Action plan: Nigel Colborn’s essential jobs for your garden this week Nigel Colborn shared advice for tackling rough grass this season British gardening expert said set mower blades high for the first outing He also answered a reader’s question about removing an infestation of ivy By Nigel Colborn for the Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, … Read more
‘We often take for granted the people that are always there for us’: Marvel’s Anthony Mackie teaming with United Way in effort to enrich essential grocery workers amid COVID-19 pandemic By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 01:59 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 01:59 BST, 10 June 2020 Marvel’s Anthony Mackie is pooling his … Read more
Flanked by two nurses in uniform, and still in his backless NHS hospital gown, my 66-year-old father, Don, takes a few tentative steps. He pauses, steadying himself, using his IV drip stand for balance, and then takes a few more – slightly more assured – paces. There are tears in my eyes. My big, strong dad, … Read more
Priti Patel insisted 14-day quarantine for UK arrivals is ‘essential to save lives’ today but admitted it will hit businesses hard – and confirmed ‘travel corridors’ are being considered to low-infection countries. The Home Secretary defied a huge Tory revolt to tell MPs the blanket rule will come into force from Monday, with the next … Read more
Drugs that treat coronavirus are ‘essential’ to getting a grip on the pandemic because a vaccine will take years to roll out, a top expert has warned. Dr Nick Cammack, head of the Wellcome Trust’s Covid-19 Therapeutic Accelerator project into promising therapies, urged caution to those pinning their hopes on a jab being mass-produced this year. He … Read more
Sarah Silverman does a bang-up job cheering on essential workers in NYC with quarantine partner Annie Segal By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 05:10 BST, 24 May 2020 | Updated: 05:10 BST, 24 May 2020 The quarantined citizens of New York City have been vocalizing their support for essential workers by partaking in nightly cheers … Read more
Confronted with an emergency, would you know what to do? Alarmingly, research suggests that 40 per cent of people in the UK would be worried about intervening to give first aid. But it needn’t be scary. In fact, arming yourself with even the most basic knowledge – outlined here – could prove to be the … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday staged a dramatic unscheduled news conference to proclaim that he would require governors to reopen churches and other houses of worship and exempt them from coronavirus lockdowns. Trump issued a brief statement – and avoided questions – in the White House briefing room, as more and mores states are reopening … Read more
Banks turn customers away from branches if the visit is not deemed ‘essential’ By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 13 May 2020 Banks are turning away customers who visit branches without a good reason. Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland are now providing only … Read more
There is surely no surprise that we’re all browsing fashion websites these days — the surprise is what we’re looking for. If I want to buy clothes, I go straight to the place I know I’ll find them: a button-through summer dress (zara.com), a good pair of khaki trousers (irisfashion.co.uk), but when I’m lockdown browsing, … Read more