The boss of a tourism board in the UK has today warned how business owners in the hospitality sector are committing suicide due to the financial pressures they are facing in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. James Mason, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, says the UK’s £50billion international tourism industry could lose up … Read more
Two weeks have now passed since London diagnosed more than 100 COVID-19 cases in a day, statistics show. Fewer than 100 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the capital for almost a fortnight since May 7, when there were 149 new cases. The promising figure shows a staggering drop from the peak of … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Manchester United reveal debt has SOARED by £127.4m to £429m with club’s finances hammered by coronavirus Old Trafford club’s latest figure show a stunning 42 per cent rise in net debt United’s debt has increased £127.4m to £429.1m over course of the past year Revenues have dropped 19 per cent year-on-year up until … Read more
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has capacity to make ONE BILLION doses of Oxford University’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine amid hopes it could be ready for September UK has reportedly ordered 100million doses for a population of 66million people The vaccine is still in trials but could eradicate COVID-19 if it proves effective Experts sceptical about a short … Read more
The UK has recorded another 235 hospital deaths from COVID-19 today, taking the official total to at least 35,576. NHS England said 166 people had died in its hospitals, between the ages of 33 and 99, while 50 more victims were confirmed in Scotland, 14 in Wales and five in Northern Ireland. The Department of … Read more
Patients with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to die from coronavirus – and being obese increases the risk even further, research reveals today. A third of deaths from the virus have occurred among individuals with diabetes, which is linked to excess weight and a lack of exercise. The study by the NHS and … Read more
Britain has the second highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe per capita over the last seven days after lockdown-free Sweden, data has revealed. Between May 12 and May 19, in a rolling seven day average, Britain saw 5.75 deaths per million inhabitants. In Sweden the figure was 6.25 deaths per million. The United Kingdom’s … Read more
Expert Professor Carl Heneghan said daily coronavirus deaths could be zero by the end of next month The daily number of deaths from coronavirus could be approaching zero by the end of next month, an expert suggested yesterday. It came as the number of deaths officially linked to Covid-19 in England and Wales fell for … Read more
Experts say that the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic have highlighted the potential threat from biological terrorism to Western countries. Although not 100% conclusive, overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that the novel virus jumped from animals to humans by accident rather than being accidentally released from a lab or deliberately engineered. Yet there are still … Read more
Travellers have moved onto a picturesque nature reserve in West London, sparking heated opposition from residents. Locals living close to the beauty spot have been told the new arrivals cannot be moved on due to the coronavirus pandemic. Eight caravans and motorised homes, plus an assortment of other vehicles have been illegally camped out on … Read more