Hospital admissions for coronavirus have halved since the pandemic’s peak, the head of the NHS reveals today. Writing exclusively in the Daily Mail, Simon Stevens says the fall in demand means the sick should not delay in seeking help for other illnesses. Hospital staff are treating just over 9,000 patients a day in England – down … Read more
Third case of dengue fever confirmed in Miami – as report reveals cases of the rare disease are on the rise ‘due to climate change’ The first case was confirmed in March and the other two cases both this month Officials released a high risk health alert on Friday warning Florida residents to protect themselves … Read more
£12.1m must-win Lotto jackpot ‘rolls down’ after no one matched all six numbers – meaning players received £125 for matching just three balls More than 95,000 ticket-holders have now scooped £126, instead of just £30 Some 68 ticket-holders also won £12,677 by matching five numbers on the draw Five players picked up prizes of £13,000 … Read more
Blocked! These fake Covid-19 texts have been bombarding Britons but crackdown is launched on number spoofing scams 70 numbers involved in sending scam coronavirus texts have been blocked Banks and police have created ‘white’ and ‘black’ lists for real and fake numbers Fraudsters have been bombarding Britons with phishing emails and texts – with more … Read more
Nuisance calls come in all manner of guises. There are unscrupulous salesmen, automated voices claiming you are owed compensation and plausible fraudsters hoping to con you out of your savings. According to the latest figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office, there was a 20 per cent increase in complaints about nuisance calls last year. Phone … Read more
A sharp rise in the number of Jewish people who have died from coronavirus has led to community leaders changing the rules of a major religious festival to allow people to be buried. In normal circumstances, no one can be laid to rest during the first two days of Passover which starts tonight. But with … Read more
An intelligence report sent to the White House last week concluded coronavirus numbers coming out of China are fake China’s reporting on coronavirus is intentionally incomplete, three U.S. officials revealed in a Wednesday report, adding its government is underreporting statistics on both the death toll and number of cases. The intelligence community handed over a … Read more
New York state now has 75,795 cases of coronavirus – an increase of 9,298 since Monday – and 1550 have died, Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed on Tuesday as he admitted ‘no one knows’ when the pandemic will end and said the entire country ‘underestimated it’. Speaking at a wide-ranging press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo … Read more
TV presenter Johnny Ball has never forgotten the days he struggled to make ends meet, playing drums in Liverpool and hanging out with The Beatles. Ball, now 81, went on to earn six-figure sums presenting science and technology programmes for children throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He has never tried to give his daughter, DJ … Read more
It’s a butterfly high! Half of Britain’s best-loved species see numbers increase as warmer summers boost caterpillar growth rates The warm spring and summer is believed to have helped caterpillars grow faster It was also wet enough to provide plenty of wildflower leaves to munch Latest figures collected by more than 2,500 volunteers across the … Read more