Pope delivers Sunday prayers via livestream as Italy is put into lockdown after 36 people die in a single day – bringing the toll to 233 The 83-year-old pontiff broke with centuries of tradition to live stream prayers Wanted to prevent crowds going to Saint Peter’s Square for Angelus Prayer Coronavirus infections in Italy has jumped to 4,636, with 148 […]

Meghan Markle told Dagenham schoolboys to ‘protect the women in your life’ and ‘stand up for your rights’ during her last solo royal engagement Meghan spoke at the Robert Clack Upper School in Dagenham, east London   Addressing around 700 pupils in an assembly she said the visit was ‘profound’ The Duchess also marked the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act […]

Hazem* seemed healthy enough when he went to sleep. The seven-month-old baby boy had just had an early morning feed with his mother and the pair had dozed off again in the bitter Syrian winter. But when his brothers and sisters went to wake him up later that morning to play, Hazem could not be roused. They found him frozen […]

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman orders arrest of King’s brother and nephew as they are charged with treason ‘over coup plot’ Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef were arrested Over plot to oust king and son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reports suggest Mohammed bin Nayef had been crown prince before his title was taken […]

Francis Bacon’s masterpiece Triptych Inspired By The Oresteia Of Aeschylus is expected to fetch more than £46million at auction A Francis Bacon masterpiece was unveiled at Sotheby’s in London yesterday  The painting is expected to fetch well in excess of £46million in New York in May Bacon painted the piece in 1981, and depicts his relationship with his parents  A […]

Health and government officials in Singapore are threatening coronavirus patients with thousands of dollars in fines — or even jail time — if they lie to investigators about their travel history. At least 117  cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Singapore as of Friday , according to the Singapore Ministry of Health, and officials are expected to monitor every […]

Former US president Bill Clinton, recalling the sex scandal that led to his impeachment in 1998, says in a new documentary series that his extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky was a way of "managing my anxieties." The four-part documentary series, Hillary, which was released on Friday in the US on Hulu, focuses on Hillary Clinton's life, her marriage to Bill […]

PARENTS have been asked to work as temporary cleaners at a Durham school in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Headteacher Andy Byers has called on mums and dads to step in and keep Framwellgate School bug-free. In a letter to parents, Mr Byers outlined the school's action plan for dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak. "If you […]

Pictured: Suspected racist yob being hunted by police after trainee solicitor, 29, was knocked unconscious as she defended her Chinese friend from ‘coronavirus rage’ attack Image released of man police would like to talk to over ‘coronavirus rage’ attack   Meera Solanki, from Solihull, was knocked unconscious after defending friend  Mandy Huang was visiting from London when targeted by a group […]