Billionaire boss of Le Monde newspaper, 52, admits he was a teenage spy who once hacked the mobile phone of President Mitterrand for his security service bosses Xavier Niel, 52, was caught hacking Canal Plus aged 17 after quitting education The Directorate for Territorial Surveillance hired him to harvest data on Renault He also hacked … Read more
Albanian human trafficking gang boss is jailed for nine years after smuggling migrants into UK on dinghies Vladimir Bardoshi is the third member of the gang to be imprisoned in the UK Bardoshi and his gang smuggled migrants from France on a fleet of dinghies The Albanian people trafficker was extradited on a European Arrest … Read more
Johnny Depp’s son Jack enjoys a stroll with his girlfriend around Paris as they spend time together during the coronavirus crisis By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 10:50 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 10:50 BST, 22 May 2020 He has been spending time with his sister Lily-Rose Depp and mother Vanessa Paradis in France … Read more
Britons back ‘air bridges’ and tourism in Europe ‘re-opening this summer’, with searches for July holidays to Italy and France rocketing in the past few days by over 100 per cent Air bridges would allow people to travel without the need to undergo quarantine In response, Skyscanner says searches for holidays to Italy in July … Read more
The UK is under renewed pressure to drop its plans for a 14-day quarantine for travellers after Italy announced plans to re-open its airports and Greece made a similar move. Italian minister Paola De Micheli told lawmawkers on Wednesday, ‘It will be possible to reopen all airports from June 3, when regional and international transfers … Read more
Sweden has highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world per capita over the last seven days after shunning lockdowns Sweden had 6.08 deaths per million inhabitants per day on a rolling seven day average from May 13 to May 20 This is higher than any other country in the world, worse than the UK … Read more
A planet is born! Astronomers find the first direct evidence of a new world being formed around a distant star A dense disc of dust and gas was spotted surrounding young star AB Aurigae The star is 520 light years away from Earth and has a spiral structure around it Twists in the centre of … Read more
European nations have offered to open their borders to British holidaymakers this summer – but only if the UK drops its 14-day coronavirus quarantine. Popular tourist destinations like Spain, Italy and Greece have said that they would be willing to allow UK visitors in to help their under-threat tourism industries. But they insisted that any … Read more
Britain has the second highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe per capita over the last seven days after lockdown-free Sweden, data has revealed. Between May 12 and May 19, in a rolling seven day average, Britain saw 5.75 deaths per million inhabitants. In Sweden the figure was 6.25 deaths per million. The United Kingdom’s … Read more
Families’ hopes of a summer getaway were dealt a blow last night as Downing Street played down the idea of opening ‘air bridges’ to some foreign resorts. The prospect of quarantine-free travel between the UK and countries with low coronavirus rates had been raised by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. But with ministers expected to unveil … Read more