Miss England winner prepares to resume job as NHS junior doctor

Miss England winner and junior doctor Dr Bhasha Mukherjee has returned to the UK to assist the nation’s healthcare workers amid the coronavirus outbreak. The pageant queen, from Derby, who had taken a break from the medical field to pursue overseas charity work after winning Miss England in 2019, was left stuck in India when the country’s … Read more

Brits will stay stranded abroad if they miss final wave of repatriation flights

Britons stranded abroad will be charged up to £1,000 a head to get seats on new wave of repatriation flights Foreign Office revealed details of repatriation flights for India and South Africa  Thousands of Britons are still struggling to get home after travel restrictions  British ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce has warned Brits to … Read more

Muslims clash with police outside a mosque as they try to enforce Pakistan’s coronavirus lockdown

Pakistani Muslims clashed with police trying to enforce new curbs on gatherings to prevent Friday prayers and contain coronavirus infections, officials said. TV footage showed dozens of people chasing two police vehicles and pelting them with stones as an officer fired in the air to disperse the crowd. The astonishing video outside a Karachi mosque … Read more

Construction begins on Chris Hemsworth’s vacant block in Byron Bay

Construction begins on Chris Hemsworth’s vacant block near his $20million Byron Bay mega-mansion By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 06:00 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 06:01 BST, 3 April 2020 Construction has kicked off on Chris Hemsworth vacant lot, just outside of his $20million mega-mansion in Byron Bay. Photos taken near the property shows … Read more

Commuters in India squeeze onto buses while police in Nepal arrest lockdown flouters

The coronavirus pandemic has affected more than 600,000 people around the world, with the death toll today soaring past 28,000. The deadly virus, which was detected in January, has forced several Governments including the UK, India and Saudi Arabia to put their countries in to lockdown to slow its spread. But panic over being left … Read more

40,000 people are quarantined after ONE ‘super spreader’ preacher, 70, in India

40,000 people are quarantined after ONE ‘super spreader’ preacher, 70, caused Indian coronavirus outbreak following trip to Italy Twenty villages in Punjab put in isolation after Baldev Singh returned from Italy Mr Singh, 70, visited Germany before going home for Hola Mohalla Sikh festival He died from coronavirus and a week on 19 members of … Read more

Police in India beat people into submission as coronavirus lockdown bites

The world’s largest democracy went under the world’s biggest lockdown Wednesday, with India’s 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home in a bid to stop coronavirus overwhelming the country’s fragile healthcare system. Police used rattan canes to beat people into compliance as New Delhi’s typically bustling streets and train station were all-but cleared of people … Read more

India announces coronavirus lockdown for its entire 1.3 BILLION population from midnight

India announces coronavirus lockdown for its entire 1.3 BILLION population from midnight Indian PM Narendra Modi announced a ‘total ban on venturing out of you homes’ He said India had to face a 21-day health lockdown or be set back by 21 years  India has reported 482 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and nine deaths  … Read more

Doctor turned Miss England trapped in India joins calls for government to help thousands of Britons

Terrified British tourists and expats face ‘living on the streets’ as they remain stranded in India after their flights home were cancelled.  A junior doctor turned current Miss England is one of thousands of Brits stranded in India has pleaded for help from the British government to get her home – so she can help … Read more

India goes into lockdown with the railway network grinding to a halt and 14-hour curfew imposed

India goes into lockdown with the railway network grinding to a halt and 14-hour curfew imposed in a desperate bid to slow the spread of coronavirus as death toll hits seven Domestic flights were grounded and incoming international flights are banned Streets in capital New Delhi and financial hub of Mumbai were mostly deserted  Indian … Read more