Stop – the crazy world
Image copyright Reuters A cluster of five positive Covid-19 cases has been confirmed in the NHS Forth Valley area.The health board’s test and protect team has identified a list of close contacts who are now self-isolating.Five businesses where the individuals either worked or visited have also been named.They are The Village Inn, Tesco and GS…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Coach Thompson is credited with boosting minority representation in basketball Coach John Thompson, who led the Georgetown University Hoyas basketball team to victory at the 1984 national championship, has died aged 78.Thompson, who was the first black coach to win the title, is credited with boosting minority representation in…
Image caption It is estimated that perinatal mental illness affects up to one in five women The mental health of new mothers is being put at risk, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland.They said a “postcode lottery” of services – coupled with the coronavirus pandemic – is adding strain to an already…
Image copyright Foreign & Commonwealth Office Image caption Richard Morris was British High Commissioner to Fiji Police searching for a missing British diplomat have found a body in a forest in Hampshire.Richard Morris, from Bentley, was last seen running in Alton in the county on 6 May.Hampshire Constabulary said officers had discovered a body in…
Image caption The Banham Poultry factory in Attleborough has been partially closed Hundreds of poultry workers and their households have been urged to self-isolate following a Covid-19 outbreak at a factory, officials say.Ninety-six staff at Banham Poultry in Norfolk have tested positive for Covid-19, a rise of 21 since Thursday. So far 477 of the…
Caleb Ewan has won stages in all three Grand ToursCaleb Ewan produced a dazzling sprint finish to win stage three of the Tour de France as Julian Alaphilippe held on to the yellow jersey.The Australian Lotto Soudal rider timed his sprint perfectly into a strong headwind in Sisteron to squeeze past Peter Sagan and snatch…
Image copyright Richard Swingler Image caption An estimated 3,000 people were at the event in the Dulais Valley in Neath Port Talbot Eight people have now been fined up to £10,000 after an illegal rave that attracted 3,000 people, with arrests also made for public order offences and driving under the influence of drugs. The…
Almost 900,000 migrants arrived in Greece back in 2015, but the sympathy and welcome shown by some Greeks has now largely evaporated.The government is determined not to allow the country to be seen as a gateway to Europe and is actively deterring new arrivals.The numbers of people coming from Turkey into Greece over land and…
