Incredible six-bedroom flat-pack eco-home that took less than four days to build after being shipped from Germany goes up for sale for £4.5million The Lookout mansion is an impressive six-bedroom flat-pack home which was built by a family in 2016 As well as six bedrooms, the property also includes a sauna, an infinity pool and … Read more
France is recording more than 1,000 coronavirus cases per day for the first time since May – but denies it is in the midst of a second wave. French health officials announced 1,377 new cases last night, bringing the seven-day average up to 1,025 while Spain and Germany have also seen alarming new spikes. Health … Read more
UK ministers met today to thrash out plans to place travel restrictions on more European countries with spiralling coronavirus infections as figures show cases are on the rise in holiday hotspots on the continent. The Government will announce which nations will be removed from Britain’s ‘air bridge’ list tomorrow following the consultation with England’s chief medical … Read more
Botox injections don’t just banish wrinkles — they could also help to treat depression, a study has suggested. Experts from the US and Germany mined a database of reported negative side-effects from medication usage, with a focus on patients who had Botox injections. They found patients who had Botox with side effects were 40–88 per … Read more
Europe experienced a 50 per cent rise in excess mortality at the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, according to data released by France‘s Insee statistics agency earlier today. The figures show that over the course of one week, between March 30 and April 6, European countries saw more than 33,742 excess deaths. Excess mortality is the … Read more
Germany will not be able to avoid a second lockdown if it is hit by a second wave of coronavirus cases, a leading virologist has warned. Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit said ‘drastic measures’ would be back on the table if Germany’s health system is overwhelmed by virus cases – a nightmare scenario which Germany has so far avoided. … Read more
Trained sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in human swab samples with 94 per cent success rate, study shows Researchers from Germany trained army dogs to sniff out infected samples Canines are known to be able to smell signs of various diseases and even cancer Dogs could potentially be used alongside laboratory tests to help stop … Read more
Germany has become the latest country to impose new travel restrictions on Spain after foreign holidays were linked to a ‘concerning’ rise in cases in Germany. Days after Britain ordered a two-week quarantine for people returning from Spain, Germany has now advised tourists to avoid the regions of Catalonia, Aragon and Navarre – but not … Read more
Coronavirus may leave the heart with lasting, dangerous damage, two new studies suggest. It’s become clear that the respiratory virus also attacks the cardiovascular system, as well as numerous other organs, including the kidneys and brain, but the new studies shed light on worrying damage to the heart itself. One German study found that 78 … Read more
Coronavirus may leave the heart with lasting, dangerous damage, two new studies suggest. It’s become clear that the respiratory virus also attacks the cardiovascular system, as well as numerous other organs, including the kidneys and brain, but the new studies shed light on worrying damage to the heart itself. One German study found that 78 … Read more
An electric road system which could see a network of overhead charging cables along the UK’s major road network ‘would almost completely decarbonise UK road freight’, a report has found. The plan, which would cost an estimated £19.3billion, would see National Grid powered catenary cables charge 65 per cent of the nation’s lorries using an extendable rig … Read more
Germany is carrying out coronavirus checks at airports and is considering making them compulsory to fend off a second wave of Covid-19. Munich, Dortmund and Duesseldorf are among the airports which are screening travellers when they return from overseas, and Angela Merkel‘s health minister is today discussing plans to enforce them nationwide. Britain has never … Read more
An electric road system which would see a network of overhead charging cables along the UK’s major road network ‘would almost completely decarbonise UK road freight’, a report has found. The plan, which would cost an estimated £19.3billion, would see National Grid powered catenary cables charge 65 per cent of the nation’s lorries using an extendable rig … Read more