South Africa converts shipping containers into morgues as nation struggles to bury Covid dead

Shipping containers have been converted into overflow morgues for the dead in South Africa, where a mutant variant of coronavirus has driven a second spike.   As mortuaries reached capacity, the country’s largest undertakers, AVBOB, distributed 22 refrigerated shipping containers to its funeral homes.   Coffins marked ‘highly contagious’ line the inside of the containers, where AVBOB … Read more

Former Bachelor star Alex Nation announces she is pregnant to her new tradie boyfriend Carson Jory

Former Bachelor star Alex Nation announces she is expecting her first child with tradie boyfriend Carson Jory… one month after going public with their romance By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:07 GMT, 31 January 2021 | Updated: 15:10 GMT, 31 January 2021 Former Bachelor star Alex Nation has announced she is expecting … Read more

Boris begins work on roadmap out of lockdown: PM hopes to present plan to the nation in mid-February

Britain is on course to vaccinate 30million people by March, it emerged yesterday as Boris Johnson began work to lead us out of lockdown. The chief executive of AstraZeneca, which manufactures the Oxford jab, said he was confident the UK rollout would accelerate. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Pascal Soriot backed the … Read more

Why gaffes – and an unhealthy, ageing nation – are to blame: BEN SPENCER analyses

Why gaffes – and an unhealthy, ageing nation – are to blame: BEN SPENCER analyses why Britain’s Covid-19 death toll is so high By Analysis By Ben Spencer For The Daily Mail Published: 23:03 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 23:19 GMT, 26 January 2021 Britain has the world’s highest death rate per person – … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Boris Johnson addressing the nation

For Boris Johnson this was his darkest hour. A moment for sombre reflection, as haunting as the sounds of muffled drums and Chopin’s funeral march. The grim news that had broken just moments before – that the death toll from the pandemic had surpassed 100,000 Britons – had left the Prime Minister visibly shaken. His … Read more

Australia goes a WEEK with zero coronavirus cases across the entire nation

Australia has gone a week without a single community transmission of Covid-19, as other nations across the world continue to buckle under the strain of the virus and its ever changing and increasingly dangerous mutations.  While a day without any local cases may seem impossible for other countries battling the virus, for Australia it is … Read more

Tom Hanks reflects on the ‘hopes and dreams’ of a nation in rousing inauguration speech

‘Tonight we ponder the United States of America’: Tom Hanks reflects on the ‘hopes and dreams’ of a nation in rousing inauguration speech as he welcomes 46th President Joe Biden The actor was chosen to give an opening speech at the Celebrating America inauguration special on Wednesday evening Hanks called for peace and union after … Read more

P.E Nation founder Pip Edwards shows off her trim and toned pins

P.E Nation founder Pip Edwards shows off her trim and toned pins as she relaxes in her office after a busy day running her activewear label By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:26 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 07:26 GMT, 21 January 2021 Pip Edwards activewear brand P.E Nation made $20million last … Read more

Master woodcrafter and sculptor Tim Stead’s home is saved for the nation after 11th-hour campaign

The stunning home of master woodcrafter and sculptor Tim Stead has been saved for the nation – after an 11th-hour fundraising campaign helped raise £450,000. The Tim Stead Trust had almost given up hope of raising the cash needed to buy the late artist’s home, which is furnished in sculpted wood made by Stead himself … Read more

ABC denies ‘supporting’ Bachelor Nation star James McCoy Taylor’s participation in the Capitol Riots

ABC has denied showing any form of ‘support’ for Bachelor Nation star James McCoy Taylor’s recent participation in the Capitol Riots in Washington, D.C. A source close to the ABC told E! News on Tuesday that claims made by Taylor earlier this week regarding the network and its producers were ‘unequivocally false.’ ABC was directly referencing … Read more