Uncorking the Suez: Dozens of supertankers trapped for a week FINALLY start flooding through

The first of hundreds of trapped ships snaked their way through a newly unblocked Suez Canal on Monday as the saga over the waterway seems to be coming to an end.    The bow of the 220,000-ton Ever Given container ship was finally dislodged from the channel’s bank on Monday and towed up the waterway after tugboats … Read more

ANDREW MARR: Thank God 2020’s nearly over, get ready for the great uncorking of joy!

It was the worst of years. Let’s get that out of the way. Choked by coronavirus, divided by coronavirus, we have endured many months during which the most natural of human behaviours – hugging, touching, kissing, mingling in crowds, enjoying a hubbub – have been forbidden. Nor will it finish quickly. Historians have a habit … Read more