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
BREAKING NEWS: Channel Seven’s long-running drama Home and Away is the latest TV show to be SHUT DOWN over coronavirus fears By Shannon Shipley For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:30 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 12:44 GMT, 22 March 2020 The set of hit TV drama Home and Away has been shut down over … Read more
A Labour candidate’s father and darts player’s wife of 48 years have become the latest named victims of coronavirus. Ali Milani, who stood for Labour in the prime minister’s constituency last year, said his father died this morning, eight days after the virus was diagnosed. And heartbroken Liverpool fan Geoff Martin, from Warrington, Cheshire, wrote … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s employment support package will cost the taxpayer billions of pounds a month, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said tonight. IFS director Paul Johnson said the final cost to the Exchequer of paying up to 80% of the wages of workers whose jobs were under threat from the coronavirus outbreak was ‘unknowable’. … Read more
Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford is told to remove ‘Blackie’ from new book cover over publisher’s racism fears Barbara Taylor Bradford says book title Blackie and Emma has been scrapped She accused publishing house HarperCollins of pressuring her to change title Customers feared to misinterpret name Blackie for term of derision or insult Taylor Bradford alleged … Read more
Mike Ashley’s Frasers becomes latest retailer to warn on profits due to ‘significant disruption’ from coronavirus outbreak Frasers no longer expects profits to grow by the 5 to 15% in the year to April The retail group also dropped its forward guidance due to the uncertainty Last year Frasers made profits of £287.8million Coronavirus symptoms: … Read more
Spot the car-pets! It’s the latest social media craze – animals who perfectly blend in with soft furnishings around the home By Claire Cisotti for the Daily Mail Published: 22:44 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 23:32 GMT, 17 March 2020 Share or comment on this article:
Coronavirus-inspired nail art is the latest bizarre beauty trend – with Instagram users sharing snaps of their talons clad in medical mask designs, hand sanitiser and 3D models of COVID-19 Bizarre new trend sees Instagram users share their coronavirus-inspired nail art Images from around the globe include medical mask and hand sanitiser designs One set of … Read more
He’s loving it! Rat hauling an Egg McMuffin in its mouth is New York’s latest subway rodent star A rat was filmed Friday carrying an Egg McMuffin sandwich from McDonald’s in its mouth down a staircase into a subway station Clip shared by Twitter account Subway Creatures racked up over 5,000 views Friday’s rat is … Read more
Switzerland, Luxembourg and Germany become the latest European countries to close their schools Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga said situation is ‘difficult’ in the country PM Xavier Bettel said Luxembourgers will need to adapt in wake of coronavirus At least 12 of Germany’s 16 states have also closed their schools UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said … Read more