Podcast maker Audioboom sees turnover rise 40% in the first quarter

Podcast maker Audioboom sees turnover rise 40% in the first quarter but warns advertising revenue could be hit by coronavirus By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:59 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 7 April 2020 Audioboom has long been backed by property tycoon Nick Candy (who is married to actress … Read more

Britain’s water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years due to climate change

Britain’s water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years as climate change leads to milder winters and endangered ducks and waders become more reliant on protected wetland sites Volunteers survey British wetlands every month to assess population numbers The British Trust for Ornithology has been running the bird survey for 70 years  Its results … Read more

FTSE suffers worst quarter since 1987 as virus sends shares tumbling

Not a great start to the year! FTSE suffers its worst quarter since 1987 as coronavirus crisis sees shares tumble By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:21 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 23:22 BST, 31 March 2020 Britain’s stock market has suffered its worst run for more than three decades as the … Read more

Around a QUARTER of some NHS forces are off work to self-isolate

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

Quarter of Britons could be tested for coronavirus to shorten lockdown period

One in four Britons could be tested for coronavirus to try to shorten the lockdown. In a sign that ministers have finally accepted the urgency of mass testing, officials have agreed deals to buy 17.5million kits for use by mid-April.  They hope to identify contagion hotspots as well as people who are immune. Britain is currently … Read more

Prostate deaths hit record high of 12,000 after soaring by more than a quarter in less than 20 years

Prostate deaths hit record high of 12,000 after soaring by more than a quarter in less than 20 years – while the breast cancer toll dropped by 1,600 in the same period Ageing population is main reason older men are more likely to develop disease  Delays in diagnosing prostate cancer mean it’s spotted when it’s … Read more

Caffe Nero customer slams chain for £4 panini with ‘one strip of bacon and a quarter of a sausage’

Fuming Caffe Nero customer slams coffee chain for serving £4 all-day breakfast panini with ‘one strip of bacon and a quarter of a sausage’ Rosanne Emma Hassall was given panini containing a few tiny fragments of meat She ordered the ‘all day breakfast egg, bacon and sausage’ at Manchester airport Picture shows panini with shredded … Read more

Quarter of Italy’s population is quarantined

A quarter of Italy’s population has been put under lockdown in a desperate bit to stop the spread of coronavirus. The killer disease has gripped Italy where the number of cases rose by 1,247 in the last 24 hours – its biggest daily increase in cases since the outbreak began – taking the total to 5,883.  … Read more

Almost a QUARTER of all pregnancies in England and Wales resulted in an abortion in 2018

One in four pregnancies in England and Wales are ABORTED, new figures show Some 24% of pregnant women had termination in England and Wales in 2018 At the same time, the conception rate tumbled to its lowest level since 2014 Number of teenagers becoming pregnant fell by more than 60% since 1999  By David Wilcock, … Read more

More than a QUARTER of the world’s oceans need protecting urgently

More than a QUARTER of the world’s oceans need protecting urgently ‘to give marine species space to live free from human impacts’, scientists claim At least 26 per cent of oceans should be given special conservation protection  To provide safe spaces for sea species they suggest an area of 3.3 million miles  Researchers mapped the … Read more