A 36 year old mother-of-three claimed £13,000 in state benefits – even though she had almost half a million pounds hidden in a secret bank account, a court heard today. Hannah Chandler had accumulated more than £460,000 after receiving a big inheritance from her late mother – but that did not stop her claiming income … Read more
Boris Johnson’s heavily pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds is ‘distraught’ as she is separated from the gravely ill Prime Minister who has spent a second night in intensive care. Mr Johnson, 55, was rushed into ICU with breathing difficulties and his wife-to-be, 32, is not allowed to be by his side because of her pregnancy and … Read more
France sees number of coronavirus deaths rise above 10,000, with almost a third of fatalities occurring in old people’s homes France has recorded 1,417 new deaths, bringing the total from 8,911 to 10,328 Care home deaths make up 3,237 of those deaths, with 7,091 in hospitals Total number of infections went up by 3,777, rising … Read more
Half of UK businesses have furloughed nearly ALL their staff after take-up of government scheme was three times more than expected and could cost £40bn Nearly 20% of small businesses plan to furlough all of their staff Treasury estimates originally thought 10% of firms would adopt the scheme But new figures from the BBC show … Read more
Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey said Tuesday he was committing $1 billion of his personal fortune to coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund. Dorsey, 43, revealed in a series of tweets that he would transfer his equity in his digital payments group Square to his limited liability corporation Start Small, contributing around 28 … Read more
Dominic Raab took charge of Britain’s battle against coronavirus on Tuesday as acting Prime Minister – but was warned just to ‘hold on to the steering wheel’. Mr Raab, who is First Secretary of State, was asked to deputise for Boris Johnson after he was moved into intensive care. He has been handed a raft … Read more
Revealed: Doctor leading Boris Johnson’s coronavirus treatment is one of the country’s foremost lung experts – as he spends third night in hospital Dr Richard Leach, senior clinician at St Thomas’ , is overseeing PM’s treatment Colleagues waxed lyrical over the ‘brilliant doctor’ who had saved thousands Mr Johnson’s condition is stable and he remains … Read more
President Trump today savaged the ‘China centric’ World Health Organization and said he wanted the group looked into before any more U.S. dollars flow to Beijing. ‘They called it wrong, they called it wrong, they missed the call,’ Trump said during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. ‘They should have known and they probably did know,’ he … Read more
A visual artist who worked on the musical movie Cats has described working on the post-production of the film under Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper as akin to being ‘almost slavery’. VFX workers apparently slaved away on the film working 90-hour weeks for months only to have their work openly criticized by Hooper who wouldn’t hold … Read more
Australian scientists are working on a world-first test that will predict how seriously COVID-19 will affect people once they contract the killer virus Scientists working on testing that helps predict the severity of killer coronavirus Tests to see who is immune, who remains infectious, at risk of forming disease The team will look at how … Read more
Art dealer and his doctor wife put works from their private collection up for sale including pieces by Andy Warhol and Henry Moore to raise ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ for NHS staff Claire and James Hyman, owners of Hyman Collection, selling discounted art Couple inspired to support NHS after daughter contracted form of coronavirus Andy … Read more
Wuhan unlocked: Residents dash for trains and planes as Chinese city at the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak FINALLY has lockdown lifted after 76 days China sealed off Wuhan on January 23 when it was clear Covid-19 started there At 00.50am on Wednesday trains carrying people out of the city began running More than 50,000 people … Read more
The lost laugh: Australian kookaburra is spotted in Devon garden 10,000 miles from his usual old gum tree Bird expert Daniel Lazar received calls from neighbours about unusual sightings He then went to a neighbours house in Membury, Devon, and identified the bird Daniel thinks that the animal escaped from the nearby Axe Valley Wildlife … Read more