Your vital coronavirus questions answered

What is the Government’s plan? Officials want to delay the peak of the outbreak. They can no longer contain the virus – it has arrived and is spreading through the population. In a worst- case scenario, 80 per cent of people will become infected.  By telling people to self-isolate for even the mildest symptoms, they … Read more

Your questions on Donald Trump’s travel ban answered

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type … Read more

Coronavirus and travel insurance questions answered

Britons looking forward to trips abroad in weeks and months ahead are nervously watching what happens with coronavirus. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has advised against all travel to Hubei Province, and against all but essential travel to the rest of mainland China. If you’re in China and able to leave, you should do so, the FCO … Read more

Man, 38, destroys Virgin Mary shrine in Mexico because ‘his prayer for a miracle was not answered’ 

Man, 38, destroys Virgin Mary shrine in Mexico because ‘his prayer for a miracle was not answered’ A parishioner identified as Juan wrecked a Virgin Mary religious embroidered  artwork that was covered by a glass case at a church in Mexico The suspect, identified by Guadalajara police as Jorge, threw two rocks and broke the glass protecting Our … Read more