As the world remains in the grip of a deadly coronavirus pandemic, officials are questioning why Britain has failed to implement similar draconian measures seen in other countries. While Italy is in total lockdown, America shuts its doors to travellers from Europe and the streets of China are desolate, the UK appears to be carrying on … Read more
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
‘THWACK!’ ‘THUD!’ ‘PUT THAT THING DOWN!’ The tented Elephant Camp at Elephant Hills. Fiona says it’s the ideal jungle starter holiday for those who prefer to wake without crippling back pain and like to have somewhere to hang their clothes Majestic elephants at the Elephant Hills’ elephant park in southern Thailand, which borders the wilds of Khao … Read more
NASA astronauts have started growing human cells aboard the International Space Station to help understand the production of human tissue in low gravity. 250 test tubes containing adult human stem cells were sent aboard the SpaceX CRS-20 resupply mission that arrived at the ISS this week. Scientists say that due to the weightlessness on board … Read more
Lisa Rinna of Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills is almost unrecognizable as a blonde for photo shoot that also sees her in pink, red wigs By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 17:17 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 17:18 GMT, 12 March 2020 Lisa Rinna of Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills is almost unrecognizable as … Read more
For Emma Williams-Tully and her husband Dan, the news that they were expecting a baby was even more emotional than for most newlyweds. Emma had been told many times by doctors that she may never have children – because she suffers from a debilitating and painful condition which causes cells from the lining of her … Read more
When psychic Sylvia Browne wrote that a ‘severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe’ in the year 2020 little did she know how eerily prophetic it might become. However 12 years on from the prediction, conspiracy theorists have taken to the work of fiction to find the answers and are now claiming that the author’s … Read more
The FTSE 100 dramatically fell by nearly £150billion today as it lost 11 per cent of its value on the biggest intraday fall since the 2008 financial crisis. Investors in London continued to be rattled by the World Health Organisation’s upgrade of the coronavirus outbreak to a global pandemic as markets plunged. The index of … Read more
Britain at its best: Drinks by the dram and crumbling cathedrals in Scotland’s whisky heartland The Daily Mail’s Hugo Brown visited Moray, an hour-and-a-half west of Aberdeen He stayed at Dalvey East Lodge, a cottage which sleeps six, in Forres Pubs here have menus of whisky longer than their wine lists, says Hugo By Hugo … Read more
WHAT CAUSED THE HEATWAVE? The heatwave was triggered by the build-up of high pressures over Europe over the past few days, leading to the northward movement of warm air from Europe over the UK. ‘At this time of year southerly winds will always lead to above average temperatures,’ said University of Reading meteorologist Peter Inness. ‘Air from … Read more