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Distressing vision has emerged of the moment a postman appears to leave an elderly woman lying on the frozen ground following a fall outside her home. A neighbour’s doorbell camera captured the interaction between grandmother-of-two Patricia Stewart, 72, and the Royal Mail employee while he was completing a delivery in …

The World Health Organisation says cases of live viruses being found on packaging appear to be “rare and isolated”, The Associated Press reports. While the virus can “survive a long time under cold storage conditions”, there is no evidence of people contracting Covid-19 from consuming food, it said. The virus SARS-CoV-2 …

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Sunday announced new anti-coronavirus restrictions for bars, restaurants and public gatherings, in a move aimed at stopping a spike in infections and avoiding a new nationwide lockdown.   Under the new rules, gyms, swimming pools, cinemas and theaters will be closed, while bars and …

Mr Raab added: “The world needs the UN. And on this anniversary we should remember it, and commit to strengthening multilateralism for the next 75 years.” The Foreign Secretary’s comments come after a speech by Boris Johnson to the UN general assembly last month, in which he said the world’s …

Royal Mail is targeting a contract worth almost £800m to spearhead mass … Here's a quick overview of the major UK developments you should be … Source link

Tokenistic gestures are being made in place of real-world action to improve the lives of black Britons, activists have complained, after Royal Mail marked Black History Month by dedicating four postboxes. The boxes were painted black and turned into billboards celebrating the stories of four prominent black people, including Sir …

LISTEN ye men of Dzimbahwe, even those foolish MaShurugwi, to these wise words. Over the last 30 years, the power of the media has grown out of all proportion to its intended purpose, which was to render to the citizen unvarnished information. In the US, as we speak, the media, …

Online retail giant Amazon is stopping sellers from sending non-essential items to its UK and US warehouses until 5 April, to make space for vital items needed by its customers during the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon wrote to its third-party sellers, some of whom use the company’s logistics to store and …