A 52-year-old former coach of the United States gymnastics team will appear in court in Las Vegas on Monday to face 14 charges of lewdness with children. Terry Gray, who helped prepare Morgan White and Alyssa Beckerman for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was arrested by police in Las Vegas on …...Read More

As the hygienist tenderly takes my temperature, sanitises my hands and passes me a mask and gloves in a little bag, I nearly weep. This — more than going to the hairdresser, walks in the park or a meal outdoors with friends — makes me feel I really am re-entering …...Read More

Boris Johnson must carry out his promise to fix the care crisis to prevent thousands of vulnerable residents being placed in danger, industry leaders warn today. In an open letter to the Prime Minister, Care England, which represents 4,000 providers, spells out how the ‘ravages’ of the pandemic have ‘plunged …...Read More

Ministers have bought up capacity to produce five million face masks a week as they prepare to make them compulsory in shops. Government sources said ten factory production lines have been acquired to ensure there is enough supply if and when the wider use of coverings is made mandatory. Half …...Read More

President Trump’s advisers undercut the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, over the weekend, anonymously providing details to various news outlets about statements he had made early in the coronavirus outbreak that they said were inaccurate. The move to treat Dr. Fauci, who has led the National …...Read More

South Africa has banned the sale of alcohol again and will reinstate a night time curfew in the fight against Covid-19. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country will immediately return to a ban on the sale of alcohol to reduce the volume of trauma patients so hospitals have …...Read More

Advertisement Aerial photos of Pinewood Studios show the Jurassic World: Dominion set on its first day after production resumed this week. The forthcoming sequel halted filming in March but became the first Hollywood blockbuster to return to work after lockdown was implemented. The studio in Buckinghamshire was a buzz of …...Read More

A Lib Dem peer nicknamed ‘Lord Groper’ has been forced to resign from a parliamentary committee. Lord Rennard, the party’s former chief executive, was suspended for eight months in 2014 after female activists accused him of being a sex pest. He stood down from the Lib Dem governing body in …...Read More

Top communist party leaders in China are known as the ‘red aristocracy’, and, for all their professed belief in equality, they like to ensure a gold-plated future for their children. Hence the so-called ‘princelings’, who are placed in high-flying financial businesses in the West. For Western hedge funds, insurance companies, …...Read More

Incumbent Andrzej Duda was marginally ahead in Poland's presidential election on Sunday, an exit poll found, in a result seen as likely to have profound implications for Warsaw's relations with the rest of the European Union. The re-election of Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalists Law and Justice (PiS), …...Read More