Netflix will cut streaming quality of its service in Europe for next 30 days

Netflix will cut streaming quality of its service in Europe for next 30 days to reduce strain on net during coronavirus crisis Netflix will reduce the quality of its streaming services over the next 30 days The EU today discouraged online media platforms from streaming movies in HD  Web giants have increasingly supplied film lovers … Read more

Fines of £1,000 for anyone refusing a coronavirus test in emergency plans to be rushed into law

Fines of £1,000 for anyone refusing a coronavirus test, powers for ministers to ban public mass gatherings and local councils to decide how to dispose of your dead relatives in emergency laws to be rushed through Parliament Government today published emergency laws to tackle spread of coronavirus Ministers want to crash draft laws through House … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Supermarkets work together to meet demand

The nation’s supermarkets will now be allowed to help each other keep their shelves stocked as the government has temporarily relaxed competition laws in reaction to the coronavirus crisis.  The Environment Secretary confirmed in a statement the government is relaxing elements of the Competition Act 1998 as part of a package of measures to allow … Read more

Coronavirus: Government ‘asks O2 to hand over mobile location data’

O2 denies claims Government asked it to hand over anonymous mobile phone location data ‘to check whether people are following coronavirus social distances guidelines’ Government are keen to ensure people keep their distance in social situations Twitter users incensed by claims, with one saying ‘I’ll leave O2 if this happens’  But others say it is … Read more

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says cure trial includes UK patient

Boris Johnson today revealed the first British coronavirus patient is taking part in a drug trial in hope of finding a way to fight the killer infection. Researchers around the world are desperately hunting a cure, amid fears thousands more patients will be struck down by the life-threatening illness. The Prime Minister – who also announced … Read more

‘Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic!’ Donald Trump claims coronavirus was totally unforeseen

President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that ‘nobody’ knew there would be a pandemic and said he could not explain reports of a shortage of medical equipment – as an October government simulation was disclosed that foreshadowed some of the crises that have ensued with the coronavirus.  Trump was pressed repeatedly during a press briefing on the … Read more

NHS in talks to buy DIY home coronavirus tests after Government row

The UK is looking at rolling out DIY coronavirus home testing kits after ministers were accused of allowing thousands of infected people to walk the streets undiagnosed. Britain’s chief scientific adviser revealed the Government was reviewing the ‘easy to use’ blood tests which analyse antibodies in the body and give a diagnosis in hours. They would … Read more

Italy overtakes China as the country with the most coronavirus deaths

Italy has now overtaken China as the country with the most coronavirus deaths after suffering 427 more fatalities, taking the total number to 3,405.  The latest figures have squashed hopes that the unprecedented national lockdown was helping to slow the spread of the pathogen.   The death toll in China, where the coronavirus started, currently stands … Read more

Boris Johnson says Britain can ‘turn the tide’ on coronavirus within 12 weeks

What could happen in a London lockdown?  LIKELY RESTRICTIONS  Tougher advice on ‘social distancing’, urging everyone to stay at home unless absolutely essential;  Asking shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars to close to minimise the risk of people gathering; Scaling back transport services while leaving enough capacity for unavoidable journeys and key workers to reach … Read more

San Francisco mayor claps back at Jake Tapper after CNN anchor blasted city residents for going out

San Francisco’s mayor on Wednesday pushed back against CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s criticism of residents of her city on Tuesday after a number of them were seen jogging and walking leisurely despite a ‘shelter in place’ order due to the coronavirus outbreak. During a broadcast on Tuesday, Tapper and CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay … Read more

Miss Hitler beauty pageant contestant and her ex-partner guilty of being members of National Action

Miss Hitler beauty pageant entrant Alice Cutter and her ex-fiance Mark Jones have been convicted of being members of far-Right banned terror group National Action.   Vegan neo-Nazi supporter Cutter, 23, denied being a part of the group, which was labelled a ‘racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organisation’ by then Home Secretary Amber Rudd when it was banned … Read more