France threatened to close its border with Britain unless it introduced shutdown measures to stop the threat of coronavirus, aides to President Emmanuel Macron claimed tonight. The head of state’s staff said that he called Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday night and told him that unless the situation quickly changed, ‘France would have no other … Read more
French border guards impound trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for Britain for NHS workers battling coronavirus After realising what was on board, border guards in France held the truck there Emmanuel Macron’s promised to ‘requisition’ face masks for the French crisis A truck with hand sanitiser was delayed by authorities on way to … Read more
Explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison is critically ill with Covid-19, just days after he was ‘skiing like a demon’, his family said. The 83-year-old fell ill on Monday – two days after returning from a skiing trip to France with his wife, Louella, 68. He was rushed from their home near Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall, to Derriford … Read more
We are all preparing for CV-Day in our own ways. That’s the day when the virus reaches its peak and the phoney war is over. The last real phoney war began when we declared war on Germany and it ended when the Germans invaded France and the Low Countries in 1940. It took another five … Read more
The extraordinary archive of one of the designers of the Mulberry Harbours that enabled the allied invasion of France in World War Two have now been seen for the first time after selling for an eye-watering £35,000. Colonel Vassal Charles Steer-Webster OBE helped create the artificial harbours that were used to land thousands of troops, … Read more
The UK’s coronavirus outbreak is one of the fastest escalating epidemics in Europe, official statistics have revealed. 676 people were diagnosed with the virus yesterday, more than in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Austria or Denmark. This was 35 per cent more than the previous day, when there were 407 cases, and meant the … 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
Coronavirus panic has sparked violence in France with shoppers filmed brawling over keeping a safe distance in supermarket queues, while others panic-buy baguettes. Two shoppers were filmed brawling outside a supermarket in the commune of Viry-Chatillon in the southern suburbs of the French capital Paris yesterday. In the video, two men are seen scrapping in … Read more
David Hockney unveils new painting to lift the nation’s gloom amid coronavirus crisis David Hockney’s painting features bright yellow daffodils in front of a grey mass The 82-year-old artist is currently in lockdown in Normandy, northern France He moved to Normandy after buying a house in the French region in 2018 Coronavirus symptoms: what are … Read more
ALABAMA Alabama health officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining in six counties to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The order from the Alabama Department of Public Health applies to Jefferson County, which has the highest number of cases, and the surrounding counties of Tuscaloosa, Walker, Blount, St. … 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
Britons with coronavirus symptoms are being warned not to take ibuprofen after a four-year-old girl became seriously ill after being given the painkiller. Amelia Milner, four, was given ibuprofen by her parents after she became ill with a cough and a fever – the hallmark symptoms of the deadly infection. But, instead of making her feel … 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