Lockdown UK: Boris Johnson’s coronavirus address to the nation in full

Boris Johnson tonight put the UK into a state of coronavirus lockdown as the government tries to stop the spread of the deadly disease.  The Prime Minister told everyone they must stay at home and that they can only go outside for food, medicine, exercise or to go to work if ‘absolutely necessary’.  Meanwhile, all … Read more

‘The worst is yet to come’: Spanish PM tells nation to prepare for ‘hard days ahead’

‘The worst is yet to come’: Spanish PM tells nation to prepare for ‘hard days ahead’ as Madrid exhibition centre is transformed into giant hospital – while coronavirus death toll hits 1,381 with 25,496 cases Spain’s Prime Minister says the country will be pushed to its limits by Covid crisis Pedro Sanchez says Spain will … Read more

Liam Gallagher entertains the nation with hilarious champagne SOAP-ernova hand-washing videos

He was the Oasis frontman, whose voice is synonymous with their smash hits including: Wonderwall, Supersonic and Champagne Supernova. And, Liam Gallagher, 47, entertained the nation with hilarious Champagne Soap-ernova hand-washing videos on Saturday, filmed at home in his kitchen amid the UK-wide coronavirus lockdown. The singer took to Twitter to share black and white … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak trying to reassure nation on coronavirus outbreak

We were promised a bazooka. What we got, instead, was a volley of howitzers, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. Chancellor Rishi Sunak was summoned to the front-line in the Government’s assault against the coronavirus yesterday. His orders: to deploy every weapon in the Treasury’s arsenal to keep Britain’s economy above the water line. Generous cash grants, … Read more

HENRY DEEDES on Boris Johnson’s emergency coronavirus address to the nation 

Breathless Boris Johnson had his oratory dial set to ‘rousing’: HENRY DEEDES on the PM’s emergency coronavirus address to the nation By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 00:21 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 01:24 GMT, 10 March 2020 Film buffs will know there comes a point in every science fiction disaster movie … Read more

DR MAX: Don’t be a nation of Corporal Joneses – we all need to calm down about coronavirus 

They are scenes reminiscent of a zombie movie: photographs and TV footage of people pushing trolleys up and down supermarket aisles in a frantic search for ‘necessities’, only to be confronted with empty or ransacked shelves. But it’s not the desperate survivors of an apocalyptic invasion by the Walking Dead who’ve swept through Tesco, Lidl … Read more

Jay Z’s company Roc Nation backs lawsuit against ‘barbaric’ Mississippi prison

Jay-Z’s entertainment company Roc Nation is backing a lawsuit alleging that inmates are held in “barbaric” conditions at a Mississippi prison. The class-action lawsuit, published by CBS, was filed on behalf of 152 inmates. It names as defendants several officials from the state department of correction and from the facility. At the heart of the suit … Read more