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Good news for reunion BBQs…Britain will enjoy 79F heat from tomorrow

Good news for reunion BBQs…Britain will enjoy 79F heatwave from tomorrow making it hotter than Benidorm – after nation is battered by heavy rain and winds at start of weekend Britons will finally be able to reunite with loved ones from Saturday after Boris Johnson eased lockdown rules The PM allows two households to merge […]

Plumber tumbles into customer's flowerbed after tripping on plant pot

Watch your step! Hilarious moment plumber tumbles into a customer’s flowerbed after tripping over plant pot Ricky Cooper, 42, was filmed falling in a flowerbed after stepping on a plant pot  The plumber from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was dropping off keys after a job The video has so far been viewed more than one million times […]

South Korea to extend virus guidelines on prevention, sanitation

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will extend prevention and sanitation guidelines against the coronavirus until daily new infections drop to single digits, the health minister said on Friday, failing which he warned of a return to tough social distancing measures. The announcement came as such cases persist in the mid-double digits following a series of […]

Trump preps executive order urging ‘the opposite’ of defunding police

President Trump says he’s preparing an executive order that encourages police to adopt the “most professional” use of force standards — while urging “the opposite” of defunding cops. Trump teased his policy response to the Minnesota police killing of George Floyd during a Thursday visit to Texas, saying he wanted people to “work together” on […]

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 12

North Korea says sees no improvement in relations to be made by maintaining Kim-Trump ties North Korea on Friday said it sees no improvement in relations to be made by maintaining a relationship between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, the state news agency KCNA reported. The US policy proves Washington […]

Turkish court jails US consulate employee

A Turkish employee of the US consulate in Istanbul has been sentenced to almost nine years in prison for aiding a terrorist organisation. Metin Topuz was arrested in 2017 and accused of having links to an “armed terror group” that Turkey blames for a failed coup the previous year. He was jailed for eight years […]