Harry Potter publisher boosted by lockdown readers: Bloomsbury magics up strong sales for fantasy fiction and digital books Harry Potter book sales helped Bloomsbury’s children’s division to jump by 27% In April, the company furloughed staff and cut its board members’ pay by 30% Britons read 2.7 hours more per week in early May than … Read more
Conservationists are being forced to clean up after inconsiderate Britons who flock to beauty spots and camp overnight but refuse to tidy up after themselves. As lockdown restrictions have eased in the UK, many people have taken camper vans or tents into the countryside with friends as a form of impromptu staycation. However, as camp … Read more
Nearly three times as many people are now dying from flu and pneumonia than coronavirus as Covid-19 deaths drop to the lowest levels in England and Wales since a fortnight before lockdown In the week that ended July 10, 283 people were killed by the coronavirus — down from 418 a week earlier It is … Read more
It’s not every day that a fish makes social media users cry. But that is what happened when TikTok user Lacey Scott, from Kansas, shared a video of how she nursed a dying 10-year-old goldfish back to health. Lacey named the fish Monstro after she took him home from a pet store where he had … Read more
‘My brave little soldier’: Billie Faiers shares snap of son Arthur, 4, wearing a leg cast after a ‘little accident’ during their staycation By Emily Webber For Mailonline Published: 12:06 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 12:37 BST, 21 July 2020 She has been enjoying quality time with her family during a staycation amid the … Read more
The head doctor of an intensive care unit in Yemen spent 10 days in a coronavirus-induced coma after being misdiagnosed with dengue fever because experts didn’t think Covid-19 had reached the country. Dr Madhi Mahdi Abdel Kawi, head of ICU at Aden German International Hospital, was initially diagnosed with the tropical disease spread by mosquitoes … Read more
The NHS avoided testing its staff for coronavirus en masse because it was afraid they would have to go off sick and leave hospitals without workers, scientists claim. And almost half of healthcare workers in the NHS – up to a staggering 45 per cent – were reportedly infected with coronavirus in April, according to Oxford … Read more
Pet dog named Appy that went missing a YEAR ago is miraculously found 150km from home and reunited with his owners Border collie named Appy is reunited with family 12 months after going missing Appy disappeared from Adelaide in 2019 before turning up again this week The beloved dog was found by a council officer … Read more
The Apprentice’s Michelle Dewberry, 40, has confirmed she has welcomed her first child to the world, a son born at 31 weeks. Taking to Instagram, she shared a trio of images of the tot from within hospital and added a gushing caption about the arrival and her complicated pregnancy. Filling fans in on the birth, … Read more
Professor Sarah Gilbert said it would not be safe for them to do a so-called ‘challenge trial’ of Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate An Oxford academic today dismissed the idea of deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test the university’s experimental vaccine because no treatment currently exists to keep patients safe. Hopes of ending the Covid-19 … Read more