Kim Jong Un appears in public for first time in more than three weeks as he hosts a military meeting to discuss boosting North Korea’s nuclear capabilities North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has not appeared in public since May 1 Kim held a meeting to discuss how the nation can improve its nuclear arsenal The … Read more
From Jenny Colgan’s latest to Writers & Lovers by Lily King, a mystery by Susie Steiner and Shubhangi Swarup’s debut, this week’s best new fiction By Madeleine Feeny and Hephzibah Anderson and John Williams and Max Davidson Published: 22:01 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 May 2020 Five Hundred Miles From You … Read more
From Simon Armitage’s The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed to Lockdown Parenting Hell and Miriam And Youssef, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 May 2020 The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed Simon Armitage, the nation’s bard, is spending lockdown … Read more
Covid home test kits that give results in an HOUR will be available for public to buy for £40 in weeks – as thousands have already been sent to hospitals across UK DnaNudge test has been given green light after trial at London hospitals Home kits will cost £40 and will be made available once … Read more
Author Michael Rosen, 74, leaves intensive care after ‘long and difficult’ eight weeks in hospital The Children’s Laureate author was admitted to hospital in late March It is not confirmed whether Mr Rosen has been suffering from coronavirus He spent 47 days in intensive care at Whittington Hospital in north London Mr Rosen’s wife tweeted … Read more
A long-awaited report modelling the impact of easing lockdown is being pushed back ‘several weeks’ after Imperial College London scientists behind the paper complained their work had been ‘politicised’. The team’s modelling is considered the gold standard by the Government and its decisions throughout the epidemic have been heavily influenced by the London epidemiologists. But the … Read more
Police investigate death of unborn baby after woman took ‘pills by post’ abortion drugs while 28 weeks pregnant – four past the legal limit Abortion laws were relaxed due to coronavirus so women could take both pills at home Women can use these pills at home up to the 10th week of their pregnancy A … Read more
Miracle drug could ‘cure’ peanut allergies within weeks… and some patients may only need one treatment to banish life-threatening reactions altogether A new drug could banish peanut allergies within weeks of being administered Some patients may need only a single treatment to end the allergy altogether Etokimab targets a part of immune system involved in … Read more
New Oxford coronavirus test that gives results within an HOUR could make mass-screening possible ‘within weeks’ A new COVID-19 test is within weeks of appearing according to its makers Biotech company Oxford Nanopore are working on a portable testing device The device, which can be the size of a CD player, can record 30,000 tests … Read more
Shoppers can’t get enough of this bizarre $5 IKEA gadget that keeps chopped fruit and vegetables fresh for WEEKS An Australian woman has found an ingenious product for keeping food fresh Available for $5 from IKEA the ÖVERMÄTT set of three covers are selling fast They simply wrap around the end of cut fruit and vegetables … Read more