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Sweden’s health experts misjudged the resurgence of Covid-19 and ‘didn’t see such a wave in front of them’, prime minister Stefan Lofven has said. Medical advisers ‘talked about different clusters’ but did not recommend tough measures to contain a second wave, which in fact has infected nearly 250,000 people in the autumn and winter, Lofven … Read more
Retired Swedish academic, 89, is killed in a fire at her semi-detached £750,000 Norwich home as police arrest a teenager who knew her Vera Croghan was found dead after a fire at her home in Unthank Road today A man in his late teens who knew her was arrested and questioned by police Mrs Croghan used … Read more
Swedish police have dropped charges against a mother suspected of holding her son captive for 28 years after he admitted being able to come and go as he pleased. The 70-year-old woman was arrested earlier this week after the man, now 41, was found inside her filthy Stockholm flat, covered in sores and with no … Read more
A mother has been arrested and accused of keeping her son imprisoned for 28 years at her flat in Sweden. Medics were called to the apartment, in Stockholm, on Sunday after a suspicious relative broke in and found the woman’s son, now 41, locked inside. The man was severely malnourished, had sores and open wounds … Read more
Snow is falling steadily. It’s -15c, my hands are frozen and the icy windburn is cutting into my face. But I’m having the time of my life driving a sled hauled by six husky dogs across classic Arctic terrain. In front of us is a large frozen lake. Our instructor is far ahead on his … Read more
BT awards Swedish telecoms group Ericsson the second major contract to supply kit for its 5G network By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:06 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 28 October 2020 BT has awarded a Swedish firm the second contract to supply kit for its 5G network … Read more
Swedish cites finally face coronavirus lockdowns… but authorities say they will be VOLUNTARY with ‘strong recommendations’ to stop going to bars and doing non-essential activities Parts of Sweden hardest-hit by Covid could face localised, voluntary lockdowns Stockholm, as well as Uppsala and Jamtland, recorded rising infection rates Marks a change for the country which previously … Read more
Migrant mafia gangs are terrorising Sweden’s streets with a surge of bombings and murders, forcing police chiefs in one of Europe’s most liberal countries to admit they are losing their grip on law and order. Just five years after the country welcomed refugees with open arms, criminal clans from the Middle East, north Africa and … Read more
Shocking moment brutal thug sucker punches woman on a Swedish street as another man howls with laughter WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A Swedish woman was knocked to the ground in an unprovoked attack in Malmo The assailant stood on the side of the pavement waiting for his victim to pass As the woman walked by, the … Read more
Peter Madsen on May 31, 2017, in Copenhagen Peter Madsen was well-known in Denmark before his arrest as an inventor who dreamt of exploring worlds beyond. The 47-year-old grew up in the small town of Saeby, 60 miles west of Copenhagen. His parents divorced when he was six and Madsen went to live with his … Read more