A Second World War hero who was part of the famous Damusters squadron has died after contracting coronavirus. Kenneth Law Sumner, 96, passed away at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary on April 2 after suffering a short illness and testing positive for Covid-19. It comes after two bishops from the same church in Wolverhampton were also … Read more
Cake Box becomes latest company to donate goods to NHS staff By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 3 April 2020 Cake Box has become the latest company to donate goods to NHS staff. The bakery chain’s franchisees have given away 1,000 cakes, 2,000 cupcakes … Read more
Two High Street chains with 4,500 staff collapse as they become latest victims of coronavirus crisis By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 Two High Street chains with 4,500 staff collapsed yesterday as they became the latest victims of the coronavirus crisis. … Read more
British infantry in Arnhem The Dutch and the British have a long tradition of both rivalry and friendship, yet it is striking how little we know of their country beyond Amsterdam. The Netherlands, situated right in ‘the cockpit of Europe’, is rich in history for visitors looking for more than just a gentle break among … 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
BREAKING NEWS: Channel Seven’s long-running drama Home and Away is the latest TV show to be SHUT DOWN over coronavirus fears By Shannon Shipley For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:30 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 12:43 GMT, 22 March 2020 The set of hit TV drama Home and Away has been shut down over … Read more
A Labour candidate’s father and darts player’s wife of 48 years have become the latest named victims of coronavirus. Ali Milani, who stood for Labour in the prime minister’s constituency last year, said his father died this morning, eight days after the virus was diagnosed. And heartbroken Liverpool fan Geoff Martin, from Warrington, Cheshire, wrote … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s employment support package will cost the taxpayer billions of pounds a month, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said tonight. IFS director Paul Johnson said the final cost to the Exchequer of paying up to 80% of the wages of workers whose jobs were under threat from the coronavirus outbreak was ‘unknowable’. … Read more
Mike Ashley’s Frasers becomes latest retailer to warn on profits due to ‘significant disruption’ from coronavirus outbreak Frasers no longer expects profits to grow by the 5 to 15% in the year to April The retail group also dropped its forward guidance due to the uncertainty Last year Frasers made profits of £287.8million Coronavirus symptoms: … Read more
Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford is told toremove ‘Blackie’ from new book cover over publisher’s racism fears Barbara Taylor Bradford says book title Blackie and Emma has been scrapped She accused publishing house HarperCollins of pressuring her to change title Customers feared to misinterpret name Blackie for term of derision or insult Taylor Bradford alleged publishers … Read more