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The coronavirus pandemic has created an 'existential threat' to central London, mayor Sadiq Khan warned today.   In an interview, the mayor admitted that the change in working life brought about by the pandemic 'keeps him awake at night', particularly the fear that more commuters will choose to work in the suburbs rather than the city.  It comes amid surveys which have suggested that people who have worked from home since March would now be reluctant to go back to their long commutes into packed city centres.  Separate data has reveled a rise in house prices in suburbs around the capital, with people moving out of flats and city accommodation for more space outside London.  Surveys have suggested that people who have worked from home since March would now be reluctant to go back to their long commutes into packed city centres Sadiq Khan has admitted he fears that the pandemic has created an 'existential threat' to central London Mr Khan told the Observer New Rev

Around 2,000 Britons who live and work at ski resorts could be forced to return home after the government revoked an agreement allowing them to work in the EU after December 31.  The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has withdrawn from the Eurotest, the common training test that Britain helped to develop which qualifies ski instructors in Europe.  This means that top level ski instructors can remain in the EU but all others will have to return to the UK after December 31.  As a result many instructors are hastily trying to complete the test - a giant slalom time trial - before the end of the year.  Among those affected are Natasha Edwards, 31, and Emma Spruce, 26, who have spent years teaching tourists and thousands of pounds to prepare for a final test which might not even count for anything.  Natasha Edwards, 31, from Cheltenham, and Emma Spruce, 26, from Fareham. The women have had their hopes dashed by the Government's decision to withdraw from Eurotest M

New South Wales now has stricter covid restrictions than Victoria and business groups have put the NSW Premier on notice that they want more freedom now.  Victoria is now open for business with a raft of new relaxations that went further than Premier Daniel Andrews had foreshadowed in the big easing on Sunday night.  NSW still has the four-square-metre rule in play for restaurants and pubs with no timeline on when that will change. However, small venues in Victoria will have the distance relaxed to two-square metres indoors with a cap of 50 people in total.  Celebrity chef and restaurateur Luke Mangan wants NSW to open up Businesses have told NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian that they want more freedoms in the important trading period leading up to Christmas The hospitality industry is now lobbying for New South Wales to ease the four-square-meter rule in time for the Christmas rush.  Chef Luke Mangan who owns restaurants in Sydney and on P&O cruise ships said doubling capacity und

President Donald Trump did not ask Michigan Republican lawmakers to 'break the law' or 'interfere' with the election during a meeting at the White House, a legislative leader said Sunday, a day before canvassers plan to meet about whether to certify Joe Biden's 154,000-vote victory in the battleground state. Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield was among seven Republican legislators who met with Trump for about an hour on Friday, amid his longshot efforts to block Biden's win. Afterward part of the group was spotted by a reporter sipping Dom Perignon at Trump's D.C. hotel property.  'There was this outrage that the president was going to ask us to break the law, he was going to ask us to interfere, and that just simply didn't happen,' he told Fox News of the highly unusual meeting.  House Speaker Lee Chatfield and Rep. Jim Lilly were photographed on Friday night indulging in a bottle of Dom Perignon at the hotel's Benjamin Bar & Lounge Th

A secluded community on Hawaii's most 'inaccessible' island is the last coronavirus-free county in the United States - 155 years after the region was used to isolate patients with Hansen's disease, or leprosy. Nestled on the island of Moloka‘i, the 12 residents of the Kalaupapa settlement of Kalawao County, which has 75 residents, have so far escaped the ravages of the coronavirus.   The county has recorded a shocking zero cases and zero deaths throughout the entirety of the pandemic - a commendable feat as the U.S. reports 12million cases and 255,000 deaths.  ABC 7 said that in May, 231 of the country's 3,143 counties had remained case free since the first report in January. Hawaii's Kalawao County is the last US county to have zero coronavirus cases and zero deaths amid the pandemic  Pictured: Hawaii state officials assist visitors at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Honolulu But by October, that group had shrunk to just

An elephant has been rescued following a 14-hour operation after it fell down a well in India.   Video footage shows rescue staff and villagers in southern India hoisting the elephant out from the bottom of a 55ft-deep well on November 20.  A team of 50 lifted it out using a crane and belts and placed it safely on the ground to cheers from the 100-strong crowd watching. A team of 50 lifted it out and placed it safely on the ground to cheers from the 100-strong crowd watching Video footage shows rescue staff and villagers in southern India hoisting the elephant out from the bottom of a 55ft-deep well on November 20  A farmer in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu heard the cries of the animal in the well on November 19 and alerted local authorities.  Despite the depth of the well, the water inside was shallow and was pumped out to make it easier to access the 25-year-old male elephant. The rescue team checked the elephant was healthy before he was then sedated by a vet and lifted ou

Rep. Devin Nunes has claimed former President Barack Obama is President-elect Joe Biden's 'overlord' and called for a special counsel to take over the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe. Nunes, a California Republican and staunch ally of President Donald Trump, appeared on Fox News Channel's Sunday Morning Futures in an interview with host Maria Bartiromo.  'President Obama is the only president that I know that only moved about a mile from the White House – set up shop, has all his people there,' Nunes said, referring to the Obama family's rented mansion in Washington DC. 'Most of his people were promoting Kamala Harris to run before she bombed out, wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, and then they propped up Joe Biden,' Nunes claimed. Nunes, a California Republican and staunch ally of President Donald Trump, appeared on Fox Business Network's Sunday Morning Futures He claimed former President Barack Obama is President

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is being considered for President-elect Joe Biden's Transportation secretary, but his racial justice record will have progressives mad with that pick.  Fox News Channel pointed out Sunday that detractors will point to the 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager, which Emanuel's administration was accused of covering up so he could be elected for a second term.  One of Capitol Hill's top progressives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, already warned The New York Times earlier this month that she'd be against Emanuel joining the new Democratic administration.  Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago who served in the Clinton and Obama administrations, is being considered for President-elect Joe Biden's secretary of Transportation, but progressives don't like his record on racial justice  The October 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald will likely come back to haunt Emanuel, whose administration was accused of burying t

President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the U.S. economy, not save the planet. 'To protect American workers, I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one-sided Paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the United States,' Trump said in a video statement from the White House to the Group of 20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia.  His comments came during a discussion among the world's largest economies on safeguarding the Earth. President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord Sunday during the virtual G20, saying that the climate agreement, which President-elect Joe Biden plans to rejoin, was designed to destroy the America economy  Trump left the G20 early and went golfing Sunday, which has been a regular weekend activity since he lost the election, though the president continues to refuse to concede to Biden   President Donald Trump is

Among  the expenses uncovered by the Mail investigation were thousands of pounds from the public purse thrown around with seeming abandon.  Here are six jaw-dropping examples: LIFE IN THE FAST LANE Civil servants earmarked almost £4,500 of public money to enjoy a day out at the racing track in Northamptonshire. It is unknown if the money was to have gone on a hospitality package, a driving experience or a day watching Formula One.  F1 hospitality has a range of options, the most exclusive of which is The Paddock Club experience. This overlooks the pit lane, providing views of the start and finish lines plus pit stops. Civil servants earmarked almost £4,500 of public money to enjoy a day out at the racing track in Northamptonshire. Pictured: Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone in 2008 It is unknown if the money was to have gone on a hospitality package, a driving experience or a day watching Formula One. Pictured: Catherine Zeta-Jones at Silverstone last year Combined with entertainment, gour

Australians could be able to book an overseas trip within months with coronavirus vaccines set to arrive in January. Tourism minister Simon Birmingham anticipated that international travel would resume in 2021, but will hinge upon the effectiveness of the vaccine. Senator Birmingham said overseas travel in the first six months of the year 'may be challenging' but there was a good chance of a resumption in the latter half. 'The manufacturing rollout, distribution, uptake, all the other factors that come into how it is that a vaccine could change the way we look at things around this pandemic,' he told Sky News' Sunday Agenda program. Australians could be able to book an overseas trip within months with coronavirus vaccines set to arrive in January (Pictured: Passengers boarding at Sydney airport) Health authorities are seen testing people in cars at Victoria Park COVID testing centre in Adelaide The Australian government had supply agreements with several of the comp