The number of people visiting A&E departments in England after suffering heart attacks has returned to normal, after numbers plunged to record lows amid the coronvirus outbreak. Earlier this week, NHS statistics revealed that April was the quietest month ever for A&E departments across England. Only 916,581 emergency department visits were recorded in the month that Britain’s … Read more
‘Take me back!’ Nostalgic Twitter users across the world share the last ‘normal’ picture they took before the lockdown hit as they reminisce over family dinners and picnics with pals People are sharing last pictures they took on phone before the lockdown started From UK to the US, everyone is missing what normal used to … Read more
It has won over audiences across the globe thanks to it’s breathtakingly beautiful performances and practically-perfect screen adaptation. And now BBC bosses are reportedly ‘desperate’ to bring back characters Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan for a second season of Normal People. The show, which has been streamed more than 16 million times, is based on … Read more
Online supermarket Ocado has seen its revenue surge over 40 per cent this quarter, as locked-down Britons get their shopping delivered to their doors. The grocer said its decision to stop people ordering bottled mineral water helped it complete 6,000 extra orders a week. Across all its operations and partnerships, Ocado claimed it was enabling … Read more
Britain’s biggest car-maker, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has boosted its online ‘virtual showroom’ sales in a bid to kick-start the dormant market and entice customers into buying new vehicles despite the coronavirus lockdown. A year-long digital car-buying trial which began with just five per cent of customers is now being made available to all prospective … Read more
Who is your 11th friend? Last week it emerged Ministers are giving serious consideration to the creation of a ‘bubble’ of ten family members and acquaintances who we will be allowed to associate with as part of the slow easing of lockdown. So think about it for a moment. Not of the ten lucky souls … Read more
Next week Boris Johnson will present his exit strategy, but with Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty warning that without a coronavirus vaccine it is ‘wholly unrealistic’ to expect to return to normal soon, what might life after lockdown actually look like? Drawing on scientific predictions and the experiences of countries emerging from isolation, JONATHAN … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has admitted that bars, restaurants and social spaces in the capital could remain closed for the foreseeable future, even if lockdown restrictions are eased, while warning that Londoners will have to face a bleak ‘new normal’. The mayor added that people living in the city will only be able to have … Read more
World Health officials have warned about the indirect impact the coronavirus could have on children around the world due to a shortfall in vaccinations and treatments for other diseases, particularly in Africa. In a media briefing this week, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that while children are at a … Read more
Dominic Raab has braced Britain to prepare for a ‘new normal’ with social distancing curbs in place for the long-haul. The Foreign Secretary, who has been deputising in Boris Johnson’s absence, said elements of the current lockdown would remain for ‘some time’. He dampened hopes of an imminent loosening of restrictions by refusing to be … Read more