As a young girl, Natalie Cumming listened to her aunt’s harrowing accounts of surviving unimaginable horrors in brutal Nazi death camps – and how her most cherished possession became her only chance of survival That violin means everything to me. My family survived only because of it Pulling her thin top around her for warmth, … Read more
Miracle twin girls defied five per cent survival odds when doctors performed life-saving surgery while they were in the womb. Matilda and Felicity Harvey had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, where one twin receives more blood supply than the other. Keziah Harvey, 30, and her husband Jordan, 33, were told at 16 weeks pregnant that it was unlikely … Read more
Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins owner Arcadia Group escaped administration last month after its landlords and other creditors eventually gave it the green light to do seven CVAs – one for each of its brands. The controversial (but now commonly used) restructuring process means that the High Street fashion giant owned by Sir Philip Green and … Read more
Hope for childhood brain cancer: Scientists believe they could DOUBLE survival time by blocking a gene that helps deadly pediatric tumors grow and spread Researchers studied mice programmed to develop glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer They discovered a gene that fuels tumor growth and binds together different forms of RNA, which carries instructions from … Read more
Cancer survival rates will fall if coronavirus crisis causes delays to diagnosis and treatment in coming months with tumours becoming ‘inoperable’, warns leading expert Professor Charles Swanton, Cancer Research UK chief clinician, issued warning Suggestion that surgeries, screenings and diagnoses are being delayed In some cancers there is a 90% survival rate if the disease … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Banks are hardly covering themselves in glory as businesses and households struggle for survival – they MUST be working for us By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 4 April 2020 Our country’s banks, some rescued by us taxpayers in the 2008 … Read more
Ventilator ‘rationing’ has begun in the UK as only patients with a ‘reasonable certainty’ of survival are to be put on the machines at a London hospital. The UK coronavirus death toll has risen by 209 in 24 hours from 1,019 to 1,228, as infections jumped by 2,483 to 19,522. Machines used to keep patients … Read more
Cheers! Rural pub landlords say Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s unprecedented coronavirus handout gives them a chance of survival Rob and Donna Taylor run The Compasses Inn in rural kent Said Mr Sunak’s stimulus package could prove ‘massive’ for small businesses Mr Taylor, 38, said he was ‘shellshocked’ when Mr Johnson ordered closures Coronavirus symptoms: what are they … Read more
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
Germany is currently beating the coronavirus survival odds despite being one of the nations hardest hit by the pandemic. The country has so far recorded nearly 11,000 cases of coronavirus but has only seen 20 deaths, putting the mortality rate at 0.18 per cent. This is significantly lower than that of Italy (8.3 percent), China … Read more