrol amid growing backlash at overzealous coronavirus lockdown tactics By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 17:16 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 17:16 BST, 2 April 2020 North Wales police were left red-faced this week after … Read more