Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,738 with 616 new fatalities

Britain has announced another 616 coronavirus victims today, taking the total number of fatalities in the UK to 18,783.  Another 4,583 people have tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours, meaning 138,078 have now been officially diagnosed. The number of positive tests has remained stable this week and appears to be plateauing. NHS … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,689 with 589 new fatalities

UK announces 616 more coronavirus victims taking Britain’s death toll to 18,738 Today’s death toll is considerably lower than those of the past two days Department of Health announced 828 fatalities on Tuesday, 763 on Wednesday  Government had hoped to keep deaths below 20,000 but will hit that by Sunday  Here’s how to help people … Read more

Mansion where Roxy Music and Pink Floyd recorded hits on the market for £6m

A luxury mansion where Roxy Music and Pink Floyd recorded hits and where Renee Zellwegger stayed while filming Judy is back on the market for £6million after a third is slashed off the asking price.   St Ann’s Court, near Chertsey in Surrey, was where Roxy Music and members of Pink Floyd, The Jam and Soft … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,100 with 759 new fatalities

The UK has announced 759 more hospital deaths from the coronavirus today, taking Britain’s total number of victims to 18,094. And Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the country is in the ‘peak’ of the virus outbreak and authorities are watching with bated breath for the statistics to fall. He claimed capacity for testing and contact-tracing … Read more

The great oil price crash: Brent crude benchmark hits 21-year low in wake of drastic US slump 

The great oil price crash: Brent crude benchmark hits 21-year low in wake of drastic US slump By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 23:11 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 23:15 BST, 21 April 2020 The oil price in London crashed to a 21-year low just hours after US crude tumbled into negative … Read more

Police officer sings Sweet Transvestite to encourage people to obey lockdown and gets 4MILLION hits

Police constable’s incredible patrol car rendition of Sweet Transvestite from The Rocky Horror Picture Show to encourage people to obey lockdown rules becomes massive online hit with 4MILLION views Tim Jones posted a video singing the famous tune in his patrol car on Facebook  He asked people to stay home after seeing people out who … Read more

Vaping death toll hits 60 in the US as the outbreak swells to 2,668 illnesses

Sixty people have died in the outbreak of vaping-linked lung illnesses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday.  Deaths have been reported in 27 states, but no new states have been added to the list of locations with fatalities.  Officials note that they are still investigating additional deaths, so the toll will … Read more

Jameela Jamil hits back at critic who blasts her for ‘shaming other women’ with sassy comment

She’s never been afraid to speak her mind or defend herself to naysayers.  And on Monday night, Jameela Jamil hit back at a critic who blasted her for ‘shaming other women’ with a sassy Photoshop and plastic surgery comment as the actress insisted: ‘Mollycoddling isn’t feminism!’  The online spat began when the Good Place star, … Read more

Coronavirus: WHO chief hits back at Donald Trump’s claims

December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more

Hospitals are set to run out of gowns TODAY as NHS death toll hits 80

Doctors have warned they could stop treating coronavirus patients to protect their own lives as equipment shortages become critical.  Hospitals are on the brink of running out of some life-saving supplies today after a vital delivery of 400,000 protective gowns from Turkey was delayed.  Medical bodies say the shortages mean doctors could be forced into … Read more