American Airlines pilot threatens to divert plane full of Trump supporters to Kansas

An American Airlines pilot threatened to divert his plane and dump a group of pro-Trump passengers in Kansas if they didn’t ‘behave’ during their flight from Washington, DC, to Phoenix on Friday. The incident took place on American Flight 1242 which departed Friday afternoon from Reagan National Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor. Video posted to … Read more

Donald Trump uses Twitter to divert media from topics, study says

Bigly distraction: Study reveals how Donald Trump uses Twitter to divert the media’s attention away from topics that could harm his reputation Researchers led from Bristol analysed media coverage of the Russia probe They compared this with the contemporary content of Mr Trump’s Twitter feed The more the probe was covered, the more he tweeted … Read more

Trump: Study reveals how US President uses Twitter to divert media away from certain topics

Bigly distraction: Study reveals how Donald Trump uses Twitter to divert media’s attention away from topics that could harm his reputation By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 10:01 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 10:01 GMT, 10 November 2020 Donald Trump does indeed use his Twitter account to distract the media’s attention away from topics … Read more

Ministers should divert the money spent on Test and Trace system to local health teams

Doctors have called on the Government to divert the millions of pounds spent on the private firms behind the bungling NHS Test and Trace system to local health teams instead.  The group claim ministers have overlooked the proven ability of local health teams in containing disease outbreaks, in favour of a centralised approach reliant on … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘wants to divert billions from foreign aid budget to pay for drones and cyberweapons’

Rishi Sunak ‘wants to divert billions from foreign aid budget to pay for spies, drones and cyberweapons’ UK has a legal obligation to spend 0.7 percent of GDP (£15.8bn this year) on aid  But a review of foreign, defence and security policy could see priorities shift Sunak has told Cabinet any boost for defence will … Read more

The National Lottery will divert £300m to support Britain’s most vulnerable amid coronavirus crisis

The National Lottery will divert £300m to support Britain’s most vulnerable amid coronavirus crisis in biggest UK non-government contribution since outbreak began By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 12:21 GMT, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 12:23 GMT, 28 March 2020 The National Lottery is set to join the fight against coronavirus by distributing up to … Read more

UK firms consider installing temperature-measuring CCTV to ‘detect, divert and isolate’ sick workers

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,200 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 94,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more