Professor Andrew Hayward, a SAGE adviser, warned major cities could become Covid ‘pockets’ due to lower jab uptake rates London, Manchester and other cities that are lagging behind in the vaccine roll-out could face spikes in Covid cases and deaths because millions of people won’t be unprotected, a top infectious diseases expert has warned. Professor … Read more
Lorry driver is jailed for two years for trying to smuggle ancient coins, arrowheads and statues into UK to sell for Bulgarian mafia bosses Dimitar Dimitrov, 41, was working as courier for Bulgarian organised crime gang Officers found ancient coins, pendants, brooches and spearheads in the trailer Dimitrov denied any knowledge of artefacts which are … Read more
An alleged killer who is accused of dismembering a ‘brilliant’ jazz musician just hours before he murdered another man searched Google for Breaking Bad tips on how to dissolve a body in acid, the Old Bailey heard today. Simon Emmons, 40, allegedly cut off William Algar’s limbs, wrapped his severed head and torso in sheets, and … Read more
Italian bodybuilder, 30, admits killing both his parents because they asked him to take the family dog for a walk Benno Neumair, 30, killed his parents and dumped their bodies in a Bolzano river His mother’s body was later recovered bearing signs of strangulation His father’s body never surfaced but his blood were found on a … Read more
A £4m High Court battle between an aristocrat and a jailed lawyer could be derailed – because a prison war on drugs means 3,000-pages of paperwork sent to the imprisoned solicitor have to be tested for Spice. Rodney Whiston-Dew, 69, is locked in a legal battle with Baroness Jacqueline Van Zuylen after she claims he … Read more
Take your time! More than 30 elk bring traffic to a standstill as they cross road VERY slowly in the Smoky Mountains Elk cross the road in Smoky Mountains just outside Cherokee in North Carolina Traffic brought to standstill as the animals slowly make their way across the road Footage captured by Barbara Griffin shows one … Read more
UK could deploy a traffic light system for summer holidays with countries hit badly by Covid marked red, Government adviser says amid warnings travel may NOT be allowed from May 17 Care Minister Helen Whately urged people to ‘hold off on booking’ foreign travel Ms Whately said it ‘just feels premature’ to book holidays abroad … Read more
Dozens of subpostmasters who say they were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting in the Horizon IT scandal are battling to clear their names at the Court of Appeal. Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of postmasters were sacked or prosecuted after money appeared to go missing from their branch accounts. Post Office bosses were … Read more
A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’. Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more
A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’. Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more