Let’s say hurrah for £5,000 handbags, handmade Swiss watches and trainers at £630 a pair. Demand for luxury goods was merely put on pause by the pandemic, and has now been rekindled. Or so you would conclude from the rebound in the share prices of companies that make and sell these and other objects of … Read more
A British castaway who was marooned on a remote snake-infested island for two months after her rescue boat was suddenly cancelled has finally returned home. Natalie Poole, 35, from Ashburton, Devon, spent 60 days on Kyun Pila Islanforaged in Mynamor with four others after a boat meant to bring them back to the mainland on May … Read more
After a nine minute trip into orbit and a few hundred mile journey to the coast of Florida, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has finally returned home. The rocket pulled into Port Canaveral aboard the firm’s drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ after launching NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley toward the International … Read more
More than half a mile the line snaked back through the Parliamentary Estate. From the Commons chamber it began, out through the cavernous environs of Westminster Hall before spilling out into New Palace Yard. For three months, the whole of this area had been totally deserted bar the odd armed policeman. Now, at 4pm on … Read more
Jockeys will be wearing face masks today as horse racing returns behind closed doors in light of the government’s easing of coronavirus lockdown measures. With the racing industry worth £4billion, Newcastle will be the location for the first meet – with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) taking hefty precautions to ensure the safety of everyone. … Read more
Knife anarchy returns to streets of London as three people are stabbed near Hyde Park and four are arrested by armed police Police gathered outside Marble Arch station after a stabbing outside Hyde Park Footage shows three armed police officers rushing through lanes of traffic The Met Police confirmed three people were stabbed but nobody … Read more
Air pollution plummeted over China starting in February when the country enforced lockdowns due to the coronavirus, but new data reveals emissions have rebounded since orders were lifted in April. NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) released images showing nitrogen levels from vehicles and industrial facilities have returned to near normal for this time of … Read more
Prime Minister’s perks! Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after taking his daily exercise in the grounds of Buckingham Palace The Prime Minister returned to No 10 dressed in a red Adidas top and blue shorts His blonde mane was windswept as he stepped out of an armoured Range Rover The keen runner ramped up … Read more
Under-fire Dominic Cummings tonight blasted press waiting outside his home for not social distancing shortly after he was given Boris Johnson’s backing over claims he twice broke the government’s lockdown rules. The Prime Minister’s top aide, who faces calls to resign over claims he travelled between London and Durham while the country was in lockdown, … Read more
‘We came here to find safety’: Father of model law student Aya Hachem, 19, tells of heartbreak as family returns to Lebanon for her funeral 10 years after they escaped from brutal war Aya Hachem was walking to a supermarket in Blackburn when she was shot Her father Ismail Hachem – a former soldier – … Read more