Screening began on Tuesday for the 3,700 aboard the cruise liner after a Hong Kong passenger who sailed on the vessel last month tested positive for coronavirus. Via: 'Multiple' passengers on quarantined Coronavirus cruise liner off Japan DO have the illness
Die Europäische Kommission will EU-Ländern mehr Mitspracherecht bei der Aufnahme neuer Mitglieder in die Staatengemeinschaft geben. Gleichzeitig soll ein neues Belohnungs- und Bestrafungssystem für Beitrittskandidaten entstehen. Via: So will die EU-Kommission den EU-Beitrittsprozess verändern
Britain has told citizens to leave China, New Zealand is the latest country to airlift people out of Wuhan and Nike is latest multinational to warn about the economic impact. Follow all the developments hereBritain advises nationals to leave China How to protect yourself from coronavirusCould the US travel ban Read more…
The president is due to address both houses of Congress at 9pm ET less than 24 hours before his expected acquittal by the Senate• Iowa caucus results – live 1.59am GMT The Supreme Court justices have arrived to witness the State of the Union, although five of the nine justices Read more…
Former Detective Inspector Dominic O’Brien, 52, had resigned from Sussex Police in 2006 over explicit exchanges sent to the widow and 15-year-old daughter of a crime victim. Via: Disgraced cop spared jail after telling undercover officer he wanted to rape 11-year-old girl
SARAH VINE: With no warning or justification, some satanic sub-department of Highways England decided that all our old motorways had to be upgraded to shiny new ‘smart’ ones. Via: SARAH VINE: Smart motorways, smart phones, smart homes… why are they all so dumb?
Photos of Harvey Weinstein’s naked body were passed around to stony-faced jurors at the end of Tuesday’s court session at his rape trial in Manhattan, leading some to laugh. Via: Harvey Weinstein jurors shown photos of the producer's naked body
Corporation faces cut in income if plan goes ahead following public consultationThe BBC is facing deep funding cuts under proposals to stop prosecuting people for non-payment of the licence fee as the government launches a consultation on the issue.Ministers acknowledged that any change would inevitably result in a reduction in Read more…
‘If the Conservative Party fails to discipline Mr Kawczynski, it runs the serious risk of the public assuming that they share his views on association with such people’, Board of Deputies chief says Via: Jewish leaders call on Tories to discipline MP who shared stage with notorious far-right figures
Suspicion continues to surround drowning of partygoer at TV star’s Essex mansion 19 years ago as deceased’s father implores him to ‘come clean’ about what really happened on night of 31 March 2001 Via: Michael Barrymore: New documentary investigates mysterious death of Stuart Lubbock in star's swimming pool