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Brazil’s health minister says government should turn to gang leaders to fight COVID-19 in favelas

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Brazil’s health minister says the government should turn to gang and militia leaders in dangerous and overcrowded favelas to develop a coronavirus strategy Brazil Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said the government should engage favela gang and militia leaders to combat the coronavirus The overcrowded slums are home to about 11 million people or 2% … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Don’t turn Britain into a dividend desert

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Logical thinking is one of the first casualties in situations of great stress, which must be the explanation for the way dividends are being demonised in the pandemic. An idea has taken hold that companies must take an axe to executive pay and to dividends as if the two could be bundled together under the … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Belsen and a nightmare vision we must never turn away from

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Belsen and a nightmare vision we must never turn away from By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:01 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 02:08 BST, 8 April 2020 Return To Belsen A Country Life For Half The Price At a time when the news is so … Read more

You can find a cash oasis as dividends turn into a desert

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Opportunities for people to extract a worthwhile income from their savings and investments are decreasing – by the day.  Difficult times, no two ways about it, for this country’s army of savers and investors, though of course nothing like as stressful as it is for those on the NHS frontline.  Banks and building societies are … Read more

Milton Keynes mortuary: Preparations begin to turn town ice rink into a giant emergency morgue

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Preparations begin to turn Milton Keynes ice rink into giant coronavirus mortuary Planet Ice venue in South Row, Milton Keynes, will act as a temporary mortuary But this will be in the event that local funeral directors are unable to hold bodies The 2,800 capacity rink is kept open to ensure it is the temperature … Read more

National Trust plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into sprawling car park

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Protesters are locked in a furious row with the National Trust over plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into a sprawling car park for a moated manor house. Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, already has 232 parking spaces but the conservation charity wants to double capacity by moving the car park to a nearby area … Read more

Ventilator that ‘is simple as it gets’ can turn manual face masks into automatic ventilators

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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

Estate agents turn to online tours in the hope of staying in business 

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Anyone who thinks this is no time to consider buying or selling a home with the country in lockdown and estate agents’ offices shut, should think again — and head for their laptop.  Thousands of estate agents have accelerated plans to use digital technology to show off homes to buyers who they hope will remain … Read more

You can turn your car into a home office with handy attachments

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You might not be able to use your car during the coronavirus lockdown, but you can convert it into a home office to escape the isolation bedlam in the house. We reveal how you can turn your parked vehicle into a temporary working from home haven if loved ones, kids or flatmates are driving you … Read more