2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Emma Roberts and Garrett Hedlund hold hands as they run errands in LA ahead of one-year dating anniversary By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 06:04 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 06:04 GMT, 12 March 2020 They will celebrate their one-year anniversary as a couple next month. And on Wednesday, Emma Roberts and Garrett Hedlund … Read more
At the weekend, I noticed how, even in its infancy, coronavirus is already beginning to influence our habits. Hundreds of people had gathered in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, for the annual literary festival. Walking along the seafront to the Jubilee Hall, where the events take place, I bumped into an old friend. I noticed he was wearing … Read more
MPs will hold emergency debate over ‘jihadi textbooks’ handed out at schools in Palestine and paid for by £120m of UK taxpayers’ cash Reading exercises for six-year-olds funded by UK aid includes the word ‘martyr’ Nine-year-olds study maths by adding the martyrs in Palestinian uprisings About £120 million of UK funding has gone where the … Read more
Sean Penn, 59, and girlfriend Leila George, 27, hold hands as they make rare red carpet appearance together in Los Angeles By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 04:09 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 04:09 GMT, 9 March 2020 They’ve been dating since 2016. And on Sunday night, Sean Penn, 59, and Leila George, 27, … Read more
A slump in passenger numbers as a result of coronavirus has led to an increase in airlines running ‘ghost’ flights to hold on to valuable take-off and landing slots at British airports. The slots are run by the independent slot coordinator ACL on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis, with carriers told to use … Read more
Particle that may date back to the Big Bang could hold the key to understanding the dark matter that makes up 80 per cent of the universe The sub-atomic particle is called a d-star hexaquark and was discovered in 2014 Dark matter is a mass that only interacts with regular matter through gravity It does … Read more
New bill would hold Amazon and eBay liable for counterfeit items sold by third-party retailers, with a special focus on items that threaten public safety, including baby formula, batteries, car seats, and makeup A new bill introduced in the US House aims to combat counterfeit products The bill, called The Shop Safe Act of 2020, … Read more