A group of researchers in Paris are planning to examine whether nicotine patches will help prevent – or lessen the effects of – the novel coronavirus. It comes after a French study found that few people hospitalized, or at home, with coronavirus were regular smokers compared to the general population. The team theorized that nicotine … Read more
A couple who first started dating at secondary school have revealed how they met and fell in love again as grown-ups – and are now set to walk down the aisle. Beth Fenwick and Steven Lyons, both 24, from Somerset, first caught each others’ eye as classmates back in 2009, and began a school romance. … Read more
Tenants are beginning to plan their next move in anticipation of the lockdown being eased, new data suggests. Demand for rental properties has bounced back 30 per cent in the first two weeks of April after plummeting 57 per cent, according to property website Zoopla. The drop in demand occurred in the last two weeks … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Lady Mary Charteris urges her 60,000 Instagram fans to follow her by starving themselves for 24 hours, claiming ‘it’s not too hard’ By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:01 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 19 April 2020 It’s not as … Read more
Coronavirus ‘immunity passports’ plan is doomed to fail after only 10 per cent of Italians have developed Covid-19 antibodies, says top health official Head of the civil protection agency Silvio Brusaferro said the ‘target is far off’ But regional governments plan on rolling out antibody blood-testing schemes Italy has registered 575 deaths over the past 24 … Read more
Ministers have been accused of ‘treating the public like children’ by refusing to discuss how they may steer the UK out of lockdown – as Scotland’s first minister Nicola Surgeon promises to set out an exit strategy next week. Alok Sharma, the business secretary, claimed that discussing an exit plan detailing how restrictions may come … Read more
NASA and the European Space Agency are teaming up on a $14 billion project to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth. The agencies outlined the ambitious plan in a virtual meeting this week that involves sending up three different spacecraft – two of which will rendezvous in Mars orbit. The first step in … Read more
Ministers could be given the green light to start planning an exit from the lockdown within ten days, the Chief Medical Officer suggested last night. Chris Whitty said Government experts hoped to have enough evidence about the transmission of the coronavirus by that point to ‘judge how we can go into the next phase’. The … Read more
Nearly three months after the coronavirus emerged in the US, Trump’s administration has a growing number of task forces, including one led by the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, but there is still no clear cut plan of action to end the pandemic and reopen the country. The delayed response to the outbreak and chaos among … Read more
MPs plan a revolt against rules that hit the pensions of older British citizens living abroad The Government groups certain policies within a single legal bundle It means pensions are stuck at rates that applied when people left the UK Anne Puckridge moved to Canada in 2001 to be near her daughter and her pension … Read more