Key workers list revealed as government announces whose children can stay in school

Confusion over who qualifies as a key worker whose children can stay in school during the coronavirus crisis intensified last night as the government published a list of jobs ranging from doctors to sewerage workers – but then told them to ask their bosses if they were indispensable. Less than 12 hours before schools close … Read more

Confusion over Boris Johnson’s promise that schools will stay open for children of ‘key workers’

Boris Johnson’s pledge to give all children of key workers a school place during the coronavirus crisis descended into chaos and confusion today as parents helping to keep the country running were rejected from the emergency scheme. The children of any parent who works for the NHS and crucial roles such as supermarket delivery drivers have … Read more

Passengers demand a full refund as Asia cruise misses out key stops 

Passengers demand a full refund as Asia cruise misses out key stops By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 Hundreds of angry passengers are demanding a full refund from Norwegian Cruise Line after its tour of South-East Asia on its Jade cruise ship visited … Read more

Marie-Chantal of Greece insists ‘beautiful manners’ is key to raising successful children

She is a successful society businesswoman and mother-of-five whose children are already forging their own successful paths in life, so Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece is certainly well placed to be offering parenting advice.  The fashion designer, 51, shares five children with her royal husband, Prince Pavlos of Greece: daughter Olympia, 23, and four sons: Constantine, … Read more

BUDGET 2020 AT A GLANCE: The key points of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s crucial speech as it happens

BUDGET 2020 AT A GLANCE: The key points of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s crucial speech as it happens By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 12:26 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 12:42 GMT, 11 March 2020 As the newly-installed Chancellor Rishi Sunak gets to his feet to deliver his and this Government’s first Budget … Read more

Why a healthy skeleton is a key defence against illness

We know our bones stop us from flopping about like jellyfish, and that breaking them hurts. But now investigators are discovering how bones do far more than hold us up. Emerging studies show that our skeletons play key roles in producing a hormone that drives our fight-or-flight instincts, helps control our appetite, determines our risk … Read more

Government could regulate prices of key goods to stop profiteering as coronavirus spreads

Rogue retailers should not ‘cash in on fear’ and panic-buying by imposing big mark-ups on household essentials, a watchdog warned yesterday. The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) also said the Government may regulate the price of key products to prevent rip-offs. The goods affected could include everything from hand sanitiser, toilet paper and painkillers to … Read more

Known particle may hold the key to understanding dark matter

Particle that may date back to the Big Bang could hold the key to understanding the dark matter that makes up 80 per cent of the universe The sub-atomic particle is called a d-star hexaquark and was discovered in 2014  Dark matter is a mass that only interacts with regular matter through gravity It does … Read more

Chin up mate! Key to appearing honest and trustworthy is to look dead straight

Chin up mate! Key to appearing honest and trustworthy is to look at someone with a level head while tilting your chin up or down can make you appear aloof or domineering Researchers took photos of 24 people head on and chin tilted up and down Slight changes to the appearance of the eyebrows and mouth … Read more