With its immaculate lawns, tumbling cascades of flowers and artfully created water features, the Chelsea Flower Show is a highlight of the summer: a celebration of the enduring British passion for plants and gardens. So when last year’s show had to be cancelled because of the pandemic, gardening fans were aghast. But this week the … Read more
The number of NHS staff off sick or self-isolating due to coronavirus has almost quadrupled since September, leaked figures reveal. As many as 46,400 doctors and nurses are currently off work because of the virus, reports The Independent, which is almost four times as high as the 12,382 reported on September 2. Overall, almost one in … Read more
The Boss Baby sequel starring Alec Baldwin pushed to September 2021 by Universal Pictures By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 00:05 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 00:13 GMT, 29 December 2020 Fans who have been waiting more than three years for a sequel to Universal Pictures’ 2017 animated hit The Boss Baby will have … Read more
UK economy surged by 16 per cent between July and September – the highest rise ever recorded – but still not enough to offset an even bigger fall between April and June with GDP almost NINE PER CENT below where it was at the end of 2019 UK GDP increased by an estimated 16 per … Read more
Chrissy Teigen is still coping with the loss of her baby Jack after she suffered a miscarriage in late September. The 35-year-old Cravings entrepreneur has now sought grief counseling to help her rebuild following a difficult few months. Speaking to Us Weekly a close source said, ‘Chrissy is going through intense grief counselling at the … Read more
Covid deaths FELL for the first time since September in England’s last full week of lockdown, ONS data shows – as other data shows second wave fatalities peaked in mid-November Deaths occurring in England and Wales appeared to hit peak of 2,808 in week to November 20, now falling Office for National Statistics report shows … Read more
Has NASA’s rocket come home? Object first spotted in September comes within 31,000 miles of Earth and is suspected to be a piece from the 1966 Surveyor 2 Object 2020 SO was spotted on a trajectory towards Earth on September 17 Some astronomers said it was an asteroid, but more research needed to be done Others … Read more
A bricklayer who ‘nearly died’ after a family trip to Rome in September 2019 believes he was Britain’s Covid patient zero. Brian Stoodley, 67, was hospitalised with a mystery illness and suffered many of the common symptoms of the virus, which was previously believed to have originated in Wuhan in December. Brian had a shortness … Read more
Children don’t spread the virus like teachers do A Public Health England analysis found 70 children out of 1.6million who had returned to school in June tested positive for Covid-19. Another 128 members of staff tested positive. And only 30 outbreaks were confirmed at 23,400 reopened schools (0.01 per cent). The analysis, published on August … Read more
The economy bounced back by 15.5 per cent in the three months to September – but it was already slowing down before the latest lockdown. Official figures showed UK plc clawed back ground over the summer, as coronavirus cases fell and shops, bars and restaurants were allowed to reopen. But the recovery tapered off in … Read more