Chief medics raise coronavirus threat to HIGH across the UK

Chief medics raise coronavirus threat to HIGH across the UK as they admit up to TEN THOUSAND patients may ALREADY have the killer disease By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline and Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline and Vanessa Chalmers Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 17:18 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 17:30 … Read more

Astronauts are growing the beginnings of new organs on the ISS

NASA astronauts have started growing human cells aboard the International Space Station to help understand the production of human tissue in low gravity. 250 test tubes containing adult human stem cells were sent aboard the SpaceX CRS-20 resupply mission that arrived at the ISS this week. Scientists say that due to the weightlessness on board … Read more

Boris Johnson steps up coronavirus response after Cobra crisis meeting

How the UK’s coronavirus ‘battle plan’ could unfold CONTAIN  Testing individuals reporting symptoms or returning from infected areas, isolating those who have coronavirus. Tracing how they contracted the virus, and everyone they might have come into contact with while infectious. Powers have been taken to force people into quarantine if they refuse to comply voluntarily.  … Read more

Government stand-off with BBC over free TV licences costs it extra £600m

A rush of over-75s claiming pension credit to keep their free TV licences is set to cost the Government £600million a year, This is Money can reveal.  An estimated 300,000 more people have successfully applied for the traditionally underclaimed benefit since the BBC announced it was axing the licence fee perk for all but the … Read more

Justin Trudeau’s wife is being tested for coronavirus after returning to Canada from the UK

BREAKING: Justin Trudeau’s wife is being tested for coronavirus after returning from the UK with ‘flu-like symptoms’ – prompting the Canadian Prime Minister to self-isolate and work from home Sophie Grégoire Trudeau began experiencing flu-like symptoms Thursday  She has undergone a test for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating as she awaits the results Mrs Trudeau … Read more

Trump says Americans in Europe WON’T be allowed to come home if they test positive for coronavirus

President Trump raised fresh questions surrounding his response to the coronavirus on Thursday by saying that Americans in Europe will be tested for before they are allowed to board flights and that they will not be allowed to come home if they test positive – a direct contradiction of Mike Pence’s claim hours earlier that … Read more

Louis Tomlinson is forced to postpone his European tour and The Who also reschedule their UK shows

Louis Tomlinson has been forced to postpone his tour dates to later in the year due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The singer, 28, announced via Instagram on Thursday that his shows in Berlin, Paris, Stockholm and Amsterdam had been rescheduled in wake of recent news. Lamenting his current situation, the former One Direction star … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll jumps to 10, with 134 infected

The UK’s coronavirus death toll has today jumped to 10 after health chiefs announced 140 more patients had been infected in Britain’s biggest daily increase yet – taking the infection toll to almost 600.  NHS officials revealed both patients who died had underlying conditions. One was a woman in her sixties and was in hospital … Read more

Rising temperatures could see up to 1.2 BILLION people suffer from heat stress by 2100 

WHAT CAUSED THE HEATWAVE? The heatwave was triggered by the build-up of high pressures over Europe over the past few days, leading to the northward movement of warm air from Europe over the UK. ‘At this time of year southerly winds will always lead to above average temperatures,’ said University of Reading meteorologist Peter Inness.  ‘Air from … Read more

Fears of a coronavirus outbreak at two NHS hospitals in Buckinghamshire

Fears of a coronavirus outbreak at two NHS hospitals in Buckinghamshire were today raised after a ‘handful’ of patients were tested for the killer infection. A number of patients at Wycombe Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, both run by Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, have been diagnosed. Wards have been closed and staff that dealt with the patients have … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Teachers prepare home-learning packs for pupils

Boris Johnson has today refused to close schools across the UK despite more than 350,000 people signing a petition urging the government to take action.   Concerned parents are calling on the Prime Minister to send pupils home to prevent the spread of Covid19 – with 100,000 signatures being the minimum required to secure a debate … Read more