UK weather: Miserable May has ALREADY recorded nearly 90% of its usual rainfall

Wet weather is set to blight Britain for at least another week as forecasters warned the damp spring will drag on. This weekend will be a washout for many areas with a mixture of showers and sunny spells on the final two days before the reopening of indoor hospitality, attractions and mixing between households in … Read more

Carbon dioxide reached a high in 2020 that hasn’t been recorded since in 3.6 MILLION years ago

Carbon dioxide levels saw a surge in 2020 to the highest since the mid-Pliocene era 3.6 million years ago. During this prehistoric time period, sea level was about 78 feet higher and the Earth’s temperature was about 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than our modern-day world. The year-over-year rise in CO2, 2.6 parts per million, is one … Read more

Coronavirus deaths fall to lowest Saturday figure in six months as 58 new fatalities are recorded

Britain reported 58 more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, taking the number of people who have died within 28 days of a positive test to 126,573. A further 4,715 people have tested positive for the disease, a 16 per cent drop from last Saturday’s figure of 5,587, totalling 4,329,180. One week ago, 96 deaths were recorded, meaning fatalities … Read more

Isles of Scilly has recorded NO coronavirus cases since September, data show

Not a single coronavirus case has been reported on the Isles of Scilly during the UK’s second wave and nobody has ever died of Covid there, official records show. The virus-free island off the coast of Cornwall has been kept under the same lockdown rules as the rest of England during that time, but official … Read more

Billie Eilish tells Stephen Colbert she recorded new album during COVID quarantine

Billie Eilish has been making the most out of her quarantine downtime and revealed this week that she recorded a brand new album. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, the 19-year-old superstar casually dropped the news that she has new music on the horizon. Plus, Eilish debuted items from … Read more

New data shows no state recorded more than 10,000 new cases in a week for the first time this year

For the first time this year, no state in the country saw an average of more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past seven days, it was reported on Tuesday, in the latest encouraging sign in pandemic progress. The COVID Tracking Project found that every single state is showing a decline in numbers compared to January.  … Read more

England and Wales recorded 8,433 coronavirus victims in second week of January, second deadliest

England and Wales suffered the second deadliest week of the pandemic at the end of January, official figures reveal, after coronavirus cases spiralled in the run-up to Christmas. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows 8,433 people had the virus mentioned on their death certificates over the seven days to January 29. This is 11 … Read more

Selena Gomez reveals Spanish-language EP Revelación was mostly recorded using Zoom due to pandemic

Selena Gomez reveals Spanish-language EP Revelación was mostly recorded using Zoom due to pandemic By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 03:25 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 03:25 GMT, 9 February 2021 She will release her first Spanish language EP Revelación on March 12. And Selena Gomez has revealed that most of the collection of songs … Read more

England and Wales recorded second deadliest week of pandemic in mid-January with 8,422 Covid victims

England and Wales recorded their second deadliest week of the pandemic in mid-January after coronavirus infections spiralled over the run-up to Christmas. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows Covid-19 was mentioned on 8,422 death certificates in the seven-day spell to January 22, the most recent data. It was only higher at the peak of … Read more