Sales of paddling pools and barbecues have skyrocketed in the lead up to the Easter weekend as Brits prepare for a sun-drenched lockdown in the back garden after police threatened to stomp out all non-essential travel. Sunny forecasts for the weekend has seen sun loungers and parasols sell out on online websites, as officers warned … Read more
Lockdown UK turns to drink and Disney: Booze sales soar as 23m sign up to the new streaming service By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 9 April 2020 Life under lockdown has driven us to spend more nights in front of the telly with … Read more
Suicides soar to record levels in England with over 1,400 recorded in just three months – up 25% in two years The Office for National Statistics is finalising suicide numbers recorded in 2019 Early figures claim the end of 2019 saw the highest suicide figures for 19 years Men in their early 50s were most … Read more
The jets may be grounded – but your air miles can still soar (and you don’t even have to leave your home) Use airlines’ online stores for larger purchases in order to boost your air miles A little-known Tesco Clubcard trick lets you earn a large number of air miles You can earn extra BA Avios … Read more
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits last week has shot to a record 6.6 million – as layoffs increased amid the coronavirus pandemic and more states enforced stay-at-home orders. New claims for unemployment benefits rose to 6.65 million in the latest week from the 3.3 million the previous week, according to figures … Read more
UK coronavirus bailout bill is set to SOAR after firms ‘furlough half their staff’ – as Rishi Sunak plans ANOTHER rescue package for business amid growing fears companies are unable to access the loans they need New survey of business suggests there is a massive take up of furlough scheme Some 44 per cent said … Read more
New York state now has 75,795 cases of coronavirus – an increase of 9,298 since Monday – and 1550 have died, Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed on Tuesday as he admitted ‘no one knows’ when the pandemic will end and said the entire country ‘underestimated it’. Speaking at a wide-ranging press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo … Read more
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in America exceeds 100,000, a number of major cities are emerging as worrying potential hotspots. While New York remained the worst hit city in the U.S., Americans braced for worsening conditions elsewhere, with worrisome infection numbers being reported in New Orleans, Chicago and Boston. Dr. John Brooks of the … Read more
All is calm on Locarno’s Piazza Grande, until a boy in an AC Milan strip boots a football on to our cafe table. Crash go the cups of espresso macchiato. Mamma mia! ‘Scusate signori!’ pleads the wee culprit. I kick his ball back before we stroll down to the waterfront, passing chic shops under colonnades. … Read more
Every pandemic in history has had its share of miracle potions and magic cures, most of which, sadly, have been anything but. Nonetheless, there is a real sense of the miraculous about the contraption sitting before me in a factory workshop on the outskirts of Worcester. It is the prototype of a mass- production hospital … Read more