How Covid-19 entered Britain through 79 countries: Where hospitalised NHS patients had travelled to

Advertisement Covid-19 may have entered Britain through at least 79 countries and Croatia is not one of them, according to NHS statistics released today. Data given to SAGE - Number 10's scientific advisory panel - revealed 800 patients who were hospitalised between March and August had travelled abroad in the …...Read More

Sky TV call centre in Cardiff is closed after three workers test positive for coronavirus

A Sky TV call centre closed after three workers tested positive for coronavirus. Sky confirmed three staff members at its contact centre in Cardiff had Covid-19 and the building will be temporarily closed from today. Around 700 staff work at the centre in Cardiff but it is believed around 250 …...Read More

Storage Hunters star is spared jail after trying to contact hunky antiques dealer she'd stalked

Boudicca Scherazade, 48, (pictured) bombarded furniture dealer Laurence Roche with explicit emails, texts and voicemails An antiques expert who starred in the hit TV show Storage Hunters today avoided jail after contacting a hunky antiques dealer she'd stalked in a three-year campaign of suggestive photographs and messages. Boudicca Scherazade, 48, …...Read More

Police were called to 40 illegal house parties in Manchester in a single night

Police were called to at least 40 illegal house parties in locked-down Manchester in just one night - including one which left a female officer with a broken jaw. Greater Manchester Police said they are dealing with around 2,000 extra calls a week about people failing to follow the coronavirus …...Read More

FAKE ALERT: Punya Prasun Bajpai makes false claim of SC altering its motto, realizes mistake later

CLAIM TRUTH VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY आपने सही कहा...हाई कोर्ट और भारत सरकार के चिन्ह में सत्यमेव जयते का ज़िक्र है... सुप्रीम कोर्ट में पहले से ।।यतो… https://t.co/OCqkMkfV2G — punya prasun bajpai (@ppbajpai) 1597990064000 VERDICT Journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai put out a tweet claiming that the Supreme Court (SC) of India …...Read More

Mother bats engage in high-pitched 'baby talk' with offspring

Mother bats use 'baby talk' with their offspring, much the same way humans do, scientists discovered. The sac-winged bat has a wide-ranging vocal repertoire, using different 'songs' to court mates and defend its territory. Scientists have recently discovered that females also use a special high-pitched voice to encourage their pups …...Read More

Heroic neighbour supports boy trapped in a window grille with his shoulder for over an hour

A Chinese boy has been saved after dangling off an anti-theft metal frame outside a six-storey window. The six-year-old had fallen out of the flat while being left unattended at home, according to state media. A neighbour climbed across the building's façade with his bare hands to rescue the child. …...Read More

Human natural selection adding to 'nearsightedness epidemic'

Natural selection among humans is adding to the 'epidemic' of nearsightedness, with each successive generation in the UK gaining more than 100,000 extra cases. It is estimated that around half of the world's population — some 4.9 billion people — will suffer from the distant visual impairment by the middle …...Read More

Weeks-old albino kangaroo is feared stolen after going missing from her cage at a German zoo

An albino kangaroo that was born only a couple of weeks ago has gone missing from Kaiserlautern zoo in Germany, with authorities suggesting the animal could have been stolen. Before her disappearance, Mila the baby white kangaroo had been one of the star attractions at the zoo, reports Spiegel. Zoo …...Read More

Father is being chased by debt collectors after his son, 6, bought a £19,000 monster truck on eBay

A dad says he's being chased by debt collectors after his son accidentally paid £19,000 for a monster truck online. Mohammad Faraji accidentally left his laptop logged on and his six-year-old, monster truck obsessed, son Ario was browsing eBay behind his back. Mr Faraji, 45, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, received …...Read More