Tokyo Olympics WILL be postponed until 2021, veteran IOC member Dick Pound says Olympics, due to take place in July this year, may not go ahead due to Covid-19 Japan’s Prime Minister had warned that delaying Olympics was inevitable Team Canada and Team Australia had already pulled out of all events By Sebastian Murphy-bates For … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
Tokyo 2020 MUST be postponed warns senior Japanese Olympic Committee member Kaori Yamaguchi said Games must be delayed because athletes cannot prepare She is the first JOC board member to openly call for Games to be postponed Many major sporting events have been delayed because of the virus outbreak Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and … Read more
Criminal trials likely to run longer than three days will be postponed to prevent coronavirus contamination in courtrooms. Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett – the most senior judge in England and Wales – has decided no fresh case should start in any Crown Court unless it is expected to last fewer than three days. As … Read more
Criminal trials likely to run longer than three days will be postponed to prevent coronavirus contamination in courtrooms. In a statement issued late on Tuesday, it was announced that the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett – the most senior judge in England and Wales – has decided no new trial should start in any Crown … Read more
The UK’s TV, film and entertainment industry is at breaking point amid the coronavirus pandemic, with production on major shows and movies shut down. Live shows such as ITV’s Loose Women and The Jeremy Vine Show have been shooting without a studio audience, while filming across the UK has been halted for major programmes such … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES Cancelled The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday 13 March – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta on Friday despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of … Read more
Sudesh Amman and Prisoner ‘X’ had been friends in prison, officials claimed A far right terrorist who became a Muslim extremist and befriended the Streatham knifeman behind bars has had his release postponed in the first case of its kind since a spate of attacks by former inmates. The ‘model’ prisoner who befriended Streatham knifeman … Read more
The London Marathon race will be postponed six months amid the ‘global pandemic’ of the killer coronavirus, organisers confirmed today. London Marathon Events said the world’s biggest 26.2mile run, which attracts 45,000 racers from across the planet, will take place on October 4. The decision comes as the life-threatening bug, which claimed its eleventh UK … Read more
May’s local elections are postponed for a YEAR – leaving councillors and mayors including London’s Sadiq Khan in office for an extra 12 months May 7 vote has been postponed to the same time next year Labour had joined Electoral Commission in recommending a delay There were fears that local councils would struggle to run … Read more