Hospital admissions for coronavirus patients have peaked in every region of England, official figures shows, as the brutal lockdown continues to drive down infections with the virus. NHS England data showed the weekly number of Covid-19 sufferers rushing to hospitals for treatment is now falling across England, in a glimmer of hope the numbers on … Read more
UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020, largely due to home working in lockdown and a love of gaming and live sport, a new report reveals. 50,000 petabytes (PB) of data were consumed across the country in 2020, compared to around 22,000PB in 2019, says BT subsidiary Openreach. One Petabyte equals one million gigabytes … Read more
Nicky Hilton is low-key casual in jaunty peaked cap and plaid jacket as she steps out in NYC By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 05:16 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 05:16 GMT, 29 October 2020 She’s a fixture on New York’s fashion and social scene. And on Wednesday, Nicky Hilton showed her sense of … Read more
Supermarket rationing when the coronavirus pandemic swept across Britain failed to work because households were not stockpiling, a new report has found today. In the four weeks before lockdown demand increased by more than 100% for soap, by 75% for soup, by 64% for cold treatments and by 45% for toilet roll. As sales figures … Read more
A third of all new cars sold globally will be electric by the end of this decade as petrol and diesel vehicles ‘likely reached their sales peak’ during the pandemic, according to a new industry report. Deloitte says some 31.1million plug-in vehicles will be bought annually worldwide by the year 2030, with the shift in consumer sentiment … Read more
Carl Heneghan, a professor of medicine at Oxford University, claims the UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown and that draconian measures were unnecessary The UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown, according to a leading expert who argues the draconian measures were unnecessary. Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, … 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
Germany today saw a sharp drop in its daily death and case toll count, sparking hope that the unprecedented coronavirus lockdown is working. Health officials recorded just 3,677 new cases – the lowest total since March 22 – and 92 deaths, the fewest single day of fatalities in a week. But Germany, which has recorded … Read more