The nation’s savers are being offered top rates in an effort to line the Government’s coronavirus war chest. Despite interest rates plunging to record lows, National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has gone against the grain and abandoned plans to cut rewards which would have cost savers £200 million. The Treasury-backed bank says the U-turn is … Read more
Helen Flanagan nails spring chic in a pretty blue floral dress as she heads out on a country stroll By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 16:41 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 20 April 2020 She is isolating in the Somerset countryside amid the coronavirus pandemic. And Helen Flanagan made the most … Read more
Germany is re-opening shops today as it takes its first steps out of the coronavirus lockdown, joining a group of European countries which are restarting their economies while others remain firmly shut down. Small shops including garden centres, bookstores and car and bicycle dealers are allowed to re-open in Germany from today, while some children … Read more
Protestors at an anti-lockdown rally in Texas yelled ‘fire Fauci’ in a targeted chant against President Trump’s top medical advisor, as thousands of Americans defied stay-at-home and social distancing orders at rallies. Meanwhile, anti-Trump activists launched counter-protests outside of the president’s properties and laid body bags on the ground. Hundreds of protestors gathered at the … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus daily death toll today rose by 5 per cent to 888 – dashing hopes that the country’s fatality curve may be flattening after days of uncertainty. The total death toll is now 15,464 but it is feared there are thousands more due to a delay in recording hospital fatalities and the failure to include those … Read more
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
President Donald Trump insisted that the call on when to reopen the country and the economy will be a ‘decision by me’ – as it was revealed his task force on the vital matter will include cabinet members, his daughter, and his son-in-law. Trump hyped the decision on Twitter, after saying for days it would … Read more