London will be plunged deeper into lockdown within days – and potentially with just 12 hours’ notice – amid fears the ‘superspreader city’ is driving the UK’s coronavirus outbreak. After the daily death rate doubled to 33 yesterday, residents in the capital are set for tighter restrictions on their movements – with signs the government … Read more
Coronavirus panic has sparked violence in France with shoppers filmed brawling over keeping a safe distance in supermarket queues, while others panic-buy baguettes. Two shoppers were filmed brawling outside a supermarket in the commune of Viry-Chatillon in the southern suburbs of the French capital Paris yesterday. In the video, two men are seen scrapping in … Read more
‘This is so far beyond absurd’: Today Extra host Sylvia Jeffreys slams panic shoppers and reveals her sister had to mail her baby Panadol from Brisbane By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:54 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 11:54 GMT, 19 March 2020 Sylvia Jeffreys has slammed panic shoppers in the wake … Read more
Windrush scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’ and the Home Office let down victims because of ‘systemic operational failings’, damning official report finds The long-awaited Windrush Lessons Learned Review was finally published today Review commissioned in 2018 after migrants wrongfully detained or deported Home Office had branded thousands of legal UK citizens as illegal immigrants The … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Katy Perry was pictured out in Los Angeles on Wednesday alongside her fiance Orlando Bloom. The pregnant singer, 35, was seen heading to Whole Foods with her other half, 43, amid advice to practice social distancing and stay away from crowds. The couple were joined by Perry’s sister Angela and another male friend as they picked up some … Read more
Injecting the century-old tuberculosis vaccine straight into the veins could make the shot far more protective. In research conducted on monkeys, scientists found that there was little to no inflammation in the lungs of those that received the vaccine straight into the bloodstream compared to today’s skin-deep shot. What’s more, the majority of primates who received … Read more
BBC Director-General Lord Hall has not ruled out a further delay to the end of the free licence fee for over-75s. The universal benefit was due to end on June 1 but was pushed back until August 1 as a result of coronavirus. Asked whether it could be delayed further if the crisis is not … Read more
Gin distilleries across Britain have switched to making hand sanitiser in a bid to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Distilleries from Dundee to London have shifted their production lines to make hand gel after shortages were reported across the country when the virus began to gather speed earlier this month. People across Britain … Read more
The ‘fantasy movie’ landscape of one of the most isolated and remote regions in the Himalayas has been revealed in a series of incredible pictures. They were taken by Lithuanian explorer Darius Radkevicius in Upper Mustang, a semi-autonomous region of Nepal that only opened to tourists in 1992. While there he took part in a … Read more