Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, said statistics are starting to show the ‘beginning of change’ and that Britain’s coronavirus crisis did not appear to be accelerating The UK’s top scientist today offered the public a glimmer of hope that the strict coronavirus shutdown is having an effect after official statistics revealed the … Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, said statistics are starting to show the ‘beginning of change’ and that Britain’s coronavirus crisis did not appear to be accelerating The UK’s top scientist today offered the public a glimmer of hope that the strict coronavirus shutdown is having an effect after official statistics revealed the … Read more
A woman who forgot her entire life after a nosebleed triggered a rare disorder had to do a real life 50 First Dates with her boyfriend of two-and-a-half years – as she had not recollection of being with him. Sophie Clayton, 26, from Surrey, suffers from functional neurological disorder (FND) – a condition where signals between the … Read more
Investors will be glad to see the back of the first three months of 2020, after the coronavirus outbreak meant that the first quarter of the year proved brutal. In the UK, the month of March saw some of the biggest daily drops in the FTSE 100’s history, but the second biggest one-day fall on … Read more
Matt Hancock admits Britain won’t have all its new ventilators up and running by the time coronavirus peaks in 10 DAYS Ventilators are needed in intensive care for patients who struggle to breathe The virus is expected to peak between a week and ten days from now Health Secretary said the country was on track to … Read more
Cancer survival rates will fall if coronavirus crisis causes delays to diagnosis and treatment in coming months with tumours becoming ‘inoperable’, warns leading expert Professor Charles Swanton, Cancer Research UK chief clinician, issued warning Suggestion that surgeries, screenings and diagnoses are being delayed In some cancers there is a 90% survival rate if the disease … Read more
Oil prices fall to 18-year lows of under $21 a barrel as coronavirus outbreak hits demand By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 Oil prices fell to 18-year lows of under $21 a barrel yesterday as the coronavirus outbreak hit demand. Fears … Read more
Get ready to switch accounts…your savings rates are set to fall By Lindsay Cook, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:58 GMT, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 28 March 2020 Many savers can expect a round of brutal interest rate cuts to their accounts from this week – after the Bank of England base … Read more
Italy’s coronavirus death toll has jumped by 683 to 7,503, a decline in the daily tally of fatalities following a spike yesterday. On Tuesday 743 people died, following 602 deaths on Monday, 650 on Sunday and a record of 793 on Saturday – the highest daily figure since the deadly bug emerged in the country on February … Read more
A scaffolder who claimed to be a disabled ‘recluse’ after a fall at work has been left without a penny’s compensation after Facebook posts showed him playing football with a dog and stepping into a nightclub scrap. Leroy Baker, 51, from Erith, Kent, sued for over £150,000 saying multiple fractures suffered in a 30-foot fall … Read more