
Debenhams’ flagship shop in Oxford Street will not reopen as the department store chain announced the permanent closure of six branches and 320 job losses. The news comes after JD Sports pulled […]
Debenhams’ flagship shop in Oxford Street will not reopen as the department store chain announced the permanent closure of six branches and 320 job losses. The news comes after JD Sports pulled […]
The UK government has made a U-Turn after Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford stepped up the campaign pressure demanding an extension of free school meal vouchers over the holiday period. A ‘Covid […]
George Floyd’s family speaks about injustice and America’s time for change. In a private funeral that was broadcast live on Tuesday in Huston, Texas, Floyd’s niece, Brooke Williams, made an impassioned […]
Cabinet Minister says allegations Dominic Cummings broke lockdown rules are false Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says claims by the Guardian/Observer and Mirror that Dominic Cummings made a second trip to Durham during […]
Woman charged with the murder of a seven-year-old girl in Queen’s Park, Bolton in Greater Manchester. Elton Skana, who is 30 years old, has been charged with murdering seven-year-old Emily Jones in […]
Captaining the England cricket team is an honour only a small number of people have experienced. 80 people to be exact, spanning back to 1876. A role which has only been handed […]
Superdrug to be the first high street retailer to offer Coronavirus antibody test Tests will begin today and will detect positive antibodies 97.5 percent of the time. The test will be sold via […]
Man sentenced to death on Zoom in Singapore Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death on the popular video chat app Zoom because of the city-state’s coronavirus lockdown. The move has […]
President Donald Trump gives World Health Organisation a 30 day ultimatum In a four page letter addressed to the director general of The World Health Organization (WHO), President Trump has accused […]
Huge rise in unemployment benefit claims due to impact of coronavirus Official figures have shown a surge of 856,500 people submitting benefit claims last month as the coronavirus crisis took its toll […]
Ministers have told MPs that hate crimes against the south and the east Asian communities in the UK have increased by 21% during the coronavirus pandemic. Police estimates suggest a threefold increase […]
Russian building workers given green light to go back to work Even though most of the Russian economy is in lockdown and hospitals struggle to cope with coronavirus deaths, the country’s construction […]
A ticket officer at Victoria station, Belly Mujinga, has died just 14 days after being spat on by someone claiming to have the virus. Her family says the attack took place on […]
The Chinese city of Wuhan is working on plans to test all of its 11 million residents for Covid-19 according to state media. It comes after a cluster of six new cases […]
Government furlough scheme to continue until October Councellor Rishi Sunak announced in Parliament that furloughed employees will continue to be paid until October this year. He added that the level of support, […]
Black people are ‘four times more likely to die’ from COVID-19 than white people A new report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found that some ethnic groups have a […]
Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge confirms supporters will not be allowed to attend football matches in the Netherlands until there is a COVID-19 vaccine. Sport across the country is currently postponed […]
Australian company fined $63,000 for false claims about COVID-19 testing kits Promedical Equipment Pty Ltd based in Queensland, Australia, has been fined $63,000 by health authorities for false claims about Covid-19 test […]
Flooding in Africa kills more than 200 people Both Kenya and Uganda have been hit by deadly flooding. It is expected that more than 200 people have died as a result. Recent […]
A report by the Resolution Foundation think tank has estimated youth unemployment in the UK could rise by 640,000 this year. This would take the total to above one million. Latest official […]
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel confirms the German Bundesliga season can restart this month The Bundesliga (DFL) will be the first major European league to return to competition. The players returned to training […]
Russia has now become the country with the 6th most Coronavirus cases in the world. Image: Getty Images.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to reach 200,000 tests for coronavirus a day by the end of May. The government announced it had hit its target of 100,000 tests on Friday, […]
Mayor of Amazon rainforest region pleas for help as COVID-19 pandemic devastates their health system The mayor of the biggest city in the Amazon rainforest region has appealed for international aid because […]
Since the government has loosened rules on who can apply for a coronavirus test millions more in England have become eligible to apply for a test. This means that care home staff […]
Poland to re-open schools and shopping malls next week Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says the country’s hotels and shopping malls are going to open from Monday. Poland is easing restrictions imposed to […]
Baby son for Prime Minister Boris Johnson A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister has said that both the mother, Carrie Symonds, and baby are ‘doing very well.’ She said the PM and […]
Legendary Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan passes away at 53 in Mumbai The famous Bollywood Actor Irrfan Khan has died. He had been admitted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital with a colon […]
Care home death figures continue to rise Following the outbreak of coronavirus, deaths continue to reach record high numbers in UK Care Homes. The Office of National Statistics and The Care Quality […]
New Zealand has begun to gradually lift some of the restrictive measures imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus in the country over the last month. People are able to travel to […]
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