The European Union has been accused of ‘bullying’ and blasted as a ‘total disgrace’ after blocking a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines to Australia. Authorities in Italy have drawn on controversial export laws for the first time, refusing to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported. Officials in Rome had … Read more
The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws for the first time. Authorities in Italy refused to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported, meaning the shipment could not leave Thursday as planned. Officials in Rome had informed the … Read more
Dramatic moment armed police arrest ten men in raid as 2.3 tons of cocaine worth £184 MILLION is found in a shipment of bananas at Portsmouth port Around 2.3 tonnes of cocaine seized – believed to be the biggest ever UK bust Ten men, aged between 21 and 56, were arrested after the armed raid … Read more
The end of an era: Last ever shipment of coal from Newcastle leaves the Tyne as centuries of North East history closes The ship Longwave loaded its final 12,000-ton cargo from Tyneside yesterday By 1913 the Great North Coal Field produced 55million tons of the fuel a year The huge scale of the industry led … Read more
Forbidden fruit! Police seize nearly a TON of cocaine with £76million street value hidden in shipment of bananas at Southampton port Border officers find drugs inside a shipment of bananas during an inspection The cocaine haul was suspected to have been placed in the cargo in Colombia Home Secretary says that the find was drugs … Read more
Cocaine shipment worth $227,000 found hidden within 12 Diego Maradona paintings that drug trafficker tried to smuggle into Turkey Turkey customs officers discovered 2.65 kilos of cocaine hidden in caricature paintings of late soccer legend Diego Maradona Authorities placed in custody a 72-year-old German man who was arriving on a flight from Colombia on Wednesday … Read more
Nearly three people will be vaccinated during the first rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in the US. During a press briefing of the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed on Wednesday, officials said 636 locations, mostly large health-care systems with enough storage capacity, will be receiving the jabs. According to chief operating officer Gen Gustave Perna, … Read more
Ministers face fresh fury today as a vital shipment of coronavirus protective kit from Turkey looks set to be delayed again – with some hospitals resorting to washing medical gowns for reuse. Downing Street has been trying to play down expectations over the arrival of 84 tonnes of life-saving supplies, which failed to turn up … Read more