UK economy losing £2bn every day in deepest slump since Great Depression

UK economy losing £2bn every day in deepest slump since Great Depression By Hugo Duncan And Ruth Sunderland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 The coronavirus lockdown has already wiped £50 billion off the economy as the UK plunges into the deepest slump since … Read more

Elizabeth Day: Love is blind – and slightly bonkers 

Elizabeth Day: Love is blind – and slightly bonkers By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:03 BST, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 00:03 BST, 15 March 2020 Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Necklace, Alighieri. Trousers, Amanda Wakeley There are few things more frustrating than being told you ‘must watch’ something … Read more

Matt Hancock insists his 100,000 tests a day target by the end of the month IS still on

A British company offering a million coronavirus tests a week has not been taken up on their offer by Public Health England, it is claimed.  Apacor, based in Berkshire, has approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for supplying coronavirus antigen tests and says they could ‘do 150,000 [tests] tomorrow’ but they’re just … Read more

Americans are streaming eight hours of content a day during coronavirus lockdowns, study finds

How much are you binge watching? Study finds Americans are streaming eight hours of content a day and finishing three TV series every week during coronavirus lockdowns Americans are using streaming sites more during coronavirus lockdowns  A survey asked 2,000 Americans about their viewing habits The average person is watching at least eight hours of … Read more

UK’s coronavirus lockdown could be lifted when number of new cases drops below FIFTY a day

Professor Sung-Il Cho said if new infections dipped below 50 for a fortnight it would be possible to move to ‘gradual recovery’ Britain’s draconian coronavirus lockdown could be eased when fewer than 50 new cases are recorded each day, a top scientist has suggested. Professor Sung-Il Cho, from South Korea, said if new infections dipped … Read more

US firm ThermoFisher says it can supply UK with 100,000 COVID-19 test kits per day

The Government’s target of 100,000 coronavirus tests per day could be hit by a single company which will make tests in the UK, the firm claims. Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company based in the US state of Massachusetts, said it has the capacity to supply all of the 700,000 tests per week. It will work … Read more

UK is still testing less than 15,000 people for coronavirus each day

The UK is still carrying out fewer than 15,000 coronavirus tests every day despite promises to swab 100,000 people daily by the end of the month.  Hopes were raised last Friday that the Government could be on track to hit the ambitious target when a record 19,116 people were tested in 24 hours. But that number … Read more

Elizabeth Day: The happiness formula we need right now 

Elizabeth Day: The happiness formula we need right now By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 29 March 2020 Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Blouse, Lisou. Trousers, Roland Mouret. Jewellery, Alighieri. Netflix, Getty images I wasn’t sure what to write this week. … Read more

For Mother’s Day, Olly Smith recommends looking for taste not price when buying your bubbles

It’s Mother’s Day and my motto is: let taste triumph over price tag! Try these options for fun and affordable fizz By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 21 March 2020 Mother’s Day is here and what better way to show her you … Read more

MIT is using LASERS to make thousands of face shields a day for staff treating coronavirus

MIT is using LASERS to make foldable face shields that can be stacked in mass quantities and shipped by the thousands to medical staff treating coronavirus patients MIT has developed a new way to manufacture thousands of face shields a day  Lasers cut thousands  of sheets of plastic at once into shapes for the masks The … Read more