Horrifying simulation shows how six feet may not be enough when jogging behind someone

Horrifying simulation reveals the dangers of jogging during the coronavirus pandemic: Viral particles from another runner could infect you even if they are six feet ahead – but staying NEXT to them may be safer A new video simulation shows two scenarios: one in which two people jog side-by-side and another in which one jogs … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: US firms not having to deal with UK bureaucracy when applying for coronavirus loans

Getting money out to small businesses is a priority for dealing with lockdown.  But it is almost two weeks since the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, unveiled the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and just 2,500 loans, worth £453m, have been made.  Given there are 5.9m small and medium firms in Britain and an estimated 300,000 applications, … Read more

Hackers home in on Zoom security to use flaws in bug bounties and sell them on the black market

Hackers are homing in on finding flaws in video conferencing service Zoom to cash in on bug bounties and even sell the exploits on the black market Hackers have been probing zoom for flaws in its security The exploits can be sold back to Zoom or even on the black market Increased interest has been … Read more

Oh no, they’ve murdered Eve! TV’s most stylish show is back, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS 

Killing Eve Verdict: Dead-cool thriller loses its flair  Rating: Gone is the pink nylon tutu with bovver boots, the child’s cartoon pyjamas — and there’s nothing remotely like the Bavarian bodice worn with a fluffy pig-face mask.  Instead, the first time we see Russian assassin Villanelle, as Killing Eve returns for a third series, she’s … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: China will now exploit coronavirus fallout

There is scant comfort for Britain and other Western democracies in seeing China – the source of the deadly Covid-19 virus – emerging so rapidly and strongly from the crisis.   The Chinese economy is already up and running again even as the US, the UK and other nations are battling to hold back the tide … Read more

Tesco defies critics to pay £900m in dividends: Boost for pension funds and 220,000 shareholders

Tesco defies critics to pay £900m in dividends: Boost for pension funds and army of 220,000 shareholders By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 8 April 2020 Tesco offered hard-pressed savers some respite as it pledged to pay a £900m total dividend.  Chief executive Dave … Read more

Director of worldwide coronavirus tracker explains why its so hard to get accurate data

The coronavirus has now spread to almost 70 countries around the world and health officials are scrambling to stop people spreading the virus among themselves. But with many patients not realizing they’re ill, and others carrying on with normal life until they are diagnosed, the fast-spreading infection is proving difficult to contain. Avoiding an infection … Read more

Married At First Sight: Stacey Hampton reveals why no law firms will give her a job

She WON’T see you in court! Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton reveals why no law firms will give her a job after she finished her degree By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:18 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 8 April 2020 Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton has revealed … Read more

Boris Johnson’s condition ‘improving’ as he battles coronavirus

Boris Johnson is ‘improving’ in hospital after two days in intensive care battling coronavirus, Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed this afternoon.  In news that will come as a relief to the nation he said that the Prime Minister had also been sitting up in bed after two nights in St Thomas’s Hospital in London.  Fronting the … Read more

Pennsylvania’s abandoned ‘Graffiti Highway’ in Centralia ghost town is permanently shut down

‘Graffiti Highway’ – Pennsylvania’s oddest tourist attraction is the latest casualty in the coronavirus pandemic. The .74- mile long abandoned stretch of Route 61 that runs through the ghost town of Centralia has been a local landmark since 1993 when tag artists saw a blank canvas on the forgotten length of cracked asphalt.   Now the … Read more