Yellow storm warnings in place until Monday as heavy rain, lightning and hailstones expected to lash UK Via: UK weather – live: Thunderstorm threat to continue across weekend as drivers warned of flash flooding
Thirteen people with links to an Auckland coolstore have tested positive to COVID-19, prompting health authorities to probe whether the virus was spread on frozen food shipments. Via: New Zealand records 13 coronavirus cases overnight as cluster at meat storage facility grows
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle purchased their dream seven-acre California home from the Russian oligarch Sergey Grishin, 54, nicknamed the ‘Scarface Oligarch’. Via: How Harry and Meghan snapped up .7m dream home from Russian tycoon
France and Spain report highest post-lockdown Covid-19 cases; Trans-Tasman travel bubble ‘on pause’; Iraq reports record daily infections. Follow the latest updatesUK adds France to Covid-19 14-day quarantine listFrance says UK quarantine will lead to reciprocal measuresGreece: UK passengers barred from flights over confusing formMobile crematorium in Bolivia as deaths Read more
The suspension bridge in west London was closed ‘indefinitely’ to motorists in April last year after ‘critical faults’ were detected in the ironwork. Via: London's Hammersmith Bridge is closed amid fears it could COLLAPSE
Scientists at Imperial College London, who sent out 100,000 home anti-body testing kits to volunteers, have found that just one-in-16 people in England were infected with Covid-19 by July 13. Via: Britain still far off herd immunity as just 1-in-16 people are infected
Brooklyn Beckham has continued to fuel speculation he is already married to fiancée Nicola Peltz after he wore what many thought to be a wedding band. Via: Brooklyn Beckham sparks speculation he has already married fiancée Nicola Peltz
Book by president’s former lawyer will be released in September after justice department gag order to stop publication was droppedA teaser for Michael Cohen’s book about his time as Donald Trump’s lawyer and fixer and his fall from grace was released on Thursday, after the US justice department had issued Read more
Unesco vows to lead global effort to rescue culture and heritage of Beirut as FBI joins inquiry to investigate cause of massive port blastAbout 60 historic buildings in Beirut are at risk of collapse following last week’s devastating port explosion, Lebanese officials have warned, as the UN’s cultural agency vowed Read more
The former first lady used her podcast to also draw attention to other issues affecting women such as weight, ageing and imageMichelle Obama made a point of breaking taboos about women’s health in the latest episode of her new podcast, talking about going through menopause in the workplace, weight, ageing Read more