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
UK mobile networks including O2, EE, Vodafone and 3 go down leaving millions of British workers struggling to work from home amid coronavirus pandemic The networks went down from about 9am GMT as people began logging on The outage comes as thousands of British workers begin working from home O2 says it is aware of … Read more
A mother whose body is covered in thousands of tumours has told how strangers regularly hurl abuse at her in the street. Ashley Jernigan, of Montgomery, Alabama, suffers from an aggressive form of the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis. The 35-year-old was diagnosed when she hit puberty and the condition quickly left her entire body covered in lumps. … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of British tourists and expats are stranded in Spain today after the country entered an unprecedented two-week lockdown. Panicked holidaymakers were last night scrambling to escape after the Spanish government declared a state of emergency over coronavirus. The drastic action came as the country’s death toll from the outbreak more than doubled … Read more
Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Americans experience daunting wait times and massive lines at airports remain calm, claiming the chaos is due to medical screening to prevent spread of the coronavirus. ‘We are doing very precise Medical Screenings at our airports,’ Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon. ‘Pardon the interruptions and delays, we are moving as quickly … Read more
CASH IN THE ATTIC: Why your tax discs could still be worth thousands By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 Every week we give the low-down on the value of forgotten treasures that may be gathering dust at home. The tax disc was … Read more
Bad hair days are making thousands late for work: More than one in ten admit to being tardy because they are having problems with their locks A poll of 2,000 women found 12 per cent blame their hair for tardiness at work Some 20 per cent of women aged 25-34 said they were late due … Read more
Singing from the rooftops: Thousands of Italians in Milan and Rome take to balconies to sing and play instruments in bid cheer each other up amid coronavirus lockdown Families and neighbours in Rome, Milan, Palermo and other cities also crashed pots together in the flashmob Messages were circulated on social media to organise the second … Read more
Thousands of criminals in England and Wales owe £1.2billion in unpaid fees and fines as critics accuse offenders of ‘laughing in the face of the courts’ Money owed by criminals in England and Wales soared to a record £1.2billion Total amount imposed by courts has more than doubled in the last five years It means … Read more
A gang of brazen thieves who stripped a town park of its entire stock of daffodils were being hunted by cops today. Just seven out of an estimated 10,000 blooming daffodils were left standing after the flowers were cut at their stems in an ‘industrial scale’ operation earlier this week. The flowers, worth around £2,000, … Read more