Calls for lockdown ‘exit strategy’ after grim warnings on economic hit

Ministers are under huge pressure to come up with an ‘exit strategy’ from coronavirus lockdown today after the scale of the looming economic meltdown became clear. Cabinet infighting is in full swing over how and when to ease the draconian curbs strangling UK plc, with demands for primary schools and non-essential shops to reopen early … Read more

‘Grim Sleeper’ killer Lonnie Franklin, 67, dies in California prison after four years on death row

Lonnie Franklin, the convicted serial killer known as the ‘Grim Sleeper’ who preyed on the women of South Los Angeles for more than two decades, has died in prison. He was 67. California corrections officials said Franklin was found unresponsive in his cell at San Quentin State Prison on Saturday at 7.20pm. Medics tried to … Read more

‘Bottom line, it’s going to get worse’: Dr. Tony Fauci offers grim assessment of coronavirus

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned on Wednesday the coronavirus situation in the United States is going to get worse and ‘many, many millions’ will be affected. His warning came as 33 people in the United States have died, the number of infected topped 1,000, the stock markets tanked and several schools said they would move to … Read more