Why ARE there so many obese young people? Team of specialists work to solve the UK’s weight crisis

Teenager Tommy is a gentle soul, fond of football and rugby. Yet aged just 14, his days of playing them are long gone: topping the scales at 23st, he’s clinically obese and suffers chronic hip, back and knee pain. ‘I’m too heavy to play football or do rugby,’ he says. ‘When I walk up the … Read more

Avoid kissing as coronavirus crisis grows, says renowned scientist Lord Winston

Avoid kissing as coronavirus crisis grows, says renowned scientist Lord Winston The professor at Imperial College said people should desist from the gesture  Broadcaster revealed two people had tried to plant a smacker on him yesterday His concerns were echoed by  Lord Bethell, who cautioned over the practice  By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 02:19 … Read more

Why the coronavirus crisis is your best chance to bag a business-class flight with BA and Virgin

Why the coronavirus crisis is your best chance to bag a business-class flight: BA and Virgin offering up to 60% off lie-flat seat deals from London to the U.S (and throwing in a hotel for free) Travel expert Gilbert Ott says that these business return tickets are often £3k The frequent flier says some deals … Read more

The Queen dons long cream gloves amid coronavirus crisis as she hands out honours

The Queen has worn gloves for the first time at a Buckingham Palace investiture since she started doing them in 1952 amid warnings about the spread of coronavirus and the deadly danger it poses to the over-80s. The 93-year-old’s decision to cover her hands to above the wrists came as the Government warned the death … Read more

BA owner IAG and Easyjet among shares hammered by coronavirus crisis

£15 billion airline rout: BA owner IAG and Easyjet among shares hammered as coronavirus crisis clobbers the travel industry By James Salmon and Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:54 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 2 March 2020 Major airlines have seen more than £15billion wiped off their value in just … Read more

OECD: Coronavirus may cause worst financial crisis for a decade

The OECD said today it feared the worst financial crisis for a decade due to the impact of coronavirus. The trade body warned that the world’s economy could shrink in the first quarter of this year as a result of the outbreak, with growth across the whole year dipping as low as 1.5% if the virus … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Markets will ride out the Corona Virus crisis

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Global markets will ride out the coronavirus crisis Global stock markets have fallen to their worst levels since 2016  China’s supply chain dominance makes the epidemic more problematic than SARs, as China only accounted for 5% of world economy in 2003 Markets will bounce back but investors will have to be patient  By Ruth Sunderland … Read more

Coronavirus meltdown: Markets suffer worst week since financial crisis

Airlines and travel companies bore the brunt of the latest chaos on global markets as the spread of the coronavirus triggered more panic-selling. At the end of the biggest weekly rout in share prices since the financial crisis, the boss of British Airways owner IAG warned the deadly outbreak could push struggling airlines ‘over the … Read more

Trump says Democrat criticism of White House response to coronavirus crisis is ‘their new hoax’

President Donald Trump said Democrat criticism of the White House response to coronavirus is ‘a new hoax intended to undermine his leadership’. The President told a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, that Democrats want him to fail and insisted the steps he has taken had kept cases to a minimum and prevented virus deaths in the … Read more