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Emmanuel Marcon appeared to consider a very coronavirus unfriendly greeting for Boris Johnson as the two leaders met for talks in Downing Street today. The French president – whose country insists on only one metre social distancing – briefly appeared to want to hug the Prime Minister as they greeted each other outside No10. But … Read more
MPs’ fury as betting giant dodges £3.5million fine for death of addict who was given a £400 ‘bonus’ just hours before taking his own life Chris Bruney, 25, took his own life hours after being plied with £400 of bonuses He lost £119,000 in the five days before his death but was still allowed to … Read more
Ric-ow-chet! Unlucky pedestrian dodges out-of-control vehicle tyre – only for it to bounce back off a bus stop and send her sprawling Pedestrian manages to narrowly avoid flying tyre when walking down busy road The fast-moving tyre hits a bus shelter, flies off and hits her in back of the head CCTV footage captured the … Read more
Workers need to be freed from furlough and allowed to go back to work safely to ‘earn their pay packets’, Boris Johnson said today amid anger over plans to ‘wind down’ the Government’s wage support scheme. The Prime Minister spoke out following reports Chancellor Rishi Sunak will next week announce how he intends to reduce the scale of … Read more
Gavin Williamson tonight dismissed calls to spell out an ‘exit strategy’ from coronavirus lockdown – despite claims ministers want schools to reopen after May 11. The Education Secretary defied a growing clamour for clarity, insisting he could not ‘give a date’ for pupils to get back to the classroom. The comments came amid the first … Read more
Terrifying moment biker has a narrow escape when pick-up truck spins across the road towards him Motorcyclist driving along highway when oncoming bike cuts off a pickup truck Vehicle swerves out in to the other lane missing the bike’s front wheel by inches Incident occurred in the Surat Thani province of southern Thailand By William … Read more
Squirrel squares up to deadly Cape cobra and dodges its lightning-fast strikes in astonishing encounter Cape ground squirrel leaps at cobra and distracts it with its tail, video shows Terrifying encounter was filmed in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa Safari guide Dave Pusey, 41, said it was the first time he had seen a fight … Read more