‘We will make a decision after 15 days’: Trump says country could soon be RE-OPENED

President Donald Trump has said the US will make a decision at the end of a 15-day period on ‘which way we want to go’ to fight coronavirus, implying that the country could re-open – just hours after New York City went into lockdown at 8pm on Sunday.  ‘We cannot let the cure be worse than … Read more

Idris Elba addresses backlash over his decision to have wife Sabrina by his side

Idris Elba has spoken out against critics who suggested his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba should not have been by his side when he announced he has tested positive for coronavirus. The Luther star, 47, posted a video on Monday night confirming he has tested positive, but appeared with his model wife in the video, who … Read more

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins admit quitting Great British Bake Off was a ‘painful’ decision

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins admit quitting Great British Bake Off was a ‘painful’ decision but felt they couldn’t continue after learning show was moving to Channel 4 from the TV By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:01 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 01:15 GMT, 17 March 2020 Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have … Read more

Jeremy Hunt blasts Boris Johnson’s ‘concerning’ decision not to ban public events

Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is ‘surprised and concerned’ Boris Johnson didn’t lockdown parts of Britain to tackle the coronavirus ‘national emergency’ as debate rages over whether the PM has gone far enough to protect Britain’s 66million population. Mr Hunt, who since leaving the cabinet is chair of the Commons health and social … Read more

Lewis Hamilton insists decision to hold Australian Grand Prix is ‘shocking’ amid coronavirus threat

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Backlash prompts YouTube to reverse decision on demonetizing all videos relating to coronavirus

Backlash prompts YouTube to reverse course on demonetizing coronavirus videos as select creators will soon be allowed to profit off of vlogging about the pandemic The platform changed its mind on demonetizing coronavirus content Select creators will now be able to profit off of ads on coronavirus videos The move comes after prominent YouTubers criticized … Read more

Deborah Knight reveals her difficult decision after daughter, four, showed symptoms of coronavirus 

Deborah Knight reveals the difficult decision she was forced to make after her four-year-old daughter showed symptoms of coronavirus By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:17 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 04:46 GMT, 11 March 2020 Deborah Knight has blasted the Australian government for failing to give out clear advice about how … Read more

Stephen King says publisher’s decision to drop Woody Allen memoir makes him ‘very uneasy’

Stephen King warns that a book publisher’s decision on Friday to cancel a planned memoir by Woody Allen is censorship. ‘The Hachette decision to drop the Woody Allen book makes me very uneasy,’ the bestselling author tweeted on Friday. ‘It’s not him; I don’t give a damn about Mr. Allen. ‘It’s who gets muzzled next … Read more

Experts slam government decision to withhold locations of new coronavirus cases

Government is slammed for coronavirus ‘secrecy’ after announcing it will NOT tell the public where new cases have been found for up to a week Former PHE director as slammed decision to withhold information until Friday Professor Paul Ashford said: ‘The public needs to know if it’s in their area’. Dr Jennifer Cole, a biological … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: The Heathrow decision is an act of self-harm to make us all poorer 

Climate-change activists will not be the only ones celebrating the Court of Appeal’s decision to block a new third runway at Heathrow. It saves the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who once threatened to lie down in front of the bulldozers, from having to make an embarrassing U-turn. It is a great victory for British Airways … Read more