Dramatic moment black cab drivers heckle and chase Sadiq Khan and accuse him of ‘destroying London’

Sadiq Khan was heckled by London black cab drivers outside City Hall to shouts ‘of Destroyer of London’ today as the Mayor’s war on motorists sabotages the capital’s route to recovery.  Video shows Mr Khan walking to his office to the backdrop of angry London black cab drivers as a furious crowd gathered outside City … Read more

Massive explosion rocks Beirut destroying buildings

Massive explosion rocks Beirut destroying buildings and ‘leaving people covered in blood and broken glass’ By Reuters Published: 16:45 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 16:49 BST, 4 August 2020 A massive explosion has rocked Beirut this afternoon destroying buildings and sending a huge fireball into the sky. Dramatic footage on social media shows people … Read more

Second-hand car lot in Doncaster goes up in flames destroying 900 vehicles

Second-hand car lot in Doncaster goes up in flames destroying 900 vehicles and leaving nothing but charred remains as astonishing pictures show scale of devastation Fire crews were called to the site in Carcroft, Doncaster, around 10pm on Friday More than 40 firefighters, along with police drone unit, worked through night The fire service has … Read more

Homesick Hugh Jackman builds  jigsaw of Sydney Opera House – before destroying it in frustration 

‘I miss you Sydney!’ Homesick Hugh Jackman builds jigsaw of Opera House – before destroying it in frustration By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:46 BST, 5 July 2020 | Updated: 16:57 BST, 5 July 2020 Hugh Jackman is currently on holiday in the Hamptons after a lengthy lockdown in coronavirus ravaged New York.  … Read more

Museum curator tweets advice on destroying bronze statues

An Oxford-educated museum curator has provoked outrage by sharing expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.   Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were then shared thousands of times.  … Read more

Delivery driver, 25, accused of destroying £1m worth of supercars in high speed chase

This is Ahmed Al Husseini, the 25-year-old delivery driver accused of destroying £1 million worth of supercars in a horrifying incident caught on video This is the 25-year-old delivery driver accused of destroying £1 million worth of supercars in a horrifying incident caught on video.  Ahmed Al Husseini is to appear before magistrates in August charged … Read more

China admits to destroying early coronavirus samples – but says it was NOT part of a cover-up

China has acknowledged it destroyed early samples of COVID-19, confirming a claim put forward by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo late last month.   On Friday, Liu Dengfeng, a supervisor with China’s National Health Commission, admitted that ‘the Chinese government issued an order on January 3 to dispose of coronavirus samples’ at unauthorized laboratories, according … Read more

Statins may help fight obesity ‘by destroying bad gut bacteria’

Statins may reduce the amount of harmful microbiota in the guts of obese people, according to a new study.    Scientists have found that a type of gut bacteria known as Bact2 is far more common in obese people.   These microbes are seen in just 3.9 per cent of lean individuals, but are present in more than … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: We’re destroying the nation’s wealth – and the health of millions

Why do I bother? For six weeks now I have been saying that the Government’s policy on Covid-19 is a mistake.  Most people do not agree with me, and many are angry with me for saying so.  Others, bafflingly, don’t care about the greatest crisis I have seen in my lifetime, and regard the debate … Read more

Chinese state media blasts Trump for ‘destroying America’s democracy and freedom’

China’s state newspaper has lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing him of destroying America’s democracy, freedom, and human rights in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Numerous people are wondering how the US system can tolerate such a person as a president,’ state-run tabloid Global Times criticizes in an opinion piece. The … Read more