Nicola Sturgeon gazumps Downing Street again as Scottish government publishes its own plan for easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions Scottish First Minister publishing paper today setting out end-of-lockdown plan Ms Sturgeon said it will contain ‘principles that will guide us’ in months ahead Comes as Downing Street is under growing pressure to publish its own blueprint … Read more
A group of researchers in Paris are planning to examine whether nicotine patches will help prevent – or lessen the effects of – the novel coronavirus. It comes after a French study found that few people hospitalized, or at home, with coronavirus were regular smokers compared to the general population. The team theorized that nicotine … Read more
Tenants are beginning to plan their next move in anticipation of the lockdown being eased, new data suggests. Demand for rental properties has bounced back 30 per cent in the first two weeks of April after plummeting 57 per cent, according to property website Zoopla. The drop in demand occurred in the last two weeks … Read more
Every New Year’s, millions of Americans make resolutions to become healthier whether it’s to exercise more regularly or eat better. Now, a new survey has revealed the health and fitness terms most searched in Google in every US state for 2020. CrossFit – the popular strength and conditioning program – was the term most typed … Read more
Coronavirus ‘immunity passports’ plan is doomed to fail after only 10 per cent of Italians have developed Covid-19 antibodies, says top health official Head of the civil protection agency Silvio Brusaferro said the ‘target is far off’ But regional governments plan on rolling out antibody blood-testing schemes Italy has registered 575 deaths over the past 24 … Read more
Ministers have been accused of ‘treating the public like children’ by refusing to discuss how they may steer the UK out of lockdown – as Scotland’s first minister Nicola Surgeon promises to set out an exit strategy next week. Alok Sharma, the business secretary, claimed that discussing an exit plan detailing how restrictions may come … Read more
NASA and the European Space Agency are teaming up on a $14 billion project to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth. The agencies outlined the ambitious plan in a virtual meeting this week that involves sending up three different spacecraft – two of which will rendezvous in Mars orbit. The first step in … Read more
Ministers could be given the green light to start planning an exit from the lockdown within ten days, the Chief Medical Officer suggested last night. Chris Whitty said Government experts hoped to have enough evidence about the transmission of the coronavirus by that point to ‘judge how we can go into the next phase’. The … Read more
Someday, sometime in the future, the flip-flops, passports and swimsuits will come into their own once more. It will be a chance to make up for lost time — an opportunity to take that holiday you’ve always promised yourself. So here are ten of the greatest trips of a lifetime . . . Splendours of … Read more
While the government has said that you’re ‘allowed’ to exercise once a day, I’d go so far as to say you ‘must’ exercise daily Missing your gym class? Eaten your body weight in biscuits? Don’t worry, A-list trainer and top UK fitness expert Matt Roberts has devised the easiest and most effective at-home workouts ever, … Read more