Essential advice on what coronavirus means for your holiday plans
Unless you’ve been living under a rock – or a 10-tonne pallet of toilet roll for that matter – Covid-19 will now be a household term. With the world avidly awaiting daily updates, many of us have been struck by inertia, not wanting to move for fear of being sneezed, coughed or spluttered upon by potential germ carriers. The idea of self-isolation is beginning to sound as appealing as a five-star beach break in the Maldives.
What Giles Duley learnt about love, hope and war after losing three limbs in Afghanistan
“The focus is always on the day I stepped on the IED but in many ways the struggles were after that,” explains Giles Duley, a photographer who lost both his legs and his left arm in 2011 as a result of a landmine in Afghanistan while out on an assignment with the US military.
Ireland v Italy: the Six Nations rugby matches postponed due to coronavirus – and when they’ll be rescheduled
The decision comes after Irish Health Minister, Simon Harris, called for the games, which were due to be played this weekend (29 February and 1 March) in Dublin, to be put on hold.
Man wanted in connection with murder of US police officer arrested in Pakistan
The man was arrested in relation to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot when responding to a robbery at Universal Travel in Morley Street, Bradford on November 18, 2005.
Brexit, D-Day and The Great US Show – 2019 in Fond News cartoons
From the loss of one of football’s greatest ever goalkeepers and one of Headingley’s greatest ever innings to a December election and the ongoing bid for Brexit, 2019 is one that will go down long in the memory. Every moment has been captured by our cartoonist Graeme Bandeira, who has picked out his favourite image from each month.
US scientists warn 400 million people could be exposed to coastal flooding by 2100
That is 40 million more than the numbers predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN organisation evaluating scientific research on global warming.
Harrogate set to take in 50 refugees as part of Government-led resettlement scheme
Earlier this year, the Local Government North Yorkshire and York committee, made up of leaders from the area’s authorities, backed the future refugee resettlement scheme from 2020/21, pending final approval from the individual councils.
10 of the best images from the stunning Sankta Lucia event at York Minster
St Lucy was martyred for her Christianity in Sicily in the fourth century, and in northern Europe her festival celebrates the bringing of light during the darkness of winter.
Amateur rugby player who drowned in pool in Ibiza 'could have fallen into the water while asleep or passed out'
Ben Crawford, 19, had been drinking heavily and had also taken cocaine the night of his death on the Spanish party island in July 2018.
