The scientist whose Covid-tracking app established that loss of smell is a key symptom has said that 80 per cent of people who enter intensive care units with coronavirus are obese and are more likely to die. King’s College London epidemiologist Professor Tim Spector, 62, said he suffered very mild Covid while he was developing … Read more
A 79-year-old woman who battled mental health issues for decades took her life in the same spot as her sister after she ‘couldn’t go on’ during lockdown. Great-grandmother Hazel Duffield had struggled with depression for most of her life, and found her illness becoming unbearable over the last few months. Her sister’s own suicide and … Read more
Trinny Woodall and her daughter Lyla failed to wear face masks in a taxi during a Facebook Live on Monday, weeks after the star battled COVID-19. The presenter, who marked her 57th birthday on Monday, was seen chatting to fans on the social media site with her daughter by her side – with no mask … Read more
‘I’m getting there, but this is real and affects us all:’ James Bond actor Colin Salmon, 58, reveals he battled COVID-19 in hospital By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 16:00 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 16:00 GMT, 30 January 2021 James Bond star Colin Salmon has revealed he was hospitalised after contracting COVID-19. The … Read more
A woman who lost her sense of smell while battling Covid-19 has revealed how it is still damaged almost a year later, leaving her struggling to eat or kiss her partner. Clare Freer, 47, from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, suffers from parosmia, a condition which impacts the brain’s condition to identify an odour’s ‘natural’ smell. The … Read more
Frankie Bridge has discussed her battle with an eating disorder at the height of her fame with The Saturdays. The singer, 31, told the Made By Mammas podcast that watching what she ate while in the band was a form of control, and that a fear of gaining weight, as she had done while expecting … Read more
Jeremy Vine has revealed that he battled novel coronavirus over the festive holiday, forcing him to spend Christmas Day isolated from his own family. The 55-year-old TV personality appeared on his eponymous show on Monday morning, and shared that his Christmas was a ‘weird one’, after he started to experience symptoms on December 22nd. He … Read more
‘I won’t lie – it was scary!’ Jeremy Clarkson, 60, reveals he battled COVID-19 over Christmas… and believed he’d ‘die in a lonely plastic tent’ because of his unhealthy lifestyle By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 19:23 GMT, 2 January 2021 | Updated: 19:28 GMT, 2 January 2021 Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he battled … Read more
A school IT worker is one of Britain’s longest suffering Covid-19 patients after he was admitted to hospital March – as his wife says his battle for survival has been ‘nothing short of miraculous’. Jason Kelk, 49, was admitted to St James’ Hospital in Leeds on March 31 – a day after Kate Garraway‘s husband … Read more
Evocative pictures of Londoners using the capital’s transport network during World War Two have been released by Transport for London as part of a new exhibition. The Black and white photographs give an insight into how Britons kept calm and carried on to keep the war-torn capital city moving; converting coaches to ambulances to treat … Read more