Hundreds continue anti-lockdown protests as Trump supporters descend on Michigan governor’s mansion

Armed anti-government protesters descended on the state capitol in Kansas while supporters of President Trump did the ‘MAGA dance’ near a large float outside the governor’s mansion in Lansing, Michigan, on Thursday as protests continued against state-mandated closures of businesses during the pandemic. Hundreds of people protested Thursday against Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s stay-at-home order … Read more

Ministers accused of IGNORING offers of equipment, letting hundreds of thousands of items go ABROAD

Ministers were last night accused of ignoring offers of equipment and letting hundreds of thousands of items go abroad despite the urgent need for PPE in the UK.  The government is facing an onslaught of questions over the shortage of the vital equipment desperately needed by frontline healthcare workers.  A number of businesses have come … Read more

Hundreds of critically-ill coronavirus patients will be given an arthritis drug in RECOVERY trial

Tocilizumab, marketed as Actemra, will be given to hundreds of critically ill coronavirus patients in the NHS Hundreds of critically ill coronavirus patients in the NHS will be given an arthritis drug as part of the world’s largest trial of promising therapies. Tocilizumab, sold as RoActemra or Actemra, will be administered to patients whose lungs … Read more

Stone-castles! Hundreds of pebble cairns are built on deserted Northumberland beach during lockdown

A sea of Coronavirus cairns: Hundreds of pebble towers are built on deserted Northumberland beach during lockdown Stone stacks have been assembled by walkers on Whitley Bay beach, Newcastle Towers are a feature of landscape and some even carry messages to families Cairns were traditionally used as landmarks for borders, trails and burials  Learn more … Read more

How private jets are flying hundreds of passengers from coronavirus hotspots into UK

Super-rich lockdown flouters hold the key to Britain’s back door: How private jets are flying hundreds of passengers from coronavirus hotspots into UK due to ‘lax border controls’ A staggering 545 private planes entered UK since lockdown began on March 23 Among them were 25 from Spain and 15 from US – world’s worst-affected nation … Read more

The scariest superbug on the CDC’s radar is sweeping the US with hundreds infected

The most worrying ‘superbug’ on the CDC’s radar has infected more than 600 Americans in recent years – and officials say the spread is picking up pace globally.   But hospitals are not obliged to inform patients if they have the infection, which is most commonly contracted in hospitals, according to an alarming new feature by … Read more

Ship graveyard with hundreds of sunken vessels is MOVING

‘Ghost fleet’ ship graveyard with hundreds of sunken vessels is MOVING: Storms, floods and erosion are causing wrecks to drift for miles The wooden skeletons of 185 wooden ships were sunk or left to decompose The wrecks are in an area of the Potomac River, called Mallows Bay, in Maryland Environmentalists have come to value … Read more

‘Hundreds of thousands’ of jobs in the retail sector at risk of being lost, BRC boss warns

Hundreds of thousands of jobs in the retail sector are at risk of being lost amid the Covid-19 crisis, the British Retail Consortium has warned.  Sales at shops across Britain fell to their lowest level on record last month, with worse figures yet to come, the BRC said. With ‘non-essential’ bricks-and-mortar shops shut up and … Read more