UK faces biggest hit from coronavirus of any major economy in the WORLD with GDP set to plunge 11.5 PER CENT this year, OECD warns – and it could be even worse if there is a second peak OECD think-tank has released latest estimates for the global economy this year UK faces the biggest hit … Read more
Troops surrounded a barricaded White House on Saturday morning as Washington D.C. prepared for the largest George Floyd protest yet. Activists have called for one million people to descend on Washington, D.C. Saturday for the twelfth straight day of demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism. The nation’s capital braced itself with members of the … Read more
The world’s biggest super-yacht worth £515 million and measuring over 500ft long with 60 cabins and two helipads has arrived in the UK after a week-long voyage from Barcelona. Dilbar arrived this morning and proved to be a spectacular sight as she made her way up Southampton Water. Looking like something out of a James … Read more
Hydroxychloroquine does NOT treat Covid-19: Biggest study into the Donald Trump-backed anti-malaria drug is ended with ‘immediate effect’ after researchers found it made no difference Oxford University scientists pulled the drug from the RECOVERY trial today Results showed it had no benefit on NHS patients hospitalised with the virus Scientists running the trial has urged … Read more
Size ISN’T everything… for apes: Female gorillas’ social rank is dictated by their age rather than their body size – and it also makes them more attractive to mates Study found dominant females are not the biggest ones in the group Instead, females who were older and had group tenure were the highest ranking Also … Read more
The average house price across the UK suffered its biggest drop for more than 11 years in May, a leading index revealed today – with one leading estate agent calling the numbers a ‘car crash’. In May, the average cost of a home fell by 1.7 per cent month-on-month, marking the sharpest decline since the … Read more
The weepiest of weepies: Poll finds Pixar animation Coco is Hollywood’s biggest tearjerker movie By Jennifer Ruby For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 23:22 BST, 2 June 2020 We’ve witnessed war heroes make the ultimate sacrifice and callous children outgrow their talking toys. But, of all the harrowing and … Read more
New sunspots on the surface of the Sun and the biggest solar flares since 2017 could be a sign that our star is waking up from a long slumber, according to NASA. The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spotted the ‘strongest flare since October 2017’ on May 29, suggesting it may be entering a new … Read more
Strawberry yields forever: Warm weather sees British growers harvest one of the country’s biggest ever hauls The sunshine will make the berries sweeter than in previous years Record levels of sunshine in recent weeks have led to an estimated 20 per cent increase in strawberry production Tesco has bought an extra 300 tons of British-grown … Read more
Britain’s biggest solar farm – the size of almost 1,000 football pitches – gets green light in Kent countryside despite fears it will harm the local area Cleve Hill solar park will be capable of generating enough electricity to power more than 91,000 homes It is the first of its kind to be classified as … Read more