Vandals torch children’s playground in Oldham that had been closed to stop COVID-19 spread

Children are being selected at random to have swab tests for Covid-19 at home.

Staff at a care home have been suspended over footage showing them doing wheelies in a wheelchair and dancing on furniture at a VE Day party.

Oldham Council has launched an investigation after care home staff were filmed dancing on chairs and doing wheelies on a wheelchair.

2 min read Turkish officials, led by President Recep Erdogan, have banned children from drawing a rainbow and hanging pictures on window panes as it is considered a worldwide LGBT conspiracy.

The actor whose performance as a fictional Turkish president on Netflix's Designated Survivor has led to a real-life political row has weighed in on the controversy. Netflix last week removed season 2 episode 7 of the political thriller series from its Turkish service after the government in Ankara claimed the show, in which Troy Caylak plays a villainous, fictional Turkish leader called Fatih Turan, violated its censorship laws.

Countries across Europe are slowly starting to loosen their lockdown restrictions, as the globe tries to take baby steps into a return to normality.

After three seasons of Designated Survivor, there's one lesson to be learned: You don't mess with the independent-minded president Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland). Unless you're the real government of a real country, that is.

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By Nick Vivarelli

A mum has warned parents to be on the lookout for symptoms of a syndrome which is feared could be linked to covid-19.

Donald Trump with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead