Legendary investor Warren Buffett once remarked: ‘Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.’ The so-called Sage of Omaha was referring to investors who get found out when the stock market is tumbling and the economy is crashing. Richard Wilson, the boss of giant investment broker Interactive Investor, has a … Read more
Everything around football is up in the air. The season has been suspended for weeks and it is unclear when – and if – it might return. As time goes on, there are more voices calling for the campaign to be called off amid the coronavirus crisis. They do not seem to factor in the … Read more
Shocking footage has revealed the chaos inside New York hospitals, with desperate doctors begging for more ventilators and medical equipment to help them tackle the growing crisis as the city’s death toll surged past 1,000 in the last 24 hours. New York state recorded 76,049 confirmed coronavirus cases by the end of Tuesday and 1,550 … Read more
Ministers are being told to get a grip on coronavirus testing as the health secretary closes a loophole that left thousands of its unused and a vast NHS swabbing station stood deserted. Matt Hancock tonight intervened to end the embarrassing situation in which the number of tests carried out is short of capacity. A source … Read more
‘This is STILL how I have to travel to work’: Furious NHS nurse tweets snap of packed Tube while fury at Sadiq Khan grows as life-threatening chaos rolls into SECOND week of coronavirus lockdown Network busy again today – on day seven of lockdown – with people packed ‘like sardines’ on Tube and buses London … Read more
The RAF could be called in for a a massive coronavirus rescue mission to bring stranded Britons home this week, it was claimed today. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to announce a huge repatriation effort as early as tomorrow amid mounting fears over safety. RAF voyager transport planes could be deployed to bring UK … Read more
Working in an NHS hospital, you get used to gruelling 13-hour shifts that leave you wrung out from exhaustion. Yet somehow, even when things are difficult, my colleagues and I have always coped. Until now. A doctor on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus response has shared their day-to-day experience as the number of cases in … Read more
Chaos for the housing market as banks stop mortgage lending and Michael Gove tells home-buyers ‘don’t exchange contracts’ Michael Gove urged people to stay put and not move house during pandemic Lenders have also stopped mortgage lending, throwing housing market in chaos Moving companies are cancelling jobs during crisis, making moves impossible Coronavirus symptoms: what … Read more
Demand for gold is soaring as investors seek a safe haven from market chaos Demand this month is heaviest since early 2009, says BullionVault Number of investors opening new accounts is nearly three times that of last year Over the past year, the price of gold in pounds has increased by nearly 30% By Jeff Prestridge … Read more
As a clinician for the NHS 111 medical helpline, I have had to talk a mother through an unplanned home birth, diagnose a heart attack and decide whether to send the only available ambulance to a baby with breathing difficulties or a man with chest pain – while fending off abusive callers, some of whom … Read more