Coronavirus wreaks havoc in factories around the world with even Germany and the US suffering slowdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 2 March 2020 Coronavirus is wreaking havoc in factories around the world. In a string of bleak reports, research group Markit said … Read more
The first wave of winning images in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2020 have been revealed – and as always, they are truly spectacular. The amazing shots below are among the winners in the competition’s National Awards, which is aimed at supporting photographers across 63 countries and regions. One photographer from each nation has … Read more
Monkeyface prickleback fish that can survive entirely on vegetarian foods is described by scientists as ‘the new white meat’ that could feed the world in times of climate crisis The Monkeyface prickleback lives in rocky waters off the West Coast of the USA It is said to have a delicate and mild flavour meat that … Read more
NATURE TURNING THE BOAT FOR HOME By Richard Mabey (Chatto £18.99, 262pp) As a young man working in publishing, Richard Mabey would use his lunch hour to go for a walk, observing kestrels wheeling overhead, sand martins burrowing in a sandbank and the profusion of plants such as Canadian fleabane and Indian balsam. Far from … Read more
Taking fine dining to new heights, in the spring of 2018 I ate a meal at 23,149 feet on the North Col of Mount Everest. Joining eight companions, we feasted on a mouth-watering meal prepared by two-Michelin-star super chef Sat Bains while dressed in black tie and ball gowns. The Guinness Book of World Records has … Read more
I was damp and cold and hadn’t showered for more than a week. Even the inside of my sleeping bag seemed soggy and my socks had a slight pong. What’s more, we’d hit a raging storm with 70 knots/80 mph of wind whipping up 30ft waves. However, we’d hit the halfway point on Leg Two … Read more
I landed in Ushuaia – the Patagonian port town nicknamed the ‘end of the world’ – and from the small airport, I taxied to my hotel. It was around 7am and as the morning fog cleared, my home for the next three days suddenly came into view. Perched on a hill with a snow-crested peak … Read more
World coronavirus death toll passes 3,000 as disease kills five more people in Italy – where cases have jumped 50% in a day Case numbers also soared to almost 1,700, roughly 500 fresh cases today Outbreak is one of the largest outside of mainland China and Europe’s biggest Despite checkpoints around contaminated northern regions, it … Read more
You don’t have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. But Keira Walsh felt like she had to. Throwing in the towel for England seemed like the only way out. Battling to cope with the constant stream of criticism on social media and tussling with a tough internal dialogue of her own, … Read more
TR EUROPEAN GROWTH TRUST: The fund that has big ideas in world of small firms By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 It is not just in the UK where smaller companies are expected to outperform the rest of the stock … Read more