Lockdown UK turns to drink and Disney: Booze sales soar as 23m sign up to the new streaming service By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 9 April 2020 Life under lockdown has driven us to spend more nights in front of the telly with … Read more
Suicides soar to record levels in England with over 1,400 recorded in just three months – up 25% in two years The Office for National Statistics is finalising suicide numbers recorded in 2019 Early figures claim the end of 2019 saw the highest suicide figures for 19 years Men in their early 50s were most … Read more
The jets may be grounded – but your air miles can still soar (and you don’t even have to leave your home) Use airlines’ online stores for larger purchases in order to boost your air miles A little-known Tesco Clubcard trick lets you earn a large number of air miles You can earn extra BA Avios … Read more
Ten million Americans are now jobless amid coronavirus pandemic after record 6.6million new unemployment claims are filed in one week – after 3.3million last week The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits last week have shot to 6.6 million Initial claims for unemployment benefits rose to 6.65 million in the latest week, according … 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
NHS hospitals see spike in mental health patients on days when tweets about the topic surge, a study shows. Two London hospitals had up to 15 per cent more patients referred for a crisis episode or emergency on days when social media was rife with depression discussion. The researchers said news stories about mental health are … Read more
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in America exceeds 100,000, a number of major cities are emerging as worrying potential hotspots. While New York remained the worst hit city in the U.S., Americans braced for worsening conditions elsewhere, with worrisome infection numbers being reported in New Orleans, Chicago and Boston. Dr. John Brooks of the … Read more
Every pandemic in history has had its share of miracle potions and magic cures, most of which, sadly, have been anything but. Nonetheless, there is a real sense of the miraculous about the contraption sitting before me in a factory workshop on the outskirts of Worcester. It is the prototype of a mass- production hospital … Read more
Hacking fear as Ocado’s orders soar amid surge in desperate shoppers scrambling to stockpile essentials By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 19 March 2020 The surge in desperate shoppers trying to arrange deliveries from Ocado was so high at one point the company feared … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 5,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 140,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more