NASCAR turns to video games after canceling all live events due to coronavirus – and sets a new record for the highest rated esports broadcast ever with its first virtual race NASCAR drew the largest ever esports audience with its first virtual race 903,000 people watched the company’s first virtual event on Fox Sports 1 … Read more
New York City has recorded 1664 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day, taking the total number to 3615. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the shocking statistic in a press conference held Thursday afternoon, with the official number soaring by over 1000 in the hours since state Governor Andrew Cuomo updated the public earlier … 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
Labour has suspended the former head of Britain’s equality watchdog, Trevor Phillips, over accusations of Islamophobia. Yet Phillips has fought racism all his life, while the party under Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of anti-Semitism and is being investigated by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The only other party to have been probed in … Read more
Thirty-four new coronavirus cases were recorded in the UK today in the biggest daily spike recorded on British soil, taking the number of infected patients to 85. Health officials refused to reveal exactly whereabouts in the UK the infected patients were diagnosed but said 80 have been in England, three in Scotland, one in Wales … Read more
Comeback for label that launched Blondie: Chrysalis Records to make music again for first time in two decades By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 26 February 2020 The label behind Sinead O’Connor and Blondie, featuring Debbie Harry, is to make music again for the … Read more
Scotland has confirmed its first coronavirus patient, raising the UK’s infection toll to 36 after a sharp spike in cases today. The patient from Tayside, central Scotland, recently returned from northern Italy which is battling the second largest outbreak outside China. Authorities were tonight racing to track down anyone who came into contact with this … Read more
Smiling in Heaven: World’s oldest man dies aged 112 just days after he told Guinness Book of Records ceremony the secret to long life was to have a grin on your face and be happy Chitetsu Watanabe died 13 days after being named the world’s oldest man Guinness World Records presented him with certificate in … Read more