‘Let us not forget the toils ahead’: Churchill’s VE Day message and photos of jubliant Londoners

‘Let us not forget the toils ahead’: How Churchill’s VE Day message and photos of jubliant Londoners hold haunting relevance today… as locked-down Britons prepare to mark 75 years since end of WWII Images of Britons celebrating victory over Nazi Germany have reemerged ahead of VE Day’s 75th anniversary  Evocative pictures show the streets of … Read more

US has deadliest 24 hours as lockdown restrictions ease across America

The United States has recorded its deadliest 24 hours after more than 2,900 people died from coronavirus as America loosens its lockdown restrictions.  Within the last two weeks, several states have started reopening their stores, restaurants, malls, museums and libraries despite the US reporting more than 1.1 million confirmed cases with at least 67,173 deaths.  According … Read more

Elon Musk retweets Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ amid questions over Twitter meltdown

Elon Musk doesn’t appear to be worried about potential legal problems for tweeting that his company’s stock price was too high earlier this week after the Tesla CEO posted Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ on his Twitter feed on Saturday. ‘One of the all-time best songs,’ Musk gushed on Twitter after posting the YouTube … Read more

Shocking moment a car defies physics and drives at a diagonal down a Florida highway 

‘How is he driving?!’ Shocking moment a car defies physics and drives at a diagonal down a Florida highway Truck drove diagonally down a highway in Palm Harbor, Florida Captured on cell phone footage last week and shared to Reddit  Footage went viral on Reddit with 16,000 upvotes  Car was ‘dog tracking,’ or driving sideways because … Read more

Shocking moment a car defies physics and drives at a diagonal down a Florida highway 

‘How is he driving?!’ Shocking moment a car defies physics and drives at a diagonal down a Florida highway Truck drove diagonally down a highway in Palm Harbor, Florida Captured on cell phone footage last week and shared to Reddit  Footage went viral on Reddit with 16,000 upvotes  Car was ‘dog tracking,’ or driving sideways because … Read more

Lidl becomes first supermarket chain to CLOSE a UK store after staff catch coronavirus

Lidl becomes first supermarket chain to CLOSE a UK store after staff catch coronavirus – but shoppers are told doors will reopen on Monday Lidl say workers had been diagnosed with Covid-19 at the Middlesbrough branch Shoppers said the supermarket on Cargo Fleet Lane closed its doors on Friday Middlesbrough Council had previously said the area … Read more

Lidl becomes first supermarket chain to CLOSE a UK store after staff catch coronavirus

Lidl becomes first supermarket chain to CLOSE a UK store after staff catch coronavirus – but shoppers are told doors will reopen on Monday Lidl say workers had been diagnosed with Covid-19 at the Middlesbrough branch Shoppers said the supermarket on Cargo Fleet Lane closed its doors on Friday Middlesbrough Council had previously said the area … Read more

Council seeks £11-an-hour social distancing officer

Council seeks £11-an-hour social distancing officer: ‘Resilient character’ who can move on lockdown flouters could earn up to £21,000-a-year Flexible Community Support Officer advertised by Kingdom Security in Essex Role in West Thurrock will involve ‘making sure that people are social distancing’  Applicants should have ‘resilient character’ as there is ‘occasional confrontation’ By Faith Ridler … Read more

So what ARE the elderly meant to do? Matt Hancock sparks confusion

Matt Hancock has fanned a wave of confusion over the government’s instructions to elderly people during the coronavirus lockdown.  The Health Secretary last night rubbished reports that healthy over-70s were among the ‘clinically vulnerable’ who had been told to shield for 12 weeks. But he later published a link to NHS guidance which puts all … Read more

So what ARE the elderly meant to do? Matt Hancock sparks confusion

Matt Hancock has fanned a wave of confusion over the government’s instructions to elderly people during the coronavirus lockdown.  The Health Secretary last night rubbished reports that healthy over-70s were among the ‘clinically vulnerable’ who had been told to shield for 12 weeks. But he later published a link to NHS guidance which puts all … Read more