CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV including Keeping Britain Fed and Amazing Spaces

Keeping Britain Fed Rating: Amazing Spaces Rating: Malcolm would be regarded as a proper pest these days.  He was the drippy student, played by Nigel Plaskitt in a series of Seventies telly ads, who tried to plead he was too poorly to sit his exams. His mum (Barbara New) was having none of it. ‘Course … Read more

Meghan King takes to Instagram as she enjoys ‘wide open spaces’ with boyfriend Christian Schauf

Meghan King takes to Instagram as she enjoys ‘wide open spaces’ with boyfriend Christian Schauf By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 07:34 BST, 8 June 2020 | Updated: 07:34 BST, 8 June 2020 Meghan King took to Instagram to share photos of herself enjoying the great outdoors with boyfriend Christian Schauf. The 35-year-old mother-of-three posted … Read more

Coronavirus: TALKING in confined spaces can cause spread

Just talking in a confined space could spread coronavirus, a new study suggests.  Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that droplets of spit that can contain infectious particles of coronavirus can linger in the air for eight to 14 minutes after someone speaks.  Especially concerning, even a person with no symptoms of … Read more

TALKING in confined spaces can spread coronavirus, study finds

Just talking in a confined space could spread coronavirus, a new study suggests.  Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that droplets of spit that can contain infectious particles of coronavirus can linger in the air for eight to 14 minutes after someone speaks.  Especially concerning, even a person with no symptoms of … Read more

Microsoft Word will now mark two spaces between sentences as an error 

Typing a double space after a full stop is wrong, period. With one space.  Microsoft Word is to start flagging the use of two spaces between sentences as an error — reflecting the standard accepted by most style guides. The formatting error will begin being flagged by the popular word processing application with a blue … Read more

Killer coronavirus lingers in the air of crowded spaces and rooms that lack ventilation

The life-threatening coronavirus that has rapidly swept the world can linger in the air of crowded places, researchers today warned.  Experts in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic began, analysed air samples from different parts of two hospitals. Results showed the virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was undetectable everywhere except two areas ‘prone to crowding’.  Researchers … Read more

Defeated by fascists in the Spanish Civil War, dozens of rebels hid in tiny spaces…

As the front door closed behind Manuel Cortes, there was a moment’s hesitation. Then, as he took his first step onto the cobbled street, the 64-year-old lost his footing, his wife Juliana offering a steadying arm to prevent him falling. Later he would reveal it was his shoes that had been the problem — he … Read more

Allotment land has been cut by 65 per cent in urban spaces since 1960

British cities have lost 65 per cent of allotment land since the mid-twentieth century, a new study claims. Historic maps of 10 urban locations including Bristol, Glasgow and Liverpool showed lost allotment land in each could have grown around 2,500 tonnes of food per year.  The poorer urban areas in particular have seen eight times … Read more

Boris Johnson threatens a total lockdown of the UK within 24 hours with parks and open spaces closed

Boris Johnson has told the British public that they must keep six feet apart even when they are outside and has threatened to close parks if people refuse to keep their distance.  The PM used his daily press conference to warn there was ‘no doubt’ he would act to shut open spaces and limit all … Read more

Day One of Lockdown: Nation’s streets and open spaces are deserted

Day One of Lockdown: Nation’s streets and open spaces are deserted as Britons awake to a new dawn without pubs, restaurants, leisure centres, cinemas and gyms due to coronavirus Yesterday the PM ordered social premises such as gyms and cinemas to close Today pictures emerged of empty towns as people chose to follow the PM’s … Read more