FTSE 100 drops to 13-month low after slumping 7% in four days over coronavirus fears

The London stock market fell to a 13-month low today as coronavirus fears continue to grip investors with shares also slumping across Asia. The FTSE 100 index of the UK’s biggest listed companies has now fallen more than 7 per cent in the past four days, and fell 2.6 per cent in early trading on Thursday. The losses mirrored … Read more

Japanese tour bus worker who recovered from coronavirus tests positive for it AGAIN

Japanese tour bus worker who recovered from coronavirus tests positive for it AGAIN Female tour guide maybe first person to catch the virus after being cleared The 40-year-old woman was working in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak Government officials in Osaka believe this is the first incident of this type By Stephen Delahunty For Mailonline and … Read more

Lauren Mand gushes about AFL star boyfriend Jimmy Bartel as they kiss in Japan

‘My favourite person’: Lauren Mand kisses AFL star boyfriend Jimmy Bartel during their romantic vacation in Japan… as his ex-wife Nadia shares a sweet snap of their children By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:17 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 00:36 GMT, 27 February 2020 Jimmy Bartel’s romance with Lauren Mand is … Read more

Jimmy Bartel and Lauren Mand pack on the PDA during romantic Japanese getaway  

Jimmy Bartel and new girlfriend Lauren Mand pack on the PDA as they pose for romantic photos on holiday in Japan By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:40 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 03:51 GMT, 26 February 2020 Jimmy Bartel and Lauren Mand are enjoying their first romantic getaway since going public … Read more

Playing table tennis may ‘slow down Parkinson’s disease because it sharpens patients’ reflexes’

Playing table tennis may ‘slow down Parkinson’s disease because it sharpens patients’ reflexes and stimulates their brain’ Five hours’ of playing time a week reduced tremors, limb rigidity and balance Scientists say sport could be used as a cheap and relatively safe physical therapy Parkinson’s blights lives of more than a million in US and … Read more

World’s oldest man dies aged 112 just days after he received accolade from Guinness Book of Records

The world’s oldest man dies aged 112 just days after he told Guinness Book of Records ceremony the secret to long life was to smile and never get angry Chitetsu Watanabe died 13 days after being named the world’s oldest man Guinness World Records presented him with certificate in Niigata on February 12 The previous … Read more

Coronavirus travel explained: Where you can and can’t go

Australians should not travel to China and should be very careful in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong as coronavirus sweeps the world. The deadly flu-like infection – which spawned in Wuhan, China in December – has already claimed more than 2,500 lives globally and infected 22 people in Australia.  The mass outbreak has prompted the … Read more

Scientists create internet connected biodegradable PAPER, which collects data without e-waste 

Scientists create internet connected biodegradable PAPER, which can be used to collect data about moisture levels in soil without any toxic e-waste A team of scientists have created an thin sheet of paper they call nanopaper The nanopaper is one millimeter thick and can transmit data to the internet  It also has a moisture sensor … Read more

British coronavirus couple’s family reveal quarantined pair are struggling with their mental health

British couple David and Sally Abel, from Northamptonshire, are struggling with poor mental health in a Japanese hospital after cruel online trolls accused them of ‘milking it’. The pair, who were on the Diamond Princess cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary, were both been diagnosed with pneumonia before being moved to a hospital. It comes … Read more

Third Diamond Princess passenger, 80, dies of coronavirus

British coronavirus couple’s family reveal quarantined pair are struggling with their mental health in Japanese hospital and slam online trolls who accuse them of ‘milking it’ as third Diamond Princess passenger dies By Sophie Law For Mailonline Published: 12:38 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 12:53 GMT, 23 February 2020     An elderly man … Read more

Coronavirus bus drivers still DON’T get hazmats… while evacuated cruise passengers wear face masks

Coronavirus bus drivers still haven’t worn protective hazmat suits in Britain as they drove 32 British and European cruise passengers wearing face masks to two-week quarantine.  Exposed drivers and medical officers were pictured taking the tourists, who were on-board the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess, on the 217-mile trip to Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral after … Read more

Evacuation flight carrying 32 British and European tourists lands in UK

An evacuation flight carrying 32 British and European passengers who were on the coronavirus-riddled Diamond Princess has landed in Britain.  A fleet of coaches is poised and ready to transport the passengers to their two-week quarantine stint in the Wirral.  The amount of people flying back to Britain is less than half of the 78 … Read more

Evacuation flight carrying 32 British and European tourists on its way to UK

An evacuation flight carrying 32 British and European passengers who were on the coronavirus-riddled Diamond Princess is due to land in Britain later this morning.  A fleet of coaches is poised and ready to transport the passengers to their two-week quarantine stint in the Wirral.  The amount of people flying back to Britain is less … Read more