The once secret princess of Belgium has met former king Albert for the first time since her legal battle to be accepted as his daughter. A photograph released by the palace today shows Princess Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg sitting smiling alongside Albert II and his wife Queen Paola in their home, Castle Belvédère, in Laeken on … Read more
A Chinese doctor whose skin suddenly turned dark due to coronavirus treatment has appeared in public for the first time since his colour returned to normal. Dr Yi Fan, 42, has made a full recovery from COVID-19 after contracting the disease while treating patients at a hospital in Wuhan in January. His abnormal skin tone … Read more
Donald Trump‘s $1.1 billion mountain of debt is wrapped up in skyscrapers and golf courses, with $900 million of it due within the next four years while coronavirus hammers the real estate market, the Financial Times has revealed. The president has an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion but the economy has plunged off a … Read more
The number of people dying from coronavirus in the UK is at a four-month high and has risen by more than 50 per cent in a week, official data revealed today. Office for National Statistics figures showed 761 Brits fell victim to the disease in the week ending October 16, the most recent recording period. It … Read more
A seventh of England’s population will be in the highest level of restrictions by the end of the week as Warrington and Nottingham enter Tier 3. More than eight million people will be living under the toughest coronavirus measures as winter looms, but what does it mean and what can you do? Here’s what you … Read more
A coronavirus vaccine could trigger an immune response that lasts for much longer than the natural protection derived from fighting off the infection, a leading scientist has claimed amid fears immunity may only last a matter of months. Professor Wendy Barclay, a virologist who works at Imperial College London, said the experimental vaccines in development … Read more
West Yorkshire may become the next part of England to move into the strictest Tier Three lockdown, with council leaders demanding tougher action to curb spiralling coronavirus cases and hospital admissions. Local officials held crunch talks with senior ministers yesterday to discuss the ‘next steps’ in tackling Covid-19 in West Yorkshire, with further behind-closed-doors meetings … Read more
Natasha Ednan-Laperouse’s father has described his despair as he helplessly watched his 15-year-old daughter die from an allergic reaction to a Pret sandwich. Nadim Ednan-Laperouse was travelling home with his daughter, who had a deadly nut allergy, and her friend from a dream trip to Nice on July 17, 2016. He shared an artichoke, olive … Read more
The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow. Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm … Read more
A councillor who claims that Covid-19 is a ‘fake virus’ which does not exist has compared life under lockdown restrictions to ‘living in North Korea‘. Irene Hewitson, an Independent member of Great Aycliffe Town Council in Co Durham, said she will believe that coronavirus exists ‘when my neighbours, relatives, friends and work people are dying around … Read more