Crowds have flocked to beaches and parks in the sunshine today - despite a top scientist warning the fight against coronavirus is not over. Lockdown-weary sun seeking Brits headed to spots like Brighton, Southend-on-Sea and Exeter amid 15C temperatures - with pictures showing significant crowds in places. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam had used last night's No10 press conference to warn lockdown could be extended if people "relax" too much over a sunny weekend. He used a football analogy to hammer home the message that the pandemic is still very much an issue, comparing the situation to relaxing when 3-0 up - and still losing 4-3. Boris Johnson gave the nation a taste of hope this week by unveiling his roadmap - which said pub beer gardens could open as early as April 12 and all restrictions could end as early as June 21. Got a story? Email [email protected] And the number of first vaccine doses dished out in Britain has passed 19million - with experts … [Read more...] about Crowds flock to parks and beaches during 15C sunshine despite scientist’s Covid warning
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Cops discover rotting corpse of 55-year-old on sofa FIVE years after he died living in squalor
POLICE have found the rotting corpse of a 55-year-old who died on his couch FIVE YEARS ago at his home in a Spanish tourist hotspot. Officers were hit with the putrid stench of a dead body when they entered the house in the resort town of Cala Millor, Majorca, earlier this week. Concerned neighbours contacted authorities after not hearing from local man Bernat Masquida Barcelo for many years. The officers knocked on the door repeatedly and after hearing no response used a spare key given to them by one of the neighbours. After entering the property, the cops noticed a strong smell before finding Barcelo’s skeletal corpse in a mummified state lying on his sofa with a blanket over him. The man was fully dressed when he died and was surrounded by beer bottles and cigarette packets, reports say. Cops also found that he lived in filthy conditions and suspected that he had Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, which is characterised by severe … [Read more...] about Cops discover rotting corpse of 55-year-old on sofa FIVE years after he died living in squalor
Mum heartbroken as boy, 4, dies after inhaling drawing pin that pierced his lung
A heartbroken mum described how she held her four-year-old son in her arms as he died after he inhaled a drawing pin. Ayla Rutherford was getting in the shower last month when she heard her family screaming downstairs. She rushed in the room to find her husband Josh, 29, performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on their little boy, Axel. The 29-year-old still had no idea what had happened when she realised their efforts were failing as Axel lost consciousness. After rushing the little boy to hospital, doctors found Axel had not been choking but had inhaled a common household drawing pin, which had pierced through his left lung and left him unable to breathe. After a week on life support and four brain death tests, the young boy tragically passed away in his parents' arms - leaving his family to agonise over how a simple piece of stationery could have taken their boy away forever. Ayla and Josh are now warning others to throw out any pins they have in their home to prevent their … [Read more...] about Mum heartbroken as boy, 4, dies after inhaling drawing pin that pierced his lung