WWII hero, 99, given guard of honour from NHS medics as he’s wheeled out after defeating coronavirus

Heart-warming moment WWII hero, 99, is given guard of honour from NHS medics as he’s wheeled out of hospital after defeating coronavirus Albert Chambers, who will turn 100 in July, thanked NHS staff for his treatment He recovered from coronavirus after being treated at Tickhill Road Hospital, Doncaster He was wheeled through the hospital as … Read more

National Guard in New York City are picking dead bodies up with Enterprise rental vans

The National Guard is renting vans to transport hundreds of dead bodies from their New York City homes as a startling number of people are dying there without ever being treated for coronavirus.  City officials announced Wednesday that they will begin counting people who died at home and who had not been tested or treated … Read more

Mother, 39, accused of coughing in face of B&M store security guard claiming she had coronavirus

Mother, 39, accused of coughing in face of B&M store security guard claiming she had coronavirus when she was ‘caught shoplifting’ is remanded in custody Leanne Stapleton, 39, was arrested after she was allegedly caught shoplifting Prosecutors say she coughed at a security guard when trying to get away She appeared before Teesside magistrates where … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN on the Corona Home Guard

We are now almost numb to the pace of daily developments. The graph lines of infection and mortality grow steeper as the global situation verges on the Biblical; many of our most prominent public figures are going down like nine pins; our economy lurches from one epochal blow to the next.  As we all know, … Read more

Queen scales back Changing of the Guard due to coronavirus threat

Changing of the Guard loses its ‘pomp and ceremony’ with band and whistles scrapped in bid to deter tourists from gathering outside Buckingham Palace amid coronavirus crisis The Queen has stopped the pomp and ceremony of the Changing of the Guard  The ceremony involves soldiers in bearskin hats parading through the capital  Thousands of tourists … Read more

Researchers in Norway test using underwater robots with fin-like flaps to guard fish farms 

Researchers in Norway test how comfortable salmon in a commercial fish farm being monitored by underwater robots instead of human divers A team of scientists in Norway observed 188,000 salmon in a sea cage fish farm They sent a smaller and larger robot into the water to observe the salmon The fish appeared to be … Read more

Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer played at Changing of the Guard

Rock ‘n’ Royal: Military band plays Jon Bon Jovi’s anthem Livin’ on a Prayer during the Changing of the Guard to celebrate the music legend’s Invictus Games single The Band of the Scots Guard played Livin’ On A Prayer at Buckingham Palace Prince Harry was seen with frontman Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road Studios … Read more