What is REAL death rate of COVID-19? Data from LA suggests it may kill around 0.18% of patients

Coronavirus may kill 70 times fewer patients than official UK death figures suggest, studies have shown. Britain has one of the worst COVID-19 testing records, meaning a frightening 13 per cent of diagnosed patients in the UK die from the disease.  But this is considerably higher than the real death rate because it does not … Read more

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received $38 MILLION in 2019 as company reports spike in subscriptions

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings fortunes continue to rise as a new SEC filing reports the streaming service’s co-founder received a total of $38 million in 2019. Hasting’s total pay package last year was up 16 per cent from what he was paid in 2018, reports Netflix in its annual proxy statement Wednesday.    Hastings’ most recent … Read more

Desperate appeal after heartless thieves steal flags and pictures from WWII memorial

A desperate appeal has been launched after heartless thieves stole flags and pictures from a memorial to a World War II bomber crew who sacrificed their lives in a crash to save children playing in a park. Tributes have been snatched from the Mi Amigo memorial site in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.  Tony Foulds, who looks after … Read more

Couple ‘unaware’ of Covid-19 pandemic as they were sailing across the ocean

‘Nobody told us about the pandemic’: Couple travelling the world in a yacht had no idea coronavirus had swept the globe until they were stopped from docking at Caribbean island after 25 days at sea Elena Manighetti and Ryan Osborne were sailing across the Atlantic in March The couple were completely unaware of the global … Read more

Coronavirus death toll in the UK ‘may have hit 41,000 ALREADY’

England, Scotland and Wales have announced 757 more deaths from the coronavirus today, taking Britain’s total number of victims to 18,094. A further 665 people have died in England’s NHS hospitals and 92 more deaths were recorded in Scotland and Wales overnight. A full round-up for the UK is expected this afternoon from the Department … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Philip Pullman slams government over PPE

Philip Pullman says UK government should face ‘conspiracy to murder’ charges if it is found that MPs rejected EU deal for PPE ‘for Brexit reasons’ Philip Pullman, 73, made arguments as part of a series of essays from Penguin  He said ‘entire front bench’ should resign if PPE deal was rejected due to Brexit Novelist … Read more

Teen robber chases a dog walker and his dog with machete

Terrifying moment teenage robber armed with huge machete chases dog walker down the street as thug is jailed for three years Alfie Bould used a machete to rob a dog walker, 28,  in  Sandbach, Staffordshire CCTV captured Alfie violently swinging the machete at the victim and his dog The victim tried to run  but eventually handed … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Care Minister slammed for PPE failure

Care Minister Helen Whately was savaged during a series of brutal interviews this morning as she struggled to provide answers to key questions on the supply of PPE, deaths of frontline workers and testing errors.  Ms Whately suffered four car crash grillings after she was sent out to bat for the government by Downing Street.  … Read more

Keir Starmer tears into Dominic Raab over coronavirus blunders

Labour leader Keir Starmer tore into Dominic Raab over coronavirus testing and PPE blunders today as they faced off at the first ‘virtual’ PMQs.  Standing in for Boris Johnson in the Commons, the Foreign Secretary defended the painful progress towards the target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. But after … Read more