Shops sold 2.5 BILLION bottles of water in 2019 as tide of plastic shows no sign of slowing down, figures reveal Ten biggest supermarkets found to have sold 2.5billion plastic bottles of water Big stores sold equivalent of 37 plastic bottles for every person in UK in 2019 Tesco was found to be the biggest … Read more
Terrifying moment escaped ponies trot down the fast lane of the M25 at night and bring traffic to a standstill The three horses were seen trotting down the M25 near Waltham Abbey, Essex Two large ponies and a smaller horse were seen in the fast lane of the motorway Passengers in a car behind the horses … Read more
More proof England’s Covid-19 outbreak is slowing down? ONS estimates 35,200 people got infected every day last week – a rise of 26% in a week (but the speed of growth has slowed again) Office for National Statistics data is based on random swab testing of the population across England Its estimates last week were … Read more
More than a million people in Greater Manchester are living in boroughs where coronavirus infections are falling, casting serious doubts about whether a ‘Tier Three’ lockdown is really justified. Some 2.8million residents in the region will be plunged into the harshest category of restrictions at midnight on Thursday after a series of looser localised measures … Read more
Half of England’s major university towns are already coming out of the other side of their coronavirus outbreaks, analysis of official data suggests. Major university towns, defined as having more than 20,000 students but excluding London, saw infections skyrocket at the end of September when students and teachers returned to education in their droves. The arrival … Read more
Kate Ferdinand has admitted she’s been battling with insecurities and still ‘feels guilty’ for slowing down during the early months of her pregnancy. The former TOWIE star, 29, who is expecting a baby boy with husband Rio, candidly discussed battling anxiety and ‘really struggling’ during her first trimester on the Women’s Health Going for Goal podcast. … Read more
Slowing down brain activity during the ‘dreaming’ stage of sleep can help people lose weight and beat addictions, study finds During the REM phase of sleep, parts of the brain are active as if it was awake One such region is the hypothalamus, which is involved in feeding and appetite Experts from Switzerland turned off hypothalamic … Read more
Is this the beginning of the bounceback? UK economy plunge in output is FINALLY slowing as businesses find ways to operate amid lockdown – but experts warn is still mired in ‘unprecedented downturn’ Closely-watched index suggests rate of decline in the UK economy is slowing The IHS Markit PMI index still shows the situation is worse … Read more
Spain’s coronavirus outbreak is ‘slowing down’, the World Health Organisation says, despite an uptick in the daily death toll and rate of new infections today. Dr Bruce Aylward, an adviser to the WHO director-general, said after visiting Spain that it was too early to be optimistic but the crisis was ‘definitely slowing down’. Today’s figures … Read more
Investor optimism sends stocks soaring amid signs spread of Covid-19 in virus hotspots may be slowing By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:58 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 7 April 2020 Global stock markets rallied amid signs that the spread of Covid-19 in virus hotspots may be slowing. Investors seized … Read more