Vandals torch 5G mast leaving 2,700 without phone or broadband in third Chelmsford attack this year

Arsonists torch 5G mast to leave 2,700 without phone or broadband as Covid conspiracy theorists are blamed for third Chelmsford attack in a year Arson attack took place in early hours of Sunday morning in Chelmsford, Essex Damage meant thousands working and learning from home did not have internet Engineers are still on site and … Read more

Youths torch Dutch Covid testing centre amid fiery anti-lockdown protests across Europe 

Youths torched a Dutch Covid testing centre and an effigy of the Danish Prime Minister was set alight in fiery anti-lockdown protests sweeping across Europe.  The testing facility in the village of Urk in the Netherlands went up in flames on Saturday night with its burnt-out shell remaining cordoned off on Sunday. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, … Read more

Protesters torch Christmas tree in Albania amid riots over ‘fatal police shooting’ of man

Protesters torch Christmas tree outside interior ministry in Albanian capital amid riots over the death of man ‘shot by police during coronavirus curfew’ Police fired teargas at hundreds of Albanians tonight who flocked to Tirana  They are demonstrating against the ‘fatal police shooting’ of Klodian Rasha, 25 Rasha was allegedly killed on Tuesday by a … Read more

Black Lives Matter activist who tried to torch Union Flag is let off

Astrophel Sang, 19, was filmed using a lighter to try and set the flag on fire during protests  A photography student who tried to torch a Union Jack on the Cenotaph during a Black Lives Matter protest walked free from court today. Astrophel Sang, 19, was filmed using a lighter to try and set the … Read more

Arsonist accidentally sets his trousers on fire while trying to torch two cars outside family home 

Arsonist accidentally sets his trousers on fire while trying to torch two cars outside family home The arsonist was trying to set fire to cars outside home in Golcar, West Yorkshire Laura Hunsley awoke to find the suspect trying to break into one of her cars West Yorkshire Police said initial enquires are ongoing into … Read more

iPhone tricks you never knew about: From torch brightness to ‘degrees’ symbol in your keyboard

Tech-savvy people have discovered the little-known features on an iPhone that many never knew existed – including a hidden degree symbol in the keyboard and a ‘secret’ setting to adjust the brightness of your torch. Here, FEMAIL has rounded up the handy shortcuts on the touch screen that will enable you to get the most … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Who’s afraid of the dark? A corpse buried with a torch!

London Kills Rating: Putin: A Russian Spy Story Rating: Yikes, the gaffer isn’t looking too good. DI Bradford was sweaty, shiny-skinned and unshaven, as London Kills (BBC1) returned. The gruff detective has a sackful of secrets in his private life — is coronavirus one of them? His teenage daughter Carly discovered the truth on an … Read more

Gerard Butler brushes off coronavirus concerns as he takes part in Olympic torch relay in Greece

Gerard Butler brushed off concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic as he took part in the Olympic torch relay in Greece.  The Hollywood actor, 50, was seen lighting the torch and carrying it through the streets of Sparta on Friday, as the run went ahead in the Greek city.  Gerard was clad in official uniform for … Read more

Olympic torch relay could be scaled back over coronavirus fears

Japan’s Olympic torch relay may be scaled back because of the coronavirus outbreak, organisers admitted today amid growing doubts about the Games. The symbolic torch is due to arrive in Japan next month before it is taken on a 121-day journey through some of the country’s most famous landmarks.  Chief executive Toshiro Muto says the … Read more