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‘Is Carrie cutting Boris’ hair with a pudding bowl?’ Concern grows over PM’s unruly locks as stylists claim it looks as if he tried to cut his hair himself and his aides admit he’s neglecting it to focus on Covid crisis The PM’s aides have admitted Mr Johnson’s locks have got ‘out of control’ No … Read more
McDonald’s worker hurls protective plastic screen at customer who threw straws in her face in ugly spat in south east London Video is believed to have been taken at McDonald’s in Penge, south east London The customer, who isn’t wearing a mask, throws handful of straws at the worker Member of staff shouts ‘get out’ … Read more
Out of odour! Unruly air passenger shoves his foot under a fellow traveller’s nose and tells her to smell his sock after she complained about him taking off his shoes Man was sitting with his legs crossed on his seat on a plane in China The woman next to him told him to stop sticking … Read more
An attorney for one of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd has reiterated his request for the trial to be moved, saying all four defendants were threatened by ‘violent rioters’ after a hearing in the case. Attorney Thomas Plunkett, who represents former officer J. Alexander Kueng, filed a memorandum … Read more
Mahershala Ali will play first Black heavyweight champ Jack Johnson in upcoming six-part HBO series titled Unruly Series is based on the 2004 documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson and the corresponding book HBO began developing the series in 2013 Show will present ‘an unapologetically Black, no-holds-barred telling’ of the boxer’s … Read more
Unruly Chinese tourist forces a peacock to pose for a picture with her by clutching onto the bird’s feathers A video shows a woman grabbing a peacock violently for a snap at a Chinese zoo Another visitor who was present reportedly plucked some of the bird’s feathers Came after the same park saw another peacock … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK LIVES OF HOUSES editors: Kate Kennedy and Hermione Lee (Princeton £20, 304 pp) Since mid-March, most of us have been spending more time at home than ever before. Our dwellings have become half sanctuary, half prison; however much we are longing to leave, there is the ever-present fear that setting foot … Read more
Police officers now have powers to enforce staying at home and avoiding non-essential travel, as of 1pm on Thursday. As a result, people who continue to flout coronavirus lockdown rules will be breaking the law and could be arrested or fined. Officers can use ‘reasonable force, if necessary’. What is the law called and where … Read more
A grandmother was dragged out of court today by police after being cleared of kicking a Swiss Air pilot who her daughter bit and scratched – but has been spared jail. Henrietta Mitaiare, 23, was let off with a four-month suspended jail sentence this afternoon, despite attacking Swiss Air Captain Guido Keel when the flight … Read more