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
Nationwide to open its doors early for elderly customers who are more at risk from the coronavirus pandemic By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 23:42 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 23:52 GMT, 17 March 2020 Nationwide building society is opening more than 100 of its branches an hour early to help those … Read more
Reese Witherspoon talks early days in her career when sexism was rampant: ‘I was the only woman on the set and there would be 150 men’ By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 14:10 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 14:19 GMT, 17 March 2020 Reese Witherspoon has been doing very well in Hollywood as she … Read more
British and Irish supermarkets have opened up early today to allow older customers to shop safely and avoid coronavirus-related panic buying. Iceland, Lidl and Tesco are offering a ‘silver hour’ for elderly and vulnerable shoppers only, in an attempt to stem the crisis. The Nationwide Building Society is also set to trial new branch opening times during … Read more
Lydia Bright admits she ‘freaked out’ after going into early labour with daughter Loretta Rose… as star admits she returned to work two WEEKS later By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 21:41 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 22:15 GMT, 15 March 2020 She recently revealed she has gone back to work just two weeks … Read more
France shuts down its ski resorts two months early as country is put on lockdown after coronavirus death toll rose to 91 Most French ski resorts usually close in April or May but they’ll be closing today Shutdown comes just three weeks before the French and British school holidays It is another heavy blow to France’s … Read more
A Washington state woman who has recovered from coronavirus says she experienced no coughing or sneezing and claims she recovered by staying at home and taking over-the-counter medicine. Elizabeth Schneider lives in Seattle, the biggest city in state which also has the highest coronavirus death rate in the United States, with 31 people dead. Schneider … Read more
It has been 18 years in the making, but SpaceX may finally send its first manned mission into space. The firm’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell revealed the California company is ‘gunning for May’ to fly astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Shotwell noted that NASA astronauts set to take the … Read more
A top official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has compared the coronavirus outbreak to the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Dr Anthony Fauci has been director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease since 1984 and was a central figure during the global crisis. He said that while the … Read more
A world away from lockout laws: Amazing photos of Sydney pubs from as early as the 1900s offer a glimpse of a VERY different Harbour City Historic photographs from the Australian National University show Sydney life in the 1900s Archival photos reveal what the city’s iconic pubs like The Australian Hotel looked like 100 years … Read more