BORIS Johnson has formally divorced his second wife, QC Marina Wheeler. Ms Marina Wheeler, 55, a mum-of-four, applied for a decree absolute in February to end the 27-year marriage – and the divorce was finalised in May. Who is Marina Wheeler? Marina Wheeler was born in Berlin, Germany, and is of half English and half […]

The North Korean leader’s disappearance prompted intense speculation about his health and even claims he had died. He remerged on Saturday with state media publishing photos and videos of him cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony of a fertiliser plant. But some people have claimed it is not Mr Kim in the images and […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Worshippers are returning to the Western Wall in Jerusalem as Judaism’s holiest prayer site gradually reopens under eased coronavirus precautions. But now they are themselves being walled-off. Under revised rules, up to 300 visitors at a time are being allowed to access the Western Wall, a remnant of two ancient Jewish temples […]

With two bank holiday weekends in the calendar for May, Brits are hoping for a repeat of April’s sunny bank holiday scorchers.This week some parts of the UK could see temperatures over 20C, but forecasters predict the warm weather will be temporary with a cold snap en route. Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna told the […]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s success in curbing the coronavirus has given it a “safe haven” advantage, allowing the country to be open for investment, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday. With just two new infections this week, New Zealand has held down community spread of the virus after a strict lockdown brought social […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand on Wednesday reported one new coronavirus case and one new death, a senior health official said. The death was of a 69-year-old Australian male who was a hotel manager in the southern province of Phang-nga, said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, spokesman for the government’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration. The new case of […]

Three people are dead in what police believe is a double murder-suicide in Strathcona County. At around 6:14 a.m. Monday, RCMP responded to a 911 call of a man with a firearm at a home in the area of Township Road 520 and Range Road 222. Police asked people to avoid the area and some […]

The staff and volunteers at the BC SCPA in Fort St. John are very busy lately taking care of an injured dog and her nine little puppies. They don’t know exactly what happened to the mother dog, now named Nova, but she was brought to a local vet after a Good Samaritan found her and […]

Winnipeg police and the Manitoba RCMP are warning the public of a convicted sex offender with a long rap sheet who was released on Monday. Curtis Leroy George, 28, was released from Stony Mountain Institution after serving a sentence for criminal harassment. He was handed a two-year sentence for stalking, following, harassing and exposing himself […]

Blanket reopening of schools next month would be ‘far too risky’, says Dominic Raab as he warns over second wave of the coronavirus Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said reopening schools would risk another peak He outlined the government’s phased approach to opening UK schools again It came after Nicola Sturgeon said Scottish schools wouldn’t open anytime […]