Pupils won’t be allowed to take a pencil cases to school when they return but they can take a lunchbox because children are ‘less likely to share them’, the deputy chief medical officer has said. Speaking at Saturday’s Downing Street briefing, Dr Jenny Harries said that pencil cases were ‘easier to control’ than lunchboxes. She added … Read more
More than a million businesses forced to close during coronavirus lockdown may know whether insurers will have to pay previously rejected business interruption claims in a matter of months. Earlier this month the City watchdog announced it was seeking a legal judgment from the British courts to clarify whether insurers should pay claims made by … Read more
I plan to start cycling to work every day after the social lockdown comes to an end. I’ve used my bike on-and-off to commute for the past 15 years and over that time have witnessed plenty of bad driving, poor cycling and daft pedestrian behaviour. Now, I intend to start cycling all the time to … Read more
Third case of dengue fever confirmed in Miami – as report reveals cases of the rare disease are on the rise ‘due to climate change’ The first case was confirmed in March and the other two cases both this month Officials released a high risk health alert on Friday warning Florida residents to protect themselves … Read more
Jersey Shore’s Ronnie Ortiz-Magro to do three years of probation after arranging a plea deal for domestic violence case with ex Jen Harley The reality star will not serve any jail time He pleaded no contest to one count of domestic battery and one count of resisting arrest He will have to complete probation, community service, make … Read more
Has world’s oldest cold case been solved: Rape and murder case of 16-year-old girl scout Margaret ‘Peggy’ Beck which was reopened 57 years after her death leads detectives to suspect aged 80 traced through a DNA database Margaret ‘Peggy’ Beck, 16, was raped and killed at in Colorado, U.S. in 1963 57 years later new … Read more
Red eyes, a sore throat, wheezing, fatigue, a dry cough — do these symptoms sound familiar? It’s very likely that they do because they are typically associated with hay fever. But the added difficulty now is that they are also the symptoms of Covid-19. With pollen levels forecast to be among the highest in 70 … Read more
A coronavirus tracking app has suggested coronavairus was spreading through the UK in January, weeks before it was first spotted. COVID Symptom tracker, designed by scientists at King’s College London, is asking its 2.6million users to report their symptoms daily to show the spread of coronavirus. Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Tim Spector, said ‘hundreds’ of … Read more
The number of new confirmed coronavirus infections today in Spain was 3,995, much lower than yesterday’s 6,740 new confirmed cases. Spain also saw the number of new coronavirus deaths rise by 378 today, slightly higher than yesterday’s 367, which was the lowest number of new deaths in over a month. The new figures brought Spain’s … Read more