Some of Britain’s biggest holiday lettings firms have been reported to the competition regulator after an investigation raised concerns they could be using unfair contract terms to deny customers refunds for coronavirus cancellations. They have been reported to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) by Which? after frustrated customers of companies such as Sykes Holiday … Read more
More than four percent of Californians may have developed antibodies against the novel coronavirus, preliminary results of a new study suggest. Researchers from the University of Southern California developed a coronavirus antibody test, which can determine if someone has been infected and if their body has produced immune cells that can protect them from being … Read more
Virgin Australia ‘collapses into voluntary administration after crisis talks failed to save the embattled airline’ – leaving 16,000 employees in limbo Virgin’s board is reported to have put the airline into voluntary administration The airline would not confirm or deny the claim on Monday evening 16,000 jobs at risk however the airline could continue trading … Read more
The United States on Thursday recorded a slight drop in the number of reported coronavirus deaths just a day after setting a record the day before as fatalities surpassed 2,500 within a 24-hour period. In total, a reported 2,290 Americans died on Thursday from COVID-19 – nearly reaching Wednesday’s grim record of 2,524 fatalities. As … Read more
A pair of scientists believe that up to 270,000 residents of California have the novel coronavirus, 10 times more cases than have been reported. The researchers estimate that up to 4.8 percent of the total US population was infected with the virus by April 6 – 40 times the number of confirmed cases. They also … Read more
Family of father-of-three who died of brain aneurysm are ‘disgusted’ after neighbours mistakenly reported them to police for not socially distancing at his wake even though they all lived together Steven Smith, 47, died three days after he was diagnosed with brain aneurysm His family held a wake in the front garden of home they … Read more
NHS nurse’s ‘idiot’ neighbour leaves note on her car calling her ‘selfish’ for using her car every day for ‘unessential’ journeys – because she goes to work in normal clothes Sam Halms found a message on her vehicle which said she had been reported Health worker told journeys were ‘unessential’ because she wasn’t in uniform … Read more
RIBA president takes ‘time out’ over undisclosed ‘serious incident’ in his personal life as organisation faces claims of a cover up Alan Jones emailed members of the RIBA Council on Thursday to say a matter had arisen in his personal life Details of the incident involving the Northern Irish architect however have not been disclosed … Read more
Italy’s death toll from the COVID-19 virus is far higher than reported ‘because the country cannot spare resources to test every dead body’, a report has claimed. Italy first emerged as the European epicentre of the virus before rocketing to become the country with the most deaths from infection globally. Their death toll currently stands … Read more
Wuhan doctor tests positive for coronavirus after the city reported zero cases for five days in a row as leading doctor warns ‘mission is not accomplished’ for the former epicentre The medical worker was diagnosed yesterday, said the local health authority Officials said it was possible that he had contracted the disease through work Comes … Read more