More than £150billion was wiped off the value of Britain’s leading companies yesterday as the FTSE 100 endured its sharpest one-day fall since the height of the 2008 crash. On what was termed a new Black Monday, panic over coronavirus and a collapse in oil prices sent the world’s financial markets into meltdown – sparking … Read more
Chinese driverless delivery van startup sees a surge in demand amid coronavirus outbreak as the machine stops physical contact with customers China has eased restrictions on autonomous vehicles since coronavirus Now, a Neolix, a driverless delivery service is thriving by doing tasks The technology is delivering goods and food without human contact It is also filling … Read more
As I walked into Florence’s grand Uffizi Gallery on Saturday, I braced myself for the inevitable throng of tourists scrambling past each other to get a glimpse of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Primavera. After all, the Uffizi receives some 5,500 visitors every day – each of them desperate to jostle to the front of … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and almost 90,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Bullies subject schoolboy to ‘horrendous abuse’ after one of his relatives caught coronavirus forcing classes to be cancelled Hilbre High School on the Wirral, Merseyside is one of several to close this week School said it was closing after a parent of a pupil tested positive for coronavirus Was later confirmed that a different relative … Read more
A BBC drama series will depict a ‘reverse apartheid’ society where dark-skinned people run a culture that oppresses light-skinned people. The series is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s 2001 book Noughts + Crosses – a drama set in an alternate world where Britain, known as Albion, which has been ruled by the ‘Aprican Empire’ for 700 … Read more
Can you pass the lipstick challenge? New social media craze sees women holding the beauty product with their COLLARBONES… to see if they are skinny enough The trending topic has amassed more than 200million hits within 24 hours A Chinese actress initiated the challenge and stunned fans with her figures A visible collarbone is one … Read more
Greggs on a roll! High street bakers sees 13.5% sales rise to £1.2 billion last year boosted by new vegan snacks Company had a very strong start to 2020, ‘but significant slowdown in February’ Profit before tax in 2019, when it began vegan sausage roll, up 31% to £108.3m The firm warned of a ‘significant … Read more
Estate agent Foxtons blames Brexit for lower house sales last year as the tenant fees ban eats into income sending profits down a third Foxtons’ revenues from house sales fell 10% to £32m; lettings down 2% to £65m Adjusted core profit for 2019 fell 32 per cent to £2.5million ‘Early signs’ of improvement so far, … Read more
Switzerland has today banned all ‘public and private events’ in a drastic bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. The Swiss government announced the emergency measure today and said it will last until at least March 15. Elsewhere, cases have surged again in South Korea today where 571 new infections brought the total from 1,766 … Read more