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Stephen Drill covers organised crime, business and the politics of sport. His investigative podcasts include Mafia’s Web, Bikie’s Inc. and Faith On Trial. Drill was Europe correspondent for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and Adelaide Advertiser from 2019 to 2021. The Walkley Award winner has also worked at The Wall Street Journal in New York and The Sun in London.

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In this photo issued by 10 Downing Street on Sunday, May 10, 2020, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers an address on lifting the country's lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson announced a modest easing of the countryâ€™s coronavirus lockdown and outlined his governmentâ€™s road map for further lifting restrictions in the coming months. In a televised address to the nation, Johnson said people in Britain who canâ€™t work from home, such as those in construction or manufacturing jobs, â€œshould be actively encouraged to go to workâ€ this week. (Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street via AP)

Boris urges Brits to ‘get back to work’

Boris Johnson has revealed the first steps in getting England’s economy up and running but the British PM also issued a warning for the nation.

Coronavirus

ESCAPE: UK Drink, Mikaella Clements - London, UK - April 08, 2015: People traditionally drink beer near the pub after a working day . Picture: iStock

Great British pubs struggle under lockdown

There may soon be less places to enjoy a pint in sunny England with up to a third of pubs predicted to shutter their doors.

Royals

FILE - In this May 8, 1945 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, center, joins the royal family, from left, Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI, and Princess Margaret, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, England, on VE Day. Nazi commanders signed their surrender to Allied forces in a French schoolhouse 75 years ago this week, ending World War II in Europe and the Holocaust. Unlike the mass street celebrations that greeted this momentous news in 1945, surviving veterans are marking V-E Day this year in virus confinement, sharing memories with loved ones, instead of in the company of comrades on public parade. (AP Photo, File)

The day our future Queen escaped to party with the people

It’s been 75 years since a 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth managed to slip away from the Palace and celebrate the end of World War II with the people of London.

Coronavirus

A Qantas cargo plane lands while other Qantas jets sit on the tarmac at the international airport in Sydney, 12/06/2011 as Qantas has issued a flight cancellation order for all its domestic and International services in and out of Melbourne and Auckland, as precautionary measures due to the ash cloud from the eruption of Chile's Cordon Caulle volcano.

Trump’s COVID-19 scare as Qantas announces new flights

Donald Trump has had another close shave with the coronavirus, while Qantas has announced a number of new flights for Australians overseas who want to return home.

Boxing/MMA

Mike Tyson, center, reacts to the crowd as he leaves the ring following his bout with WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, in this June 28, 1997 file photo. Tyson was disqualified after biting Holyfield's ear twice in the third round. A report by a team of psychiatrists who examined the former heavyweight champion portrays him as lacking in self-esteem and depressed to the point that he has been taking anti-depressant drugs in the months following the Holyfield fight. However, the report says the former heavyweight champion is 'fit to box again.'' The report was ordered by the Nevada Athletic Commission as a requirement for Tyson in his attempt to regain his license. (AP). /boxing incidents

Careful what you wish for: Sonny Bill gets nod to fight Iron Mike

Rugby star Sonny Bill Williams’ football club said he is free to fight boxing legend Mike Tyson. One former boxing champ said SBW should stay well clear of Iron Mike – even at the age of 53.

Coronavirus

The Netherlands laboratory testing the University of Queensland vaccine says the Australian inoculation was at the “forefront” of coronavirus science.Viroclinics Xplore, based in Rotterdam, has been testing the UQ drug, with results expected to be made public within weeks.Caption: Scientists who work in the Rotterdam laboratory of Viroclinics Xplore. (Note they are testing other medicines - no photography allowed in the COVID-19 lab because it contains live viruses)Photographer: Marieke De Lorijn. Supplied.

Medical giant’s staggering vaccine goal

Johnson & Johnson has outlaid plans to get vaccine trials up and running by September and the number of shots the pharmaceutical behemoth plans to have ready is astounding.

ExclusiveCoronavirus

31/01/2020: Professor Trevor Drew, Director of the CSRIO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory, in Geelong, with Experimental Scientist Christina Rootes. The facility will be undertaking research on the coronavirus. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Hackers a threat to vaccine developers

Vaccine manufacturers may become the main targets of hackers as the race for a coronavirus cure heats up, the head of the CSIRO’s biosecurity lab has warned.

News

(FILES) In this handout file photo taken and released on April 29, 2020 by 10 Downing Street, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen recording a video message for Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday, inside 10 Downing Street in central London. - Doctors treating Boris Johnson for coronavirus prepared to announce his death after he was taken to intensive care, the British prime minister said on Sunday, May 3, in his first detailed comments about his illness. (Photo by Pippa FOWLES / 10 Downing Street / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / 10 DOWNING STREET / PIPPA FOWLES" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

British PM’s global push for $14bn vaccine slush fund

Boris Johnson will hold a virtual meeting online, and demand countries around the world pull together to pool both their cash and their top scientists in the race to find a vaccine.

Royals

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 07, 2019 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leaves after paying her respects during a visit to the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in central London on November 7, 2019. - Prince Harry's wife Meghan will make an instant start to life away from Britain's royal frontline by narrating a new film about a family of African elephants, Disney announced on Thursday. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Royals’ post-Megxit book details revealed

It has been billed as the real story behind Megxit. Now, the title of an explosive biography about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s departure from the royal family has been released.

ExclusiveCrime in Focus

Italian mafia’s plan to sink drug profits in Australia

Europe’s most powerful mafia has shifted its targets to Australia and the AFP has joined Interpol to smash the organised crime clan, which has already infiltrated Melbourne’s food industry.

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