HS2 worker kneels on protester’s neck at Staffordshire site [Video]

A HS2 worker has been filmed kneeling on the neck of a protester who was allegedly catapulting carrots into a work site of the high-speed rail scheme. Footage shows the worker with his knee on the neck of the hooded man, whose head is pinned against the floor, during the incident at the site in … Read more

WHO recommends against using remdesivir for Covid ‘because there’s no proof it works’

Doctors should not treat coronavirus patients with remdesivir ‘regardless of how ill they are’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The antiviral showed early promise in pre-clinical Covid-19 trials and has been used around the world to treat people with severe disease, including in the UK. But officials at the WHO have now said there … Read more

WHO recommends AGAINST using remdesivir to treat Covid

Doctors should not treat coronavirus patients with remdesivir ‘regardless of how ill they are’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The antiviral showed early promise in pre-clinical Covid-19 trials and has been used around the world to treat people with severe disease, including in the UK. But officials at the WHO have now said there … Read more

Mystery buyer who paid £13m for a David Hockney masterpiece

Mystery buyer who paid £13m for a David Hockney masterpiece sold by the Royal Opera House to balance its books during coronavirus is revealed – as the ROH’s own billionaire chairman (and he’s letting them keep it on show) Covent Garden institution was forced to sell portrait of chief Sir David Webster  Painting set to … Read more

US Election 2020: Georgia recount completed, CONFIRMS Biden victory

Hundreds of supporters of President Trump gathered outside the State Capitol in Georgia on Thursday for a ‘stop the steal’ rally for the second day in a row as the state is set to certify that Joe Biden won its 16 electoral college votes. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Thursday that a … Read more

Coronavirus: UK was 20 days behind Europe as NHS was under-resourced

Fatal effect of NHS staffing shortfall: Britain was 20 days behind the rest of Europe in fighting coronavirus because NHS was under-resourced, report suggests Report carried by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  It took 54 days for the UK to bring the crucial R rate down below 1 for four days Also found NHS had … Read more

Georgia completes hand audit of ballots and CONFIRMS Biden’s victory as Trump supporters rally

Hundreds of supporters of President Trump gathered outside the State Capitol in Georgia on Thursday for a ‘stop the steal’ rally for the second day in a row as the state is set to certify that Joe Biden won its 16 electoral college votes. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Thursday that a … Read more

A quarter of teenagers have self-harmed and one in 15 have attempted suicide, a new report reveals 

A quarter of teenagers have self-harmed and one in 15 have attempted suicide, a new report reveals Major study by University College London lays bare scale of mental health crisis   Researchers asked 10,000 17-year-olds questions about their mental wellbeing   One in six teenagers reported experiencing high levels of psychological distress  By Eleanor Hayward Health Correspondent For … Read more

Mother, 26, ‘scalded her daughter to death and covered her tracks’, court hears 

Cocaine-using mother, 26, ‘fatally scalded her 19-month-old daughter and left her to scream while she covered her tracks for at least an hour’, court hears Gracie Crowder died shortly after was rushed to hospital on March 6 this year She suffered deep burns covering 65 per cent of the infant’s body area Mother Katie Crowder accused of … Read more

Boris Johnson £16bn defence spend to restore UK as great naval power

Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more