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
Revealed: The most popular items snapped up by panic-buyers includes pasta, shower gel and tissues as sales soared by £60million in first week of March Items such as children’s medicine and bath and shower products were on the up Figures could have been higher if supermarkets hadn’t run out of some items Hoarders have been … Read more
Las Vegas remained a ghost town as the sun set today, 48 hours after Nevada’s governor Steve Sisolak shut down all of the state’s casinos. Photos of the still brightly neon-lit casino mecca showed a nearly deserted city with only a handful of people walking along the usually-bustling Strip as night fell over a once-bustling … Read more
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
As officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak restaurants, bars and schools across the United States were forced to close their doors. It has left parts of the country already look like ghost towns, and others are about to follow as theme parks closed, beaches shooed way … Read more
Scientists have dismissed a dangerous list of coronavirus tips floating on social media as being ‘totally bogus’. The list, being shared on WhatsApp and other social networks, claims to be information from an expert from Stanford Medicine – a claim the US university has denied. Its fake prevention tips include drinking water to wash the … Read more
Brits are being urged not to eat cuttlefish as populations of the mollusc in UK waters have sunk to perilously low levels. The enigmatic marine creatures have joined the Marine Conservation Society’s ‘fish to avoid’ list after a steep decline in populations in the English Channel in 10 years. Between 2008 and 2017, catches of … Read more
Know-it-all parents, camp, low pay and bragging co-workers: School teacher who quit shares what she won’t miss about the job in a VERY honest list An Australian school teacher decided to quit her job for her ‘mental health’ Deciding it wasn’t the profession for her, Ebony Drake listed the things she hated Chief among them were … Read more
The 20 safest airlines in the world revealed: Qantas is No1 with Virgin Atlantic, Alaska and Hawaiian also in the ranking AirlineRatings.com revealed the top 20 safest carriers after studying 400 The top five also includes Air New Zealand, Eva Air, Etihad and Qatar Airways Separate ranking for low-cost carriers includes Flybe, JetBlue and Frontier … Read more
Time magazine’s ‘100 Women of the Year’ list is celebrating the influential females who have been ‘overshadowed’ by men over the past century despite their achievements. Inspired by the Time ‘Person of the Year’—which used to be the ‘Man of the Year’ until 1999—the new project spotlights the women who helped shape the world, starting with the … Read more