Britain’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 151, the lowest increase on a Thursday since March 19, taking the official Government total to 41,279. Department of Health figures show the number of daily lab-confirmed Covid-19 fatalities is just slightly lower (14 per cent) than the 176 recorded last Thursday, as the pandemic slowly peters out. The … Read more
British Airways is heading for a vicious showdown with unions after relations appeared to spiral out of control over the airline’s plan for drastic job cuts. In a flurry of incendiary briefings last night, the two parties seemed further apart than ever over proposals to lay off up to 12,000 of its 43,000 staff – more … Read more
Petition to protect British food standards from inferior foreign imports reaches nearly 750,000 signatures after Mail on Sunday and Jamie Oliver backed the campaign – and you can sign it here The chef is supporting The Mail on Sunday’s Save Our Family Farm campaign The petition is a plea to keep controversial US food off … Read more
The Help reaches number one on Netflix nine years after theatrical release… amid criticism of ‘being racial reconciliation movie’ and regrets from co-star Viola Davis By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 08:13 BST, 5 June 2020 | Updated: 08:14 BST, 5 June 2020 The period drama film, The Help, was a critical and commercial success, garnering … Read more
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases globally surpassed six million today, figures from John Hopkins University reveal. The rising figures come as Brazil, which has become the hotspot of South America’s outbreak, registered a record 33,274 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. The latest figures, which bring the total number of cases in Brazil to … Read more
Russia aims to build its own orbiting space base when the International Space Station (ISS) is no longer serviceable – to launch missions to the Moon and Mars. The ISS has been under constant occupation by astronauts since November 2000 but due to structural fatigue needs to be decommissioned by 2030. After this Roscosmos plans … Read more
‘One day at a time:’ Davina McCall reaches out to James Argent as sober TOWIE star calls her his ‘hero’ after going public with cocaine and alcohol addiction By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 11:34 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 13:22 BST, 28 May 2020 Davina McCall has urged James Argent to take sobriety … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s biography reached number one on Amazon’s Top 10 New York bestseller in 24 hours list on the day of its release for pre-order. Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family is set to be released worldwide online on August 11, with the hard copy … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
Around the globe TikTok users are creating their own videos to Drake’s latest number one, Toosie Slide. And thanks to the countless renditions, videos using ‘#ToosieSlide’ have reached over three billion plays on the video platform, and given the rapper yet another record. The astonishing amount of views make Drake the fastest rising music trend … Read more