Games Workshop shares march higher after the Warhammer creator hands out £5m in staff bonuses (again) and sales surpass £250m Games Workshop shares jumped 5% on Friday after the firm updated the market It said it has handed out more than £5million in staff bonuses this year The firm said it expects its full-year sales … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more
The loyalty penalty is costing motorists £1.2billion a year in higher premiums, with costs rising 22 per cent in just six months, new data shows. Some 4.7million drivers have insurance policies that automatically renewed, with many now asking legal steps to be taken to stop the practice, according to Go Compare Car Insurance. Motorists have … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll could be 80% HIGHER than official figures show because of a delay in how fatalities are recorded Department of Health and Social Care had declared just 926 deaths by March 27 This was 78 per cent lower than the 1,649 deaths recorded by NHS England If the ratio has followed same … Read more
Women could be at a higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer if they do not eat enough fibre, research suggests Study by Harvard University finds fibre crucial nutrient in fighting breast cancer Women with high fibre 8% less likely to get breast cancer than those with lowest Fibre protects by controlling the blood … Read more
Bus firms’ shares revved higher after the Government offered them a further bailout package. Companies will receive £167m of funding over the next three months on the condition that they keep running up to 50 per cent of their services in England. The rescue comes on top of another promise of Government support, worth £230m, … Read more
Italy’s death toll from the COVID-19 virus is far higher than reported ‘because the country cannot spare resources to test every dead body’, a report has claimed. Italy first emerged as the European epicentre of the virus before rocketing to become the country with the most deaths from infection globally. Their death toll currently stands … 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
Spain has suffered its worst day yet as 838 die from coronavirus as the country’s death total soars to 6,528. It surpasses the death toll for the previous 24 hours, announced yesterday morning by six. Only Italy’s single-day death tally is worse than Spain’s – with 969 dying there from coronavirus in the 24 hours … Read more
Li Wenliang, 34, died from coronavirus in China. He was one of a group of doctors in China’s virus epicentre who shared posts on social media warning of a Sars-like virus spreading in the city in December. Front line medical staff and priests appear to be more likely to fall seriously ill or die from coronavirus, … Read more