London stock markets in coronavirus freefall

Coronavirus has spread from Wuhan in China to countries across the world, with more than 80,000 confirmed cases and nearly 3,000 deaths worldwide. Here is all you need to know today: – What is the scale of the problem? So far, China has reported a total of 78,497 cases, including 2,744 deaths. Outside China, there … Read more

Foreign Office has ‘no plans’ to fly British tourists home from Tenerife

None of the remaining 700-plus guests at a hotel in Spain’s Canary Islands on lockdown over the coronavirus have shown any symptoms of the virus and 130 of them have been cleared to leave the building, a spokesman for the regional government said on Thursday. The guests at Tenerife’s H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel have … Read more

Tiny deep sea crustacean named after the band Metallica 

Tiny worm-like creature that lives surrounded by metal balls in the depths of the northern Pacific is named after the band Metallica The worm-like creature – called Macrostylis metallicola – is up to 6.5mm long  It lives around 15,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean Was named after the band due to the … Read more

Video shows gunshots being fired inside funeral in Strabane Northern Ireland

Terrifying moment gunshots are fired during funeral in Northern Ireland church before screaming mourners flee for safety Gunfire was heard inside church in Strabane, west Tyrone on Thursday morning The woman giving a eulogy flees the stage while audience members scream  Two men, aged 17 and 32, were arrested and Stanley knives and a hatchet seized  … Read more

Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Lesbos to demand ‘no migrant camps’

Thousands of protesters today marched through the streets of the Greek island of Lesbos in a rally to demand the government to halt new migrant camps, a day after violent clashes left more than 60 injured. Business owners and unions called for a general strike on the island to continue, with shops shuttered for the second … Read more

14 PER CENT of coronavirus patients tested positive a SECOND time in one Chinese region

Around 14 per cent of coronavirus patients tested positive a second time in one Chinese region despite being given the all clear. A health official in Guangdong Province told The New York Times that the patients had been discharged from hospital after testing negative for the virus but then fell ill again later.  It follows reports in Japan of … Read more

London’s Congestion Charge Zone to have a 20mph speed limit from next week

Roads within the London Congestion Charge Zone will have a 20mph speed limit from Monday 2 March as part of the Mayor’s efforts to cut road deaths and serious injuries in the capital, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed today. All 5.5 miles of roads within the charging zone – which covers the same roads … Read more

Met Police deletes tweet of two battering rams after backlash over appeal to catch drug dealers

Met Police ridiculed for posting rude photo of two ‘inappropriately posed’ baton rams in bizarre tweet asking people to report their neighbours for drug-dealing The safer neighbourhoods team for Borough and Bankside tweeted the image A picture of two battering rams was posted in an appeal to catch drug dealers One social media user questioned … Read more

Donald Trump faces worst week in stock market since 2008 as coronavirus prompts ANOTHER Dow plunge

Stocks on Wall Street dropped for the sixth day in a row after a press conference by President Donald Trump after the markets closed on Wednesday failed to calm fears amid concerns of a massive coronavirus outbreak.  There have been reports of the virus in 47 countries and now the United States and Germany reported … Read more

Trail of Italian coronavirus super-spreader: Marathon runner, 38, at the heart of crisis in Europe

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more