It was one of the most hotly contested Daily Mail competitions ever. The 1932 Knitting Contest challenged readers to design their own jumper — and thousands responded. Entries were highly original: one had two tiny dolls attached; another (right) made a virtue of the £200 cash prize. Now, with the country in lockdown, we’re relaunching … Read more
President Trump announced at his Friday press briefing that the Centers for Disease Control was now recommending that Americans wear non-medical cloth masks – but pressed that it wasn’t a mandate. ‘So it’s voluntary, you don’t have to be doing it,’ the president said from the briefing room podium. ‘This is voluntary, I don’t think I’m … Read more
Ocado removes bottled water from its deliveries in a bid to make space for other products as it claims ban will allow them to deliver to up to 6,000 extra homes a week The move comes as many retailers desperately try to adapt to feed the public The online supermarket delivered to 250,000 homes across … Read more
Ministers’ pledges to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus by the end of the month are probably impossible to fulfil, NHS scientists warned last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s plan is in serious doubt because of a lack of vital testing equipment, including chemical reagents, test tubes and swabs. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), … Read more
China has — it seems — won its battle against the coronavirus. It may have won the war for global supremacy as well. That would be a paradoxical outcome. The coronavirus outbreak originated in China, reportedly in the ‘wet’ livestock markets in the city of Wuhan. The (to us) bizarre habits of eating virus-infested wildlife … Read more
Millions of people living under lockdown are missing out on one of the great joys of the English pub — the weekly quiz. Here, renowned quizmaster and author MARCUS BERKMANN has prepared a special set of questions for Mail readers, suitable for all the family… HOW TO PLAY Get your friends and extended family together, … Read more
Data gathered by a new specially-designed symptom tracking app suggests there are currently 1.9 million people aged 20-69 in the UK who have symptomatic Covid-19. Contributors can track their daily health on the specially-created app, which is also being used by healthcare and hospital workers nationwide. It comes as the UK today announced yet another … Read more
Italy‘s coronavirus death toll has climbed by 766 to 14,681 today, with infections reaching nearly 120,000, though death and infection rates are continuing to slow. Friday’s figures, revealed by the Civil Protection Agency, are marginally higher than the daily tally of 760 fatalities registered a day earlier. The number of new cases was slightly lower, growing by … Read more
UK boxer Anthony Yarde’s grandmother dies of coronavirus just a few days after it killed his father UK fighter Anthony Yarde says his grandmother died from coronavirus yesterday He appealed to people to ‘just stay home’ after his father also died last Friday It comes as 684 Britons died today who had tested positive for … Read more
The nation’s half-million care home residents face becoming the ‘abandoned victims’ of the coronavirus crisis, campaigners warned last night. The disease has already torn through dozens of care homes, leaving them looking like ‘war zones’ and cases are expected to explode in the next few days unless urgent action is taken. Now bosses are pleading … Read more
China has sentenced a man to prison for 18 months after he spent nearly a week in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic and then failed to report his journey to the police upon his return. The 29-year-old, known by his surname Guo, refused to self-isolate and tried to hide his symptoms from the authority after … Read more
Many years ago, when she was striving to become a renowned actress, Meghan Markle would sometimes jog with her mother along the Los Liones Trail, a winding mountain track offering breathtaking views of the Malibu coast. According to an old friend, she would gaze down at the sumptuous mansions that dapple the chaparral-clad foothills and … Read more
Anguish for Princess Eugenie as her father-in-law George Brooksbank, 71, is taken into intensive care with coronavirus as his wife also battles the deadly disease George Brooksbank, 71, is ‘in a serious but stable condition in hospital’ His son Jack married Princess Eugenie, the Queen’s granddaughter, in 2018 Wife Nicola, 66, also suffering from the … Read more