Lombardy will start 20,000 antibody tests a day from Tuesday to detect coronavirus immunity

The Italian region of Lombardy says it will start performing 20,000 coronavirus immunity tests per day from next Tuesday.  Officials say the ‘reliable’ tests have been developed at a research hospital near Milan and will start being offered to health workers next week.  The government of the hard-hit region says the tests will ‘certify immunity … Read more

Next says it will start selling online again on Tuesday

Clothes retailer Next says it will reopen its online store TODAY after ‘reworking’ its warehouse following worries from staff that they were at risk of catching coronavirus Retail giant closed its online operations in late March in wake of coronavirus  It is now accepting a ‘limited number of orders each day’ from online store   Bosses … Read more

‘Micro New Moon’ to form an invisible dot in the sky on Tuesday

The moon will reach its furthest point away from the Earth in its elliptical orbit this week, in a rare event called a ‘micromoon’.   A micromoon is the opposite of the supermoon, when the Moon appears bigger and fuller in the sky than normal due to its proximity to Earth.  This New Moon phase will … Read more

Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Biel and Laura Dern voted on Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday is in full swing with voters hitting the polls to determine who will be the leading Democratic nominee to take on President Donald Trump during the November 3 Presidential elections.  And several celebrities took to social media to let their followers know that they went to the polling booths to make their choices. … Read more

Will Bernie Sanders spook markets with a strong Super Tuesday? 

As investors wrestle with how to react to a crisis nobody saw coming a couple of months ago, they also have something else to think about which has long been inked into the calendar. Just as the novel coronavirus outbreak causes havoc in financial markets – to the extent that it led to a 0.5 … Read more

Britain celebrates Shrove Tuesday in style by cooking up crepes and racing with frying pans

This year’s Pancake Day will have been celebrated by the cooking and eating of the delicious treats in homes up and down the country this morning.  But the event has also been marked with the return of centuries-old traditions in northern England and London.    In Ashbourne, Derbyshire, the Royal Shrovetide Football game is is taking … Read more