The government has announced the full list of key workers whose children will be eligible to stay in school during coronavirus crisis. It includes NHS workers, police officers and supermarket delivery drivers who will all receive childcare provision when the schools shut their gates later this afternoon. Yesterday there was confusion about how the system … Read more
Panic buyers have cleared the shelves of supermarkets bare as they rushed to stock up while Britain goes through a coronavirus crisis. Shoppers formed queues outside supermarkets up and down the country from 6am this morning and stripped shelves bare by 9am, as retailers enforced strict rationing measures to deal with a surge in panic-buying. … Read more
Former Post Office chief Paula who dragged staff to court in IT blunder scandal is forced to QUIT her job as government adviser Mrs Vennells earned £4.9m during her seven years as CEO of the Post Office Mrs Vennells accused and sued former postmasters of stealing from their tills She then oversaw a failed mediation … Read more
Germany is currently beating the coronavirus survival odds despite being one of the nations hardest hit by the pandemic. The country has so far recorded nearly 11,000 cases of coronavirus but has only seen 20 deaths, putting the mortality rate at 0.18 per cent. This is significantly lower than that of Italy (8.3 percent), China … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Sitting feet apart, the panellists on tonight’s Question Time took no chances as they followed ‘social distancing’ guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak. And for the first time, the BBC debate show – broadcast from the Somerset seaside town of Weston-super-Mare – was filmed without a studio audience. Instead, the programme asked viewers to send in … Read more
Workers in Britain could receive an emergency weekly wage subsidy in what would be the biggest state economic intervention since the Second World War. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to unveil a huge package of wage subsidies today to help save stricken companies and employees amid the coronavirus crisis. Two of the measures being considered … Read more
The enemy in plain sight: Chilling microscope images reveal the horrific reality of coronavirus as it emerges from the surface of cells The virus is seen emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab and isolated from a patient in the US Taken by scanning electron microscope, images were colourised to better delineate … Read more
Boris Johnson plans to buy ‘hundreds of thousands’ of antibody kits – which can tell if anyone has EVER had the killer disease – after being accused of not testing quickly enough PM urged members of the public to heed the advice to keep up social distancing Mr Johnson also revealed British scientists will soon … Read more
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a copy of the legislation obtained by The Associated Press. The GOP leader was poised to unveil the sweeping response Thursday as Congress raced to draft a $1 trillion measure to shore … Read more
One million Britons stranded: Dominic Raab reveals ‘massive’ operation has been launched to arrange aid fights for people stuck overseas Up to a million stranded Britons are facing extortionate air fares to get home Dominic Raab said there was a ‘massive’ repatriation operation under way He is in talks with airlines on operating new routes … Read more
Aussie farmers have no more pasta to sell and panic buying has depleted rice stocks that were already low because of drought Panic buying left supermarkets stripped of pasta, rice, mince and other goods Shortage has left pasta and rice producers scrambling to meet surge in demand Australian pasta company San Remo said availability will … Read more
The Environment Secretary today ruled out enforcing social distancing measures in supermarkets, claiming it would be ‘counterproductive’, despite fears queues of shoppers are ‘undoubtedly adding to the spread of coronavirus‘. Panic-buyers formed queues outside supermarkets up and down the country from 6am this morning and stripped shelves bare by 9am, as retailers enforced strict rationing measures … Read more