Deliveroo to serve 500,000 free meals including pizzas, salads and pasta to NHS workers

Deliveroo to serve 500,000 free meals including pizzas, salads and pasta to NHS workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak Pizza Hut has offered 350,000 of the meals that will be sent to hospitals in UK Secretary of State for health thanked Deliveroo and the restaurants for deliveries Meals will start arriving at places … Read more

Lewis Hamilton reignites planning war with neighbour David Hockney

Lewis Hamilton reignites planning war with neighbour David Hockney by proposing extension on £18m mansion ‘that will block out light at the artist’s studio’ next door Formula One champion has allegedly never set foot in the west London property  Submitted proposals for extension and a terrace at the mansion in January  Hockney and other artists … Read more

Hamilton turns down coronavirus test for ‘people who need it more than I do’

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more

What sporting stars like Neymar are up to as coronavirus pandemic shuts down sporting world

With the first weekend of elite sport suspended as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic upon us, it is not just the regular-going fans who are seeking alternative ways to spend their weekend. Sports stars all around the world have themselves turned from entertainers to keeping themselves occupied. Physical activity was of course at the … Read more

Australian Grand Prix set to be called off after McLaren team member contracted coronavirus

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

F1 drivers prepared to walk out on Australian Grand Prix due to coronavirus threat

This weekend’s Australian Grand Prix was at risk of not going ahead after a McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus and the team withdrew from the race late on Thursday night. The Formula One season opener was already under threat after Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel said the drivers were prepared to pull out of the event … Read more