More than a million furloughed workers will get taxpayer-funded wage subsidies after a huge claims rush by firms. More than 2,200 applications per minute flooded in when the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme opened at 8am yesterday. By 4pm, 140,000 had been received. Chancellor Rishi Sunak praised thousands of staff at HM Revenue and Customs and … Read more
Now you see it… The cunningly camouflaged superyacht ‘Hide’, which is covered in dark reflective materials that mirror the sea ‘Hide’, measuring 164ft in length, is a vessel designed to live up to its name and blend in with the environment She was created by designer Anna Borla, a finalist in Boat’s 2020 Young Designer of … Read more
A 30-year-old Volvo HGV covered in Banksy graffiti is set to be sold at auction for £1.5MILLION next month The 1988 Volvo FL6 was painted by Banksy during a millennium party in 2000 It is understood to be the anonymous artist’s biggest piece of work ever, created before the height of his fame The HGV – … 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
A mother whose body is covered in thousands of tumours has told how strangers regularly hurl abuse at her in the street. Ashley Jernigan, of Montgomery, Alabama, suffers from an aggressive form of the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis. The 35-year-old was diagnosed when she hit puberty and the condition quickly left her entire body covered in lumps. … Read more
As Australian scientists try to learn more about how the deadly COVID-19 spreads – and develop a vaccine to stop the new global threat – a group of health professionals have detailed the public places you should be wary about coming into contact with. A study published in The Journal of Hospital Infection in February looked … Read more
Russia sensationally claims Australia tampered with MH17 wreckage after the plane was shot down – as four separatists accused of killing 298 passengers and crew face court for the first time Dr Alexey Pavlovsky believes evidence from MH17 was falsified by investigators He claims the investigation was predetermined to blame Russia for the attack Dr … Read more
Earth was once a ‘waterworld’ just like the one depicted by Hollywood in the Kevin Costner blockbuster, according to new research. A global ocean covered the planet 3.2 billion years ago, when the first primitive microbes were emerging. There would have been hardly any dry land – mirroring the way it looked in Waterworld, the … Read more