An American airline company has sent a memo to its staff telling them not to use duct-tape to detain unruly customers following incidents where flight attendants tied up passengers. The memo from United Airlines reminded cabin crew to "address difficult situations calmly" and to use "designated items". It clearly stated: "Alternative measures such as tape […]

OPINION Any confidence that we learned our lessons from last year’s lockdown regarding mass virus testing should be thrown out the window. Having been through this process before, one would assume the Ministry of Health and its various providers would have a clear and concise plan to efficiently deliver mass Covid-19 testing to as many […]

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. New Zealand recorded 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the current community outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant continues to grow, bringing infections associated with the outbreak to 72, health officials said. Of the 21 new cases, 20 are in Auckland, the largest […]

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline are hospitalized with COVID in Chicago: Both are fully vaccinated Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized Jackson was vaccinated with Pfizer in January and urged others to get a shot ‘Doctors are currently monitoring the condition of both,’ their […]

Floyd Reese, the general manager who built the Tennessee Titans team that made it all the way to the franchise's first and only Super Bowl, has died at 73, the Titans announced on Saturday.  "This is a sad day for our Titans family," Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement. "I would like […]

‘Of course I want a leadership position’: Tom Tugendhat speaks from Europe’s new refugee front line after his electrifying Commons speech on the Afghan crisis sparked predictions he’ll be our next PM It is the speech that triggered private messages of praise from ex-presidents and prime ministers alike – and led to predictions that the […]

MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry's relationship with the Queen is “as strong as ever” a pal of the couple has said. Finding Freedom co-author Omid Scobie told a US show that the Sussexes have "nothing but love" for the Monarch. Their preferred reporter spoke about the couple's strong connection with Her Majesty while being interviewed by […]

PRESIDENT Biden is to leave Washington D.C for his holiday home in Delaware despite the crisis in Afghanistan raging on. Thousands of Americans and Afghan refugees remain stranded in Kabul following the Taliban's takeover earlier this week. Yesterday the White House confirmed that Biden would leave for Wilmington around midday today following a meeting with […]

A couple who tragically lost their son to Covid have won two huge lottery prizes in two weeks. Susan Slater and her husband, from Canvey Island in Essex, managed to win the People's Postcode Lottery twice in a fortnight, pocketing more than £30,000. The couple are planning to use their new money to remember their […]

Euro 2020 was Covid superspreader event: Nearly 2,300 fans at Wembley were ALREADY infectious and another 3,000 tested positive for coronavirus after final Euro 2020 final at Wembley was a ‘superspreader’ event, new official data shows PHE said 2,295 people were likely to have already been infectious at the July final A further 3,404 people […]