Five cruise ships are detained in Essex and Bristol after crews go on hunger strike

Five cruise ships have been detained in UK docks after crews went on hunger strike over unpaid wages while being trapped on board amid coronavirus.  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency boarded six ships on Friday amid reports of late pay and expired contracted on board ships docked in Bristol and Essex.   Athens-based Global Cruise Lines … Read more

Perrie Edwards and boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain dance together while preparing brunch

Perrie Edwards and boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain dance together while preparing brunch in lockdown By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 15:42 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 15:42 BST, 20 June 2020 They’ve been enjoying life together during lockdown amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  And, Perrie Edwards and boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain danced around together while preparing brunch, in … Read more

Police form a ring around Winston Churchill’s statue ahead of Black Lives Matter march

Police and counter-protesters form a defensive ring around uncovered Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square as Black Lives Matter campaigners take to London’s streets for a fourth weekend Officers are guarding Sir Winston Churchill’s statue after the plinth was defaced during a BLM demonstration An estimated 600 people have gathered in Hyde Park today before … Read more

Mike Pence says all lives matter when asked about George Floyd’s death

Pressed by a television host to say the words ‘black lives matter,’ Vice President Mike Pence has instead replied that ‘all lives matter,’ while acknowledging Juneteenth and lamenting George Floyd‘s death as a ‘tragedy’. The exchange occurred on Friday night when Pence appeared in an interview with Philadelphia ABC affiliate WPVI-TV, and anchor Brian Taff repeatedly … Read more

Greta Thunberg believes Covid-19 could lead to new action against Climate Change

Greta Thunberg says climate change poses as great a threat as coronavirus and urges world leaders to act Greta Thunberg said coronavirus has led the world to a social tipping point She said governments can no longer sweep injustices under the carpet  Ms Thunberg was speaking on Swedish radio about her ongoing campaign  She claimed … Read more