Lewis Walker

Ahmaud Arbery was on a residential street in February when he was confronted by the pair.
BBC News – US & Canada

Covid-19 could linger for years and “smoulder in transmission hot spots”, the WHO warns.
BBC News – Africa

Bangor – Northern Ireland in Under Five Minutes

As usual, we here at Five Minutes Spare are desperate to explore the mean streets of Bangor, desperately seeking the dirt. By which, of course, we mean the […]

A quick guide to Yangon
Yangon is by far Myanmar’s largest and commercially important city, with the population of its greater metropolitan area (circa is estimated to be somewhere between 6 and 7 million. Up to […]

Airports and flights have been either cancelled or due at a different date, there are a few planes going out and some coming in but overall most of the flights are cancelled due to the most recent outbreak known […]

The PM has said there will be very “limited” changes to the lockdown, and if at any time the Coronavirus cases rise too rapidly, he will re-impose the tough measures. 

He has been warned by the Scottish PM that […]

Currently the virus is everywhere, over 3,000,000 people have had this virus and over 1,000,000 have recovered from it and are here to tell the tale, however the virus in some cases are average and can be done at […]

Stranger Things star Millie Bobbie Brown has donated £15k to various charities supporting front line staff.

She showed her appreciation for the massive sacrifices the workers are all making by splitting her […]

Scientist have Italy have reportedly developed a vaccine that has the potential to kill the Coronavirus.

Takis Biotech, in Rome, are the ones developing the vaccine, which has been tested on mice so […]

Mobile operator O2 and Virgin Media are going to merge company’s and create the UK’s largest entertainment and telecoms firms! These two firms have now agreed terms to join up and become a great firm. O2 is one of […]

Gwent Police have said that a man has sadly passed away, and two others have been injured following a water buffalo attack in Wales.

The 57 year old man in question sadly died from his injuries, whilst a […]

Lockdown has been going on for a while now, the reasoning being that the virus is still not slowing down as much as the UK think it should be. 6,000+ more cases yesterday (06/05/2020) and over 600 deaths once […]

Specialist school travel company PGL is refusing refunds for cancelled holidays.
BBC News – Business

Shady Habash, whose video mocked the president, “mistook hand sanitiser for water”, prosecutors say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan President Maduro says US-backed “mercenaries” tried to oust him, a claim the US denies.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Angela Merkel says “the very first phase is behind us” as the coronavirus lockdown is eased.
BBC News – Europe

The UK records a further 649 deaths, taking the total number of coronavirus deaths to 30,076.
BBC News – UK

“There’s never been an attack like this,” says the US president, blaming China for failing to stop it.
BBC News – US & Canada

A man is sentenced to hang for murder after a virtual court session amid the coronavirus pandemic.
BBC News – Africa

Five Minutes Spare goes to Londonderry & Yes! Derry and Londonderry are the same place!

Asides from settling that long-pondered question, we wanted to take a traditional Five Minutes Spare look at this fabled […]