Families could be told to self-isolate together if just ONE of them has coronavirus but elderly are told to ‘take care’ with their grandchildren as experts warn they are most likely to catch coronavirus from loved ones Families could soon be told to self-isolate together if just one of them falls ill Prof John Edmunds … Read more
Whole families will need to go into quarantine in the coming weeks if one of them has a temperature or a cough, Boris Johnson said yesterday. Although the Prime Minister stressed this was not yet the official advice, he warned households that it would be ‘coming down the track’. But Mr Johnson was clear that … Read more
Dramatic body-worn camera footage has captured the moment two quick-thinking police officers smashed their way into a block of flats in London to help save the lives of neighbours who had no idea a fire was raging beneath them. Police were called to the blaze behind shops in Cranleigh Gardens in Harrow just after 6.30pm … Read more
Standing at the top of a red run so steep we couldn’t see over the edge, I looked at my eight-year-old son and said ‘What do you reckon?’ My husband and older son had already disappeared over the edge in a spray of powder and now it was just the two of us under a … Read more
All-inclusive holidays are commonly perceived to be bargains – but research has revealed that families on them may end up spending up to 85 per cent more than those on bed and breakfast deals in the same resort, new research has found. This is because over four in five pay out for extras averaging over … Read more
The families of seniors locked down at a Washington state nursing long-term care facility are worried that time is running out before their relatives fall ill. Visitors were barred from Life Care Center in Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, after a series of 14 coronavirus infections sprang up at the home. Children and spouses of … Read more
M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
Britons are panic buying nappies, toilet roll, soup, tinned fruit, pet food, medicine, bottled water, wine and even setting up ‘isolation’ rooms at home in case coronavirus shuts down their communities, it was revealed today. Families are stockpiling reserves to ensure their homes are ‘fit for a pandemic’ with some purchasing new chest freezers to fill … Read more
Babies from bilingual families are better at switching their attention from one task to another, study finds Scientists showed young babies up to nine months various pictures in sequence Those in bilingual families were 33 per cent faster at redirecting their attention Babies found that those from bilingual homes are able to change their focus ‘more quickly … Read more
British tourists are facing an agonising wait to find out if they can leave a hotel lockdown in Tenerife tonight after an Italian visitor and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. Around 1,000 guests are being kept inside the H10 Costa Adeje Palace with padlocks on the doors, police patrolling the complex and the resort … Read more