by Buzzers - 5 hours ago
Five of the 25 immigrants rescued in the early hours of this Wednesday near Lanzarote have tested positive on covid 19. All are adults and are asymptomatic, so they have not required hospitalization, according to health sources. The boat, an inflatable boat, was intercepted at 02:30 hours and its...
World / International - 10 hours ago
People working from home during the coronavirus pandemic could be given the opportunity to relocate to the Caribbean under a proposal from the Barbados government.
World / International - 11 hours ago
There is a 20% chance that annual global temperatures will be 1.5C higher than pre-industrial times in at least one of the next five years, according to new analysis.
US Spy chiefs are plotting to redevelop the intelligence hub where British teenager Harry Dunn was killed on his motorbike last year.
Former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has apologised for attacking his girlfriend and said he has struggled with alcohol addiction "for many years".
A statue of Scouts founder Robert Baden-Powell that was placed on a target list is back on display after its protective boarding was removed.
World / International - 18 hours ago
Hunger linked to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic could kill more people than the disease itself, Oxfam has warned.
Mike Skinner has described the effect of lockdown on live music as "an absolute bloodbath".
A teenager has been accused of constructing a false alibi involving the film Fast And Furious while knowing "perfectly well" he had just dragged a police officer to his death.
A woman has died after a 20-metre crane collapsed on houses in east London.
Britons eating out will get discounted food, house buyers will pay less stamp duty and companies will get bonuses for retaining workers under the chancellor's plans to kickstart the UK economy.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has apologised to Bianca Williams after the Great Britain sprinter and her partner were handcuffed during a stop and search.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a "plan for jobs" to stimulate Britain's battered economy.
World / International - 1 day ago
Surgeons in Italy have successfully separated conjoined twins whose skulls were fused at the back, and who are now expected to go on to live normal lives.
by Buzzers - 1 day ago
This weekend the brightest comet of the last decade can be seen “with the naked eye”. Astronomy fans have been waiting for this moment for almost a decade, after the fragmentation suffered by the comet ATLAS in May, whose increasing brightness could have reached that of Venus (the star of the sky),...