Video footage shows the moment a crowd of sailors applaud and wave their captain off the ship after he was relieved of command for raising concerns about an outbreak of coronavirus on board. Captain Brett Crozier was ousted from his duties on Thursday (2 April) after he wrote to Navy commanders outlining his concerns about […]

5G masts have been set on fire following a conspiracy theory that radiation has had something to do with the global spread of the novel coronavirus. The rumour began after people started claiming that Africa hasn’t been as affected by Covid-19 as it is not a 5G region – but the World Health Organisation has […]

Everybody is learning to cope with Covid-19 – and being under lockdown as a result – in different ways. Whether it’s by reading or binge-watching TV series, painting the living room or having virtual FaceTime or Zoom parties with their friends, people have been finding ways to get through these lonely days of self-isolation. In […]

A woman who dropped her phone into the River Thames surprised to miraculously find it in the water two months later. Oh, and stranger still – it still worked. Thayse Bussolo-Vieira, 29, had been feeding the swans in early February when her brand new iPhone 8 slipped out of her pocket, tumbling down into the […]

This year’s Grand National may have been cancelled due to the coronavirus, but today’s virtual version of the race will give you a chance to experience some of the usual thrills. Hell, there’s nothing stopping you getting dressed up all smart, necking a bucket-load of booze and burning £100 in your living room – and […]

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told Brits to stay at home this weekend, saying we must ignore the good weather as the nation ‘cannot afford’ to relax the social distancing measures currently in place. In the government’s daily coronavirus briefing, he said: “For now, the only way to protect yourself and your family from this […]

People have been left feeling a little baffled by the background of Prince Charles’ home as he gave a televised speech, having clocked a strange picture behind him – in which it looks as though someone has been ‘cut out’. Prince Charles joined the throngs of people currently using video calls to communicate, having dialled […]

An Indian farmer had his life saved by surgeons after he fell from his tractor and into a plough – which ripped his face off. Seriously, it’s exactly as horrendous as it sounds. Kisan Pawar, 36, was turning the heavy vehicle around on the edge of his field on 25 March when the whole thing […]

A woman who took part in a NASA-funded experiment in the 1960s revealed she became so close to the dolphins she was working with that one even tried to have sex with her. Margaret Howe Lovatt recalled how one dolphin used to ‘rub himself’ on her knee, hand and foot, explaining: “It was sexual on […]

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world, there are still some people who are trying to make a profit out of the situation. One such man from Brooklyn, New York, claimed he was infected with the coronavirus and coughed on FBI agents who were investigating him for hoarding medical supplies. According […]