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French President Emmanuel Macron - who is self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus - has conceded that he made a mistake in shaking someone's hand.  The 42-year-old head of state admitted his error on Thursday, hours after the Élysée Palace announced he was ill and going into isolation – prompting frantic contact tracing across Europe to try and find others he may have infected.  There were fears that the President may have infected others, however, after a week during which Mr Macron appeared to have little interest in social distancing.  There were also accusations that President Macron had broken his own government's guidelines over six people being allowed to sit down to share a meal.  The president took a test 'as soon as the first symptoms appeared,' the Elysee Palace said in a brief statement on Thursday morning. An official added later that he was experiencing 'light symptoms' which he had started to feel late Wednesday. TODAY: French Presid

Shoppers have been photographed letting off steam with takeaway pints in central London after the capital was plunged into Tier 3 coronavirus lockdown earlier this week. The retail bonanza was too much for some, who headed to the local for a takeaway pint - newly returned to the capital since sitting inside pubs was banned under the strictest rules. People queued around the block for luxury handbags today in London's West End as shops prepared for a £5.2billion four-day spending frenzy starting tomorrow.  Pictures taken on Carnaby Street showed a couple surrounded by shopping bags as they sat on a doorstep to enjoy a couple of takeaway beers. A woman was photographed carrying a number of shopping bags as she left a Greene King pub with a pint. On Sunday, Matt Hancock plunged around 10million people in the South East into a Tier 3 shutdown with just 30 hours' notice - as he warned a new strain of coronavirus could be driving a surge in cases.  The Health Secretary told the Commo

The woman known only as Jane Doe #2 in the case that brought down the former leader of the sex cult NXIVM, Keith Raniere, has revealed her identity for the first time.  In an interview with CBS This Morning, Jessica Joan said how it was like her 'worst nightmare come to life' when she realized she had unintentionally joined a cult, and how she began to collect evidence before escaping and speaking to the FBI.  Having joined the group in Los Angeles in 2016 while in her late 20s, Joan said that she was later approached about joining the secret, women-only subsociety of the group known as DOS or The Vow.   Joan said the facade NXIVM created as a self-help organization 'started crumbling' when she was tasked with seducing Raniere and getting him to take a naked picture with her.  'Everything just started crumbling… For me, it was literally my worst nightmare come to life — that I ended up joining a cult and that the leader behind it wanted to sleep with me,' she to

A German town has began storing its dead in a mobile freezer after space in hospital morgues ran out amid a surge in coronavirus fatalities. Cemetery workers in Hanau, 10 miles outside of Frankfurt, began using the mobile freezer on Thursday, with two bodies currently inside. It comes after the country suffered a record 956 deaths on Wednesday. The toll on Thursday was 698, Germany's second-highest total of the pandemic. Those figures contributed to Europe passing the grim milestone of 500,000 coronavrius deaths on Thursday, becoming the first world region to do so.   Dead bodies in the German town of Hanau are now being stored in a temporary freezer after morgues overflowed amid a surge in coronavirus deaths Cemetery workers said two bodies were being stored in the container on Thursday, which was first brought to the town in April but has not been used until now Latin America and the Caribbean have reported 477,404 deaths, the United States and Canada 321,287, Asia 208,149, the M

A dad was left 'curled up in a ball and struggling to breathe' after a horrifying attack by a swam of wasps. Chris Whitworth was walking with his dog Cooper near Lakeland Boulevard in Townsville on Saturday afternoon when he was stung at least 45 times by the vicious insects. It was just one bite at first, but as soon as he slapped one away, dozens more swarmed his neck and face. Chris Whitworth had been walking with his dog Cooper near Lakeland Boulevard in Townsville on Saturday afternoon when he was stung at least 45 times by the tiny critters It was just one bite at first, but as soon as he slapped one away, dozens more swarmed his neck and face What to do if you're attacked by a swarm of wasps:  If you are stung you should pull out any stings left in the skin and wash the area with soap and water. Doctors recommend applying ice or a cold flannel to the site for 10 minutes and elevating the area to reduce swelling. You can also take over-the-counter remedies such as ant

The latest Tier changes   MOVING TO TIER 3  MOVING FROM TIER 3 TO TIER 2  MOVING FROM TIER 2 TO TIER 1 Devastated business owners are up in arms over the extension of Matt Hancock's Tier 3 curbs across vast swathes of southern England amid rising coronavirus cases. Around four million people are being moved into the toughest restrictions from Friday, with local restaurateurs, hoteliers and theatre owners forced to either remain closed or shutter their premises over the Christmas period. Thousands of planned family festive trips to Legoland in Berkshire, as well as Center Parcs in Sherwood, have now been thrown into jeopardy as cancellations loom on the horizon. Warner Bros Studio Tour in Watford has already closed in anticipation of the move to Tier restrictions and is extending its refund period to cover all visits from December 16 to January 3 inclusive.  But people will still be able to visit LaplandUK in Ascot as 'Santa's grottos are able to open in all tiers'. Mean