McDonald’s stops serving takeaway meals at ALL UK and Ireland branches due to Covid – but will offer drive-thru and deliveries By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 08:10 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 08:18 GMT, 6 January 2021 McDonald’s is closing all its 1,300 restaurants across Britain for walk-in takeaway after England was plunged … Read more
The SOS signal that saved two international students who were lost in the outback for two days without food or water after getting their car bogged – as their tale of survival is told for the first time The students bogged their car in outback in a remote part of South Australia Pair etched ‘SOS’ … Read more
Pregnant women who catch Covid may pass on the virus to their babies as some infants test positive within hours of birth, study shows Some babies develop COVID-19 within hours of their birth, according to study Five out of 139 newborns from infected mothers were diagnosed within hours Confirming Covid-19 transmission from mother to newborn … Read more
Students are in limbo today after ministers agreed to axe BTEC exams – but left it up to schools to decide – just hours before the first tests were due to begin across the country. The U-turn came hours before under-fire Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faces the Commons after finally confirming that GCSE and A-level exams will … Read more
In the 1980s, ‘Freeway’ Ricky Ross built a crack cocaine empire that extended from his Los Angeles base to over 40 cities around the country. ‘I was one of the richest guys in LA,’ Ross said in a new documentary. Reportedly a millionaire by 23, Ross was raking in so much cash – about $900 … Read more
Democratic Rev. Raphael Warnock won his Georgia Senate run-off race against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, NBC News was first to call. Additionally, Democrat Jon Ossoff overtook Republican Sen. David Perdue in the early hours of Wednesday morning, making it likely President-elect Joe Biden would be working with a Democratic-led Senate. ‘We were told we couldn’t … Read more
Trump supporters and members of the Proud Boys clashed with police in the nation’s capital on Tuesday night, one day before Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. Police attempted to contain the crowd, who hurled abuse at the officers stationed in the streets, and accused them of failing to protect the constitution. … Read more
President Donald Trump cried out voter fraud as the Georgia Senate run-off races look more favorable to Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff as Tuesday night progressed. ‘Looks like they are setting up a big “voter dump” against the Republican candidates,’ Trump wrote. ‘Waiting to see how many votes they need?’ the president tweeted around … Read more
The Georgia Senate run-off races are turning into nail-biters. The night started with Democrats Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock holding large leads that substantially narrowed. Since then, Sen. David Perdue, who is facing Ossoff, has pulled ahead, while Sen. Kelly Loeffler, pushed in front of Warnock. Originally, a number of GOP-heavy areas hadn’t reported, as … Read more
Donald Trump furiously claimed Tuesday night that Mike Pence can overturn the election result single-handed in Congress Wednesday – and denied the vice president had told him he could not. The president issued a statement after the New York Times reported that Pence had told him over lunch that he had no constitutional power to ‘decertify’ … Read more