Wuhan celebrates Halloween ten months after coronavirus began there

Crowds have poured into an amusement park in Wuhan to attend a Halloween event less than a year after the Chinese city became infamous as the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Photos show large numbers of people gathering to watch a parade at the Happy Valley Wuhan amusement park on Thursday night.   Some revellers swapped … Read more

Government borrowing hit £36BILLION in September the third-highest in any month since records began

Government borrowing hit £36BILLION in September the third-highest in any month since records began By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 07:17 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 07:17 BST, 21 October 2020 UK government borrowing has topped £36.1bn in September as heavy spending continued to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. It is £28.4bn … Read more

China’s super-wealthy got $1.5trillion richer during pandemic that began in Wuhan

China‘s super-wealthy have earned a record $1.5trillion during the last year despite the global economic collapse caused by the pandemic that began in Wuhan.  One analyst said that ‘the world has never seen this much wealth created in just one year’ after China added 257 members to its billionaires’ club and online shopping firms saw … Read more

Royal Ballet pair who began dating after starring in Romeo And Juliet dance together in major show

Sars-crossed lovers! Royal Ballet pair who began dating after starring in Romeo And Juliet dance intimately in company’s first major show in months – after isolating together during Covid pandemic Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales fell for each other re-enacting the play Couple were able to dance closely together without having to social distance  They isolated … Read more

Royal Ballet pair began dating after starring in Romeo And Juliet dance intimately

Sars-crossed lovers! Royal Ballet pair who began dating after starring in Romeo And Juliet dance intimately in company’s first major show in months – after isolating together during Covid pandemic Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales fell for each other re-enacting the play Couple were able to dance closely together without having to social distance  They isolated … Read more

Carlisle hosts 1,000 fans for first English Football League match since outbreak began

Football fans were marshalled into a brave new Covid-19 defying era today as the English Football League, tentatively, opened its doors for the first time during the pandemic. Just 1,000 supporters were allowed into the game between Carlisle United and Southend United and each were warned to be in no doubt that any un-social distancing … Read more

Husband whose wife is in care has been allowed to see her for just three hours since lockdown began

Twelve years ago, Ian Smith made a vow, one that so many make, to his wife, Sylvia – to have and hold her, in sickness and in health, from that day forward. And when, two years ago, at the age of just 66, she inexplicably developed an aggressive, degenerative brain illness, he was good to … Read more

UK records just three daily Covid deaths in lowest preliminary Sunday total since lockdown began 

The UK has recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases since mid-May after 2,988 were reported in just 24 hours. The last time the UK’s caseload was this high was May 17 – 16 weeks ago – when 3,562 people tested positive. A further two people died after testing positive for the bug today, bringing the UK’s total … Read more

Harry Maguire’s evening began at his £29,000-a-week Mykonos villa and ended in a prison cell

It was a night out for football star Harry Maguire which began at a £29,000-a-week villa and ended in a Mykonos prison cell with allegations of an attack on the police, attempted bribery and claims of mysterious Albanian gangsters armed with syringes full of date rape drugs. On Tuesday, the 27 year old Manchester United … Read more

Melania and Barron are seen together with Trump for the first time since the pandemic began

President Trump was greeted with rapturous applause from a small crowd of supporters as he returned to Washington, D.C. following the death of his younger brother, Robert.  The Commander-in-chief, 74, touched down at the White House on Sunday evening with his wife Melania, 50, and their son Barron, 14, following a short flight from Bedminster, … Read more