POLICE have launched a major search for a British diplomat who has been missing from his Surrey home for more than five days. Richard Morris, 52, who has held many high positions in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, left his Farnham home for a run at about 10.30am last Wednesday. He was due to take on a new role as […]

Back to work blues: Temperatures plunge by 10C as Arctic blast sweeps UK bringing frost, rain and gusts of up to 40mph The coming week will see a return to cooler, ‘more springlike’ weather following the warm and sunny spells The UK will see showers mainly across northern parts of Britain, while it will be largely dry across south Temperatures […]

Video shows packed subway platforms in Paris as France emerges from lockdown today, with commuters complaining that social distancing is ‘impossible’ France had enforced a very strict eight-week lockdown, in place since March 17 Today shops and hair salons can reopen and some primary schools will go back Videos show huge crowds pouring on and off trains at the Gare […]

Fresh exams mayhem: Coronavirus chaos could force delays to NEXT YEAR’S A Levels and GCSEs as secondary school pupils are told most won’t go back until September Students may not be ready to take GCSEs and A Levels next year doubters say Boris Johnson announced primary pupils could return to school from June 1 Nurseries will reopen to help working […]

The Big Apple will soon have 2,300 “social-distancing ambassadors” telling people to stay apart and wear masks to avoid escalating tensions with cops, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday. The army of public servants has been mobilized in a bid to keep cops out of enforcement and avoid clashes like the caught-on-camera fracas with taser-wielding cops earlier this month, Hizzoner […]

Boris Johnson tries to reassert his authority as Prime Minister of the entire United Kingdom as he sets out lockdown exit plan and rebukes Nicola Sturgeon for repeated criticism of government strategy Boris Johnson tonight unveiled lockdown exit strategy in address to the nation PM set out plan to reopen UK economy in phases – but only if virus battle […]

More than 1,000 people form a half-mile long queue for free food in Geneva as coronavirus deals an economic hammer blow to notoriously wealthy haven for diplomats The volunteers handed out 1,500 parcels to people who started queuing at 5am High living costs and unemployment surge means more demand for food banks  Switzerland has 30,305 confirmed cases of virus and has […]

Metropolitan police officers’ spokesman blasts the government’s coronavirus response as ‘wishy washy’ as bank holiday sunbathers set to flock to parks again Metropolitan Police Federation said Government is sending mixed messages MPF’s Ken Marsh said authorities ‘needed to be firmer right from the beginning’ Health officials said they fear Britons are getting complacent about lockdown Here’s how to help people […]

BORIS Johnson is caught in a £100billion dilemma as he faces demands to punish major UK trading partner China for the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government is under growing pressure to act over claims the virus was created by scientists in outbreak city Wuhan before being covered up by senior officials in Beijing. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the […]

New York City and the state are looking at huge drops in tax revenues thanks to the coronavirus — and neither Mayor Bill de Blasio nor Gov. Andrew Cuomo seem to have any good ideas about what to do beyond hoping for a federal bailout. The state can make do by slashing its aid to local governments, but de Blasio’s […]