Matt Hancock today defended the timing of travel restrictions on India but dodged questions on whether the decision was linked to Downing Street‘s planned trade mission as Labour urged the Government to delay the resumption of global travel tomorrow amid concerns over a third virus surge. Critics have warned that tougher action should have been … Read more
Italy opened its doors to British tourists desperate for a dose of Mediterranean sun today – just as Matt Hancock warned holidaymakers to avoid Europe for the time being. Authorities today lifted a five-day quarantine requirement for visitors from the UK, other EU states and Israel who pass a Covid test as they seek to … Read more
British holidaymakers planning a desperate bolt for the sun from Monday should avoid countries on the UK’s amber list even though they can visit them, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary said that although nations like Spain, Italy, France and Greece can be visited if people are willing to quarantine at home afterwards, they … Read more
Police are urging villagers in northern India not to bury their dead in rivers after scores of bodies washed up on the shore of the Ganges amid a second wave of coronavirus. Dozens of bodies were also discovered in shallow sand graves, prompting police to investigate. In jeeps and boats, the police used portable loudspeakers … Read more
A Bengal tiger filmed roaming through a quiet Houston neighborhood last Sunday has finally been found after a six-day search. The big cat, named India, was handed in to cops in the Texas city on Sunday, and is now being cared for by an animal shelter. The nine-month-old cub – which is tame, but has sharp … Read more
A Health Minister has defended the delay in shutting Britain’s borders with India – saying the move was ‘based on evidence’. The government has been blasted for not adding India to the ‘red list’ until April 23, by which time 122 cases of the rapidly-spreading variant had already entered the UK. This is despite its neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh … Read more
‘World’s strangest turtle’ is brought back from the brink of extinction: Scientists track down rare Cantor’s giant softshell turtle eggs in India and release five hatchlings back in the wild The species is the world’s biggest freshwater turtle – it can grow to six feet long It was thought to have vanished from India after … Read more
Boris Johnson was tonight blasted as ‘reckless, misguided and dangerous’ for not shutting Britain’s borders with India earlier after four people died from the new Indian covid strain. The country was only added to the UK’s travel ‘red list’ late last month, despite earlier concerns over transmission of the fast-growing variant, which has since made … Read more
‘World’s strangest turtle’ is brought back from the brink of extinction: Scientists track down rare Cantor’s giant softshell turtle eggs in India and release five hatchlings back in the wild The species is the world’s biggest freshwater turtle – it can grow to six feet long It was thought to have vanished from India after … Read more
Covid patient ‘is raped by a male nurse in Indian hospital and dies hours later’ The nurse is named as 40 year-old Santosh Ahirwar, who was once suspended The rape happened at the Bhopal Memorial Hospital, Madhya Pradesh in April The nurse is believed to have also sexually assaulted a 24-year-old colleague By Crystal Jones … Read more