Coronavirus UK: Other countries’ tests can diagnose in minutes

Pressure is mounting on the UK Government to upgrade its coronavirus testing as other countries switch to diagnostic kits that take just minutes to produce results.   Boris Johnson today announced testing will be ramped up to 25,000 a day after coming under scathing criticism for letting thousands go undiagnosed. Only 5,000 people were being swabbed daily … Read more

Virgin Mobile gives pay monthly customers unlimited minutes and data boost for free

Virgin Mobile gives pay monthly customers unlimited minutes and data boost for free to help them cope with working from home Virgin Mobile is giving pay monthly customers unlimited minutes to landlines  It is also offering a 10GB data boost at no extra cost for a month  The new plan will kick in on Monday … Read more

Emirates to launch the world’s shortest A380 flight -which will last just 75 minutes

Emirates to launch the world’s shortest A380 flight – which lasts just 75 MINUTES and covers a distance of only 211 miles From July 1, Emirates will fly an A380 between Dubai and Muscat International  Aircraft will have a three-class configuration and carry a total of 519 passengers The A380 has a range of 8,000 … Read more

British company claims it has created a coronavirus test that can detect COVID-19 in ten minutes

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

Italian town at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic is holding a funeral every 30 minutes

An Italian town at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic is holding burials every half an hour after 146 people died there in a week.  The mortuary at the local hospital in Bergamo, Lombardy, is full, with bodies kept in churches while awaiting burial.  It comes as Begona Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro … Read more

Could you really get some money back from your student loan in five minutes?

The Student Loans Company has a £28.5million pot of money belonging to university graduates which they can claim hundreds of pounds from. Between 2009-10 and 2017-18, the Government body in charge of student finance took £308million more in repayments than it should have, according to reports.  While the SLC said it had contacted everyone due … Read more

More than $150 billion is wiped off the Australian stock exchange in minutes amid coronavirus

More than $100billion is wiped off the Australian stock exchange in ONE HOUR as global markets tank amid coronavirus panic The benchmark S&P/ASX200 plunged by 5.2 per cent on Monday morning By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:59 GMT, 8 March 2020 | Updated: 00:31 GMT, 9 March 2020 More than $100billion has … Read more

Thousands being forced to wait more than ten minutes to speak to HMRC

Waiting on the taxman: Hundreds of thousands of people being forced to wait more than ten minutes to speak to HMRC By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 08:39 GMT, 26 February 2020 On hold: HMRC aims to pick up the phone within five minutes Hundreds of … Read more

21 romantic film titles are hidden in the cinema scene – try to name them all in FIVE minutes!

Love is in the air in this romantic scene – but in typical rom-com fashion, things aren’t straightforward.   The latest brainteaser, created by Watches2U, features 21 clues hidden in the cinema screening, each depicting classic romantic film titles.  But with a jam-packed graphic filled with everything from emojis, ghosts and even an eyeball, it may prove trickier … Read more