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Two doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is 94 per cent effective at stopping over-55s from falling unwell with the disease, according to a major study in Israel. The data of more than half a million people who received two shots of the jab found patients were also 92 per cent less likely to develop severe … Read more
Scottish ministers are accused of trying to block deeper probe into whether Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament over harassment claims against Alex Salmond Deputy First Minister John Swinney has refused to request to widen the probe Alex Salmond accused successor of making ‘ridiculous’ and ‘wholly false’ claims This was about their meetings to discuss the handling … Read more
Road rage cyclist sparks outrage in Belgium after using his knee to knock over a child blocking his way and peddling off in video captured by girl’s father A family were out walking in a nature park in Baraque Michel on Christmas day The cyclist appears to deliberately strike the girl with his knee as … Read more
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen will meet in Brussels later this week for a face-to-face showdown in a last ditch bid to get a post-Brexit trade deal over the line. The end of the ‘standstill’ transition period is now just over three weeks away but the UK and the EU remain deadlocked in … Read more
Jilted lover ‘tries to stop her ex-boyfriend from getting married’ by blocking his wedding car in a busy junction A woman in China was spotted trying to stop a wedding car on a junction today She was reportedly trying to prevent her ex-boyfriend from getting married The jilted lover can be heard in footage shouting ‘I’m … Read more
Hungary and Poland plunged the EU into political crisis by blocking a £1.65 trillion coronavirus rescue budget that they claimed ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), because access to the funds would be conditional on respecting … Read more
Small shareholders being ‘robbed’ by City rule blocking them from investing in shares worth billions in pandemic By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 14 November 2020 Small shareholders are being ‘robbed’ by a City rule blocking them from investing in shares worth billions of … Read more
Britons are ignoring calls from test and trace and blocking its number because they are being bombarded, a contact tracer claimed today. When someone tests positive for the coronavirus they are asked to provide a list of their contacts – family, friends and colleagues they were near for at least 15 minutes – for the … Read more
A cheeky cat flooded the house after turning on the tap and blocking the plughole while her owner popped to the shops on her lunch break. Jasmin Stork, 26, said her boyfriend Robbie’s cat had ‘no remorse whatsoever’ after leaving her entire home in Kingston-upon-Hull flooded with water, using a new trick she had learned … Read more
Social media giants are accused of ‘politically motivated censorship’ after they blocked stories alleging corruption involving Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden Twitter and Facebook stopped users from linking to Biden corruption stories The sites claimed the article needed fact checking and violated hacking rules New York Post reported Biden’s son allegedly offered to introduce … Read more