HIGH sulphur dioxide levels in quarantined Wuhan and Chongqing could signal mass cremations, it’s been claimed.  Satellite maps in recent days have detected alarming levels of SO2 around Wuhan which is the epicentre of the outbreak.  The city of Chongqing, which is also under quarantine, also has high sulphur dioxide levels. Scientists believe this is produced when bodies are cremated […]

Britons fear a Terminator-style takeover by AI that ‘learns to be bad’, says report as watchdog calls for more education about benefits of new technology The independent Committee on Standards in Public Life published review today Found public need ‘greater reassurance’ about positive impact of AI in their lives They reject the idea of killer robots being created like in […]

Boris Johnson IS seriously considering building a £20billion bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland to ‘save the union’ Government officials are working on feasibility assessment of planned bridge Proposed 20-mile link would join Northern Ireland with mainland Great Britain Boris Johnson has previously spoken of his enthusiasm for the massive project Critics do not believe project is deliverable due to […]

Ports stormer IT’S been a long time since we had a government with the confidence to try something new. So we welcome Boris Johnson’s plan to open up to ten new freeports — special zones exempt from tax and red tape. The bold announcement proves the Prime Minister is beginning to understand the coalition that voted for him. And wants […]

SIR KEIR Starmer’s team are being probed over claims they hacked the party’s membership data. Labour bosses reported the alleged foul play, sparking civil war in the party. They accused two of Sir Keir’s team of “data-scraping” — hacking the membership database to help them drum up more support for the Labour leadership frontrunner. Sir Keir last night branded the […]

Father blasts HMRC for ‘punishing the working man’ after taxman hands him £7,400 surprise bill because company car pushed him over £50k threshold Richard and Rebekha Nicholls from New Waltham, Lincolnshire, were hit with bill They were unaware that the company car  was included in tax calculation Pair claim child benefit to help them support daughters Enya, Pippa and Ivy   […]

The Upper West Side NYPD commander who is retiring from his precinct amid a surge in serious crime will head up security at Columbia University’s Morningside campus, the Post has learned. Timothy Malin, 42, is retiring as deputy inspector of the 20th Precinct on Thursday. He is expected to begin his new job as Columbia’s director of public safety on […]

Paris: The long-serving head of France's skating federation has resigned amid suspicions that he covered up for a coach accused of rape and sexual abuse by former figure skaters. Didier Gailhaguet denies protecting the coach and says he's not at fault, and cast blame on the Sports Ministry when he announced his resignation following a special meeting at the federation […]

The Democratic presidential primary has been under way for more than a year. But it wasn't until last Monday that voters got their first chance to weigh in on who should be the party's nominee. The storied Iowa caucuses – which have kicked off the Democratic race since 1972, in large part because of their complex rules – seemed especially […]

FIVE Brits have been contracted the coronavirus in France, after a coming into contact with a person who had been in Singapore. The five included a child and they were all staying at a ski chalet in the in the Alpine resort of Contamines-Montjoie, in the eastern Haute-Savoie region of France. The French authoritues said the "initial case" involved a […]