Just 2,300 Britons are being struck down with the coronavirus every day, according to scientists behind an app that monitors the size of the outbreak across the UK. King’s College London‘s COVID Symptom Tracker app estimates that cases in the UK have shrunk by a third in the space of a week. For comparison, daily infections … Read more
Liza Minnelli has hit back at a report that she has struck up a friendship with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, saying she has ‘never met’ them. The actress, 74, took to Facebook on Sunday to shut down The Sun’s claims that she is helping the Duke of Sussex ‘find his feet’ in Los Angeles … Read more
Sharon Stone, 62, reveals during new podcast she was ‘thrown across the kitchen’ and fell unconscious after being struck by lightning By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 23:02 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 09:23 BST, 12 June 2020 She is set to release her memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, later this year. And … Read more
School children under the age of 15 have a higher risk of being struck by lightning than dying from coronavirus, according to statistics. Analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics by scientists from the University of Cambridge shows that the coronavirus risk to children is extremely low. The death rate for youngsters aged … Read more
A 21-year-old Indiana protester has lost an eye after being hit in the face by a tear gas canister while attending a demonstration on Saturday. Balin Brake revealed he suffered the devastating injury at around 5.30pm in Fort Wayne while protesting the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who was killed while in the … Read more
None of the children who have suffered from a rare inflammatory syndrome caused by COVID-19 in the UK had long-term health problems before falling ill, doctors say. Between 75 and 100 children are known to have developed the illness, which can cause symptoms similar to sepsis, since the beginning of April. In adults, many of … Read more
Orthopedic surgeon says being struck by lightning turned him into a concert pianist – despite having no idea how to read or write music Tony Cicoria was struck by lightning at Sleepy Hollow Lake, New York in 1994 Then he started to have an ‘incredible desire to hear classical music’ Cicoria dreamed up a composition … Read more
Waking up one morning to an annoying high-pitched buzzing noise, Jamie Laing wondered where it was coming from. ‘I went around the house searching for it,’ recalls Jamie, 31, star of the Channel 4 reality show Made In Chelsea and founder of the confectionery company Candy Kittens. ‘But I couldn’t find anything that was making … Read more
New Zealand is struck by 5.6 magnitude earthquake – the biggest to hit this year 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit remote corner of South Island at 10:52am Monday Epicentre was about 40km north of Te Anau, same distance SW of Milford SoundGNS Science charted a similar earthquake in same place nine days ago By Australian Associated … Read more
Unemployment increased by 22,000 leaving 1.36million Britons out of work in three months before coronavirus hit By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 07:16 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 07:17 BST, 21 April 2020 Unemployment increased by 22,000 to 1.36 million in the three months to February, before the coronavirus pandemic gripped the UK, official … Read more