Coronavirus Europe: Draconian lockdowns slow down second waves

The European countries worst-hit by Covid-19 may already be over the peaks of their second waves thanks to draconian nation lockdowns being reinstated across the continent, data suggests.   After enjoying a lull in transmission throughout the summer and early autumn – thanks to the first round of nationwide shutdowns – most European countries were hit … Read more

Dutch police chief calls for end to ‘paedophile hunts’ after teens beat retired teacher to death

Dutch police chief calls for end to ‘paedophile hunts’ after teens beat 73-year-old retired teacher to death in Arnhem Jan Kruitwagen was snared by boys who posed as 15-year-old in a gay chatroom Former teacher invited to a park, followed home and beaten on October 28 Seven boys arrested, all but one of them under … Read more

Shots fired at Saudi Arabia embassy in The Hague – day after bomb at remembrance service in Jeddah

Shots are fired at Saudi Arabia embassy in The Hague – a day after bomb attack at remembrance service in Jeddah Dutch officers were alerted at around 6am to shots being fired at the building Nobody was injured by the gunman who had fled before police arrived Building was hit by up to 20 bullets … Read more

Big Brother’s Sophie Budack reveals plans to move back to Australia

Big Brother’s Sophie Budack reveals plans to relocate back to Australia after she was forced to return home to the Netherlands due to the coronavirus pandemic By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:32 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 02:32 GMT, 10 November 2020 She was forced to leave Australia and return to … Read more

Israel feared seventh country hit by mutated Covid strain spread by mink, as three people tested

Israel is feared to be the latest country to be hit by the mutated strain of coronavirus spread by mink in Denmark. The Israeli Health Ministry is testing three citizens who recently returned from the Scandinavian country where the new infection is spreading from animals to humans.  If positive, Israel could join the US, Italy, … Read more

Famke Janssen puts on a leggy display in black minidress for retail therapy with a friend in NYC

Famke Janssen puts on a leggy display in black minidress as she steps out for some retail therapy with a friend in NYC By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 01:36 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 01:39 GMT, 9 November 2020 Famke Janssen recently celebrated her 56th birthday, amid a nail-biting presidential election week. And … Read more

Scientists 3D-print microscopic Star Trek spaceship USS Voyager

The final frontier: Scientists 3D-print microscopic Star Trek spaceship USS Voyager that ‘swims’ through liquids on its own Team of physicists at Leiden University in the Netherlands created the spaceship Microswimmers are tiny particles that can propel themselves through liquids  Research improves understanding of how microswimmers deliver drugs in body The team decided to make … Read more

Smugglers who sailed to Britain on yacht carrying two illegal immigrants jailed for 30 months each 

Two Ukrainian men who smuggled a pair of illegal immigrants into an upmarket seaside town in a yacht were jailed for 30 months each yesterday.  Denys Khvatkov, 19, and Bohdan Lutskyi, 39, set off from Holland before mooring at Southwold in Suffolk.  They were intercepted there by Border Force officials who had been tipped off … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Laid to rest: film slur on Bridge Too Far general

As A Hollywood war epic, A Bridge Too Far had everything — major stars such as Robert Redford and Sean Connery, a blockbuster budget and Richard Attenborough in the director’s chair. It also distorted history — most glaringly in its portrayal of Lieutenant-General Frederick ‘Boy’ Browning, commander of the British airborne troops who made the … Read more