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The World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan say they have been given data ‘no-one has seen before’ and have not ruled out that Covid escaped from a lab. Dr Peter Daszak, a British zoologist on the WHO team, said last night that China was being open with them and allowing them to explore wherever the evidence leads. But … Read more
Briton who drowned swimming off Barbados is named as millionaire businessman, 61, who moved to the island after split from his wife A British millionaire businessman has drowned in waters off coast of Barbados Mark Smith, 61, had recently moved to the Caribbean from his home in Sheffield Locals had warned Smith not to go … Read more
The student believed to be the first Briton to catch coronavirus had drugs in his system when he died after ‘never getting over lockdown in China’, an inquest heard today. Connor Reed, 26, from Llandudno, North Wales, caught the virus while teaching English at a school in Wuhan in November 2019, and claimed he drank … Read more
British man’s frozen body is found in Austrian mountain hut: Ski instructor ‘was poisoned after lighting a fire without realising chimney was sealed’ British man, 36, had been living in the municipality of Buers as a ski instructor Officials say he forced his way inside a sealed mountain hut, before lighting a fire He was … Read more
The boyfriend of missing British backpacker Esther Dingley who vanished in the Pyrenees last year has rubished the claim that she was unhappy in their relationship, and revealed their final loving texts. In an interview with The Daily Mirror, Dan Colegate made a fresh plea for answers to the mystery surrounding her whereabouts, saying her disappearance … Read more
British pilot and his wife are killed along with two other family members after their car plunges 245ft off a cliff edge on Gran Canaria By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 14:28 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 14:28 GMT, 10 December 2020 A British pilot has died along with his wife and two of … Read more
Is this is a syringe I see before me? Second Briton to be given a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination is William Shakespeare, 81, from Warwickshire Mr Shakespeare, from Warwickshire, received the shot in left arm this morning First vaccines were administered by nurses at University Coventry Hospital Maggie Keenan, 90, became the first to receive her … Read more
Whistleblower ‘ousted over EU fraud expose’: Briton accuses officials of ‘Kafkaesque’ behaviour after he exposed financial wrongdoing Robert McCoy, 70, pushed out of post after over three decades as an EU official The Liverpool-born economist said he uncovered ‘fraudulent expenses’ claims Mr McCoy said he was bullied and forced out of job on health grounds … Read more
As the first Briton known to have caught coronavirus, Connor Reed did much to enlighten us about the then mysterious disease. He provided our first insight into its worst symptoms by way of an evocative diary published in the Mail. And he relived the ‘Hallelujah’ moment when, after 24 hellish days during which he had … Read more
Briton who faced years in hell-hole Qatari prison for a cannabis grinder in his luggage can return home after winning two-month legal battle that caused father to suffer heart attack Conor Howard stopped last October on his way back to the UK from Australia The project manager went back home but was arrested in Corfu … Read more