Coronavirus passport trials are taking place at Heathrow this week to test technology to let people travel the globe without risk of being quarantined. Passengers on United Airlines and Cathay Pacific are trying out an app called the CommonPass. The phone software is a digital health pass which can hold …...Read More
World's first Covid passport will be trialled on flights from Heathrow this week
Are electric family cars cheaper to own than petrol or diesel?
If you're planning to keep your next car for a few years, you should be considering an electric vehicle to save money, that's according to a new study. Analysis of purchase prices and running costs found that family-size electric vehicles are now more cost competitive with petrol and diesel cars …...Read More
Nepalese man with a tumour so big it covered half his face finally has it removed
A Nepalese man with a tumour so big it covered half his face and left him blind in one eye has finally had it removed. Before his surgery, cruel strangers would stare, take photographs without his permission and in one case even branded him a devil in a past life. …...Read More
Police apologise for wrongly telling family of injured 18-year-old man he had died in car crash
Force later identified the errors and apologised to the boys' families But officers faced with 'confused scene' told 18-year-old's family he had died Dylan Irvine (pictured), 19, from Peterhead, died and his 18-year-old friend was rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a car crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire …...Read More
New Zealand eliminates COVID-19 for the second time as restrictions in Auckland ease
New Zealanders are celebrating after it was declared the deadly coronavirus has been eliminated in the community for a second time. Health officials on Wednesday announced the end of the 'Auckland Autumn cluster' with the recovery of the last six infected residents and no new cases in ten days. The …...Read More
UK turkey farmer is rearing SMALLER birds for Christmas because Rule of Six
A turkey farmer has been rearing smaller birds as a Rule-Of-Six Christmas will mean there are fewer mouths to feed. Mark Chilcott, 58, placed an order for turkeys in April that would grow to be half the usual size because he suspected coronavirus rules would still be in place by …...Read More
Skiiers survive terrifying avalanche in Andorran mountains
The Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said skiers should regularly check avalanche danger ratings and weather conditions online or with their resort before they head out and while they are on the mountain. There are some smartphone apps that display updated information. An Abta spokesperson said: ‘Tens of thousands …...Read More
Devon mother is shocked to discover cattle staring at her through her living room window
A mother was left stunned when she awoke to find a cow staring into her living room window and another 50 trampling through her garden. Natasha Hooper, 39, was getting ready in her bathroom at her home in Sprayton, Devon, when her son Tyler Findlay, 13, told her, 'there's a …...Read More
Covid-19 has left us too scared to perform CPR: 14% fewer people would give chest compressions
People are less likely to give life-saving CPR during the Covid-19 pandemic because of fears they may catch the infection, a study has revealed. Researchers asked 1,360 people in 26 countries whether or not they would be willing to intervene if someone was having a cardiac arrest in public. Compared …...Read More
Polar bear jumps out of sauna and attacks Russian man who is left seriously injured
An angry mother polar bear emerged from a sauna with her two cubs to attack and seriously wound a Russian reindeer herder. Vladimir Sleptsov suffered head, arm and leg injuries in a brawl with the angry beast on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky island in the Arctic. The 50-year-old only survived the ordeal …...Read More
