Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the government’s coronavirus task force, believes the US coronavirus pandemic may be largely “behind us” by early June if cases continue falling. In an interview with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Thursday, Pence was optimistic that a large number of Americans may have been exposed to COVID-19, leading to a “degree of […]

Revealed: The £200,000-a-year civil servant running the company at the centre of Britain’s PPE coronavirus shambles Supply Chain Co-ordination Limited (SCCL) was set up by the Department of Health in 2018 to improve the way the NHS buys supplies CEO Jin Sahota is paid £200,000 and is directly answerable to Matt Hancock But UK has been savaged over its efforts […]

An Idaho anti-vaccination activist protesting the closure of a local playground during the coronavirus pandemic was busted for refusing to leave, according to a new report. Sara Walton Brady, 40, of Meridian, was arrested at Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park in Meridian Tuesday afternoon in a caught-on-camera scene that has since gone viral. Walton Brady was in the shuttered playground […]

UK universities face £2.5bn financial ‘blackhole’ due to 121,000 drop in lucrative overseas students in new term – with up to 48,000 fewer from China Universities could face a £2.5 billion funding ‘black hole’ amid coronavirus crisis  There could be 121,000 fewer students from abroad in the 2020/21 intake Up to 48,000 of these will be from China as they […]

ST George's Day 2020 is here – meaning it's time to dust off the flag and celebrate the patron saint of England. The heroic soldier slayed a dragon and now we celebrate each year with quintessentially English traditions, although these should be practised at home following lockdown measures. Who was St George? Although Saint George is England’s patron saint, George […]

Italian prosecutors are considering criminal trials for health officials after grieving relatives of coronavirus victims demanded justice for their negligence 45,000 joined NOI Denunceremo Facebook group to gather their testimonies The group was created by Luca Fusco whose father died from coronavirus The aim isn’t to target health workers but leaders who underestimated the virus  Here’s how to help people impacted […]

Former Eton headmaster Eric Anderson, who taught three future Prime Ministers including Boris Johnson, dies aged 83 The former Eton College Head Master Sir Eric Anderson has died at  age of 83 Pupils including Boris Johnson and David Cameron taught there during tenure   Also worked at the top schools in Scotland – Gordonstoun and Fettes College Former Eton College Head Master Sir […]

Revealed at last: Secret buyer of the Ritz who paid £800m for the iconic London hotel is Qatari businessman Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri Ever since The Ritz was snapped up last month for £800 million making it the most expensive hotel in the world, mystery has surrounded the identity of its purchaser. Now I can reveal it is none other than […]

A protester was filmed at an anti-lockdown rally carrying a placard calling on politicians to ‘Sacrifice the weak’ to Covid-19. The protester, who covered the lower half of their face with a scarf and wore sunglasses, was spotted at a ReOpen Tennessee rally in Nashville on Tuesday. Their banner read ‘Sacrifice the weak, reopen TN,’ and was spotted in the […]

CORONAVIRUS patients in China are testing positive again for the disease 70 days after being given the all clear. Doctors on the frontline of the battle against Covid-19  been left baffled by a growing number of cases of people who recover and show no symptoms but test positive. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates […]