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Earlier this evening at 9 pm Italian time, all the Italians switched off there lights at home and stood together on the streets, balconies and rooftops and held up a there mobiles phone lights, in unity. This was the amazing result. Watch the video and turn on to the lights. https://youtu.be/A_pDKAfISJI Italy is under lockdown after the outbreak of coronavirus. It is the worst affected country in the EU. *🇮🇹FlashMob ITALIA PATRIA NOSTRA 🇮🇹15 Marzo * – ore *21:00* – Tutti alle finestre per un Minuto di LUCI CON TORCE LUMINARIE LAMPADINE O ADDIRITTURA LA TORCIA DEI NOSTRI TELEFONINI 📲… Un…

Midlands 18:37: Location: The M1 northbound between junctions J20 and J21 Return To Normal: Normal traffic conditions are expected between 19:15 and 19:30 on 15 March 2020 London 12.36: Location: M25 is congestion around junction 7 to 9

Brief. BRIEF.Me During a week that has been dominated by the outbreak of Coronavirus, the Sunday papers are all focussed on the government’s plan and response to the coronavirus outbreak. The over 70s face a stay at home order,  the NHS and private hospitals are to “team-up” and the Army is set to guard hospitals and supermarkets. Spain and France are both enforcing a national emergency response. Spain has declared a state of emergency and France shuts bars and restaurants. We understand the Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a cancellation of all gatherings. In sport, Liverpool FC are about…

BRIEF – ME! – ENTERTAINMENT NEWS BRIEFING Entertainment Briefing, Catch up with this week’s top stories from the world of art, music, film and TV. In music, Niall Horan talks about his new album, his One Direction days and advice from Elton. Kendrick Lamar has been announced as Glastonbury’s third headliner for its 50th-anniversary show.  Film and TV, Corey Feldman’s documentary exposes Hollywood paedophilia. And accuses actor Charlie Sheen of rape.  British Bake Off fans have a new host! Comedian Matt Lucas announced join Noel Fielding.  Celebrity and other news, Tom Hanks and wife Rita both have coronavirus and are…

All English premier league games have been suspended until 4th April 2020. Uefa has also suspended all Champions League and Europa League games. The Scottish FA has suspended all professional and grassroots football in Scotland until further notice. The suspension of elite football in England means the England friendlies against Italy and Denmark, scheduled for 27 March and 31 March respectively, will not take place. All Premier League matches have been postponed until 3 April at the earliest because of the coronavirus. That means all professional football in England & Scotland are off including all European ties. https://twitter.com/danroan/status/1238410100785766400 The Premier…

Pakistan: Media Mogul arrested for corruption  Authorities arrested a media mogul on corruption charges on Thursday in a decades-old case. His representatives believe the charges are due to the broadcasting of several investigative programmes.  The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman- the editor-in-chief of the Jang Group. His company includes some of the biggest newspapers in Pakistan as well as the Geo television network. https://twitter.com/MurtazaViews/status/1238087650990587906 He was arrested due to land transactions dating back to 1986, accusing him of scoring illegal concessions in the purchase of plots in the city of Lahore.  In a statement, Geo denied the allegations…

A Pakistani dies in Italy, he was a foreign national living in Brescia. He became the first foreigner to die of COVID-19 in Italy. The Pakistani was a coronavirus patient in the hospital but died earlier this week, according to a spokesperson of the Pakistani Foreign Office. The Pakistani national passed away in Brescia, about a 100 kilometres from Milan, the spokesperson added. The Pakistani Consulate in Milan was in touch with the concerned family, as well as the authorities in Italy, the spokesperson said. Italy’s lock-down is unprecedented in western Europe. It aims to stop people from moving around or…

BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are –  UK’s COVID-19 approach ‘concerning’ says Jeremy Hunt after the government failed to ban public gatherings, close schools. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has been told to self-isolate after his wife tested positive for COVID-19. A Chinese official said US military may have infected Wuhan with the virus and asks ‘where is your patient zero’?  In New Zealand, flowers and messages of support have been laid outside the Al-Noor mosque in tribute to the victims of the horrific shooting, ahead of the first anniversary.  Entertainment, Brad Pitt has signed…

Breaking News Rome: Lockdown in Italy, all shops & public places are closed. The health system is under pressure but a glimmer of hope as the first man recovers COVID-19. Italy is under a national week-long lockdown on Tuesday after the government extended a travel ban from Lombardy to the entire country in a drastic bid to halt the world’s second-biggest coronavirus outbreak. Italians that are moving around must sign a form self-certifying that they are travelling for “proven work needs,’’ situations of necessity, to buy drugs or to return home. “There won’t be just a red zone,” Prime Minister…

Could Rishi Sunak be Boris Johnson’s successor? After that performance, maybe.  It was his big moment, Rishi Sunak rose to his feet in the Commons yesterday and delivered his first Budget speech. Boris Johnson had every reason to be nervous.  https://twitter.com/hmtreasury/status/1237804629531992065 Sunak’s Budget report came less than a month after Sajid Javid quit the role after a fallout with the PM over special advisers.  Few had ever heard of Sunak when Johnson handed the reigns to him giving him the second most powerful job in government.  Despite having little time to prepare a budget,  Sunak found that last week he…