Can I hug my grandchildren yet? Is the gym still off limits? How many people can I invite for dinner? What you can - and cannot - do in post-lockdown England from July 4...Read More
PAUL THOMAS on... Britain's independence day
Acrobat performs Wheel of Death stunt on the edge of a Swiss mountain
Circus performances have been cancelled around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic but one acrobat has kept the dream alive... with a death-defying Wheel of Death stunt in the Swiss Alps. Footage shows Ramon Kathriner, dressed in a black suit and bow tie, as he climbs onto his apparatus …...Read More
Mother-of-two, 51, abused woman sitting next to her during Magic Mike strip show, court hears
Alison Best, 51, allegedly hurled racial abuse at Samara Hussain during the show at The Hippodrome Casino in London's West End A middle-aged mother 'exploded' during a Magic Mike strip show and assaulted a partially blind female spectator sitting next to her, a court has heard. Alison Best, 51, allegedly …...Read More
Keeping your pecker up! Great spotted woodpecker seems to be doing pull-ups in hilarious photos
A mum of two was left stunned and in stitches of laughter after spotting this woodpecker apparently completing a series of 'pull ups' on her garden fence. Helen Ormersher, 44, had been feeding the birds in her garden in Bala, North Wales, when she noticed the great spotted woodpecker working …...Read More
California reaches a record-high of more than 5,000 positive coronavirus tests in a single day
A spike in coronavirus cases across several states is fueling fears of a second wave of the deadly virus, with Texas now urging residents to stay home, states including Florida and New Jersey vowing to crack down on bars and California recording its worst day on record for new cases. …...Read More
Louisville Police Fire Brett Hankison, Officer in Breonna Taylor Shooting
The Louisville Metro Police Department on Tuesday fired one of the three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, the most significant action yet in a case that has drawn public outrage for the killing and the fact that no criminal charges have been filed. In a termination …...Read More
Rightmove reports surge in enquiries about property by the seaside
Many of us dream of living by the sea. And according to the UK's biggest property website, the lockdown is encouraging households to turn this aspiration into a reality. Rightmove said that there has been a spike in enquiries about property by the seaside. Many have been about holiday homes, …...Read More
STEPHEN GLOVER: A national lockdown cannot be repeated
Boris Johnson has not looked as cheerful for a long time as he did in the Commons yesterday. His is a sunny nature and he does not like to be cast in the part of Charles Dickens’s Thomas Gradgrind — a sober man obsessed with numbers. That is a role …...Read More
ALEX BRUMMER: Brace for hangover as lockdown is easing
At last, some midsummer light at the end of Britain’s long and immensely damaging lockdown tunnel. Boris Johnson’s Government has finally listened to this country’s businesses and given the seemingly doomed hospitality industry a chance of survival by easing the stifling two-metre rule. And finally, those of us with wild, …...Read More
Robert Jenrick 'insistent' Tory donor's £1bn homes scheme passed before £50m tax hit, documents show
Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick pushed through a decision to allow a Tory donor's £1billion housing development to allow him to save tens of millions of pounds in tax, documents tonight appear to show. The Housing Secretary tonight finally bowed to pressure to release correspondence over his role in the 'cash …...Read More
