Month: April 2020

Fears for health of Briton stuck in Florida prison coronavirus ‘death camp’ Florida’s governor is facing diplomatic and legal pressure to release a British inmate imprisoned for 33 years for a crime he denies, after the coronavirus turned his jail dormitory into a ‘death camp’. Five guards and two inmates have tested positive for the virus…

Few places on the planet are more at risk from the climate crisis than south Florida, where more than 8 million residents are affected by the convergence of almost every modern environmental challenge – from rising seas to contaminated drinking water, more frequent and powerful hurricanes, coastal erosion, flooding and vanishing wildlife and habitat. If…

There wasn’t a whole lot of “just popping out for a walk” from Terry Virts during his six months in confinement. The three times he managed it, he required hours of preparation, some hefty manoeuvring and a million-dollar suit with a built-in life support system. Back indoors, getting along with some of his room-mates required…