How France’s Covid crisis has left palatial piles for the price of a British family home 

Mowing the lawn might take you a fortnight — but don’t let that put you off. The phenomenal success of the Channel 4 series Escape To The Chateau, in which couple Angel Adoree and Dick Strawbridge take on a huge, 45-room DIY project in North-West France, has been a source of inspiration for millions of … Read more

How France’s Covid crisis has left palatial piles for the price of a British family home 

Mowing the lawn might take you a fortnight — but don’t let that put you off. The phenomenal success of the Channel 4 series Escape To The Chateau, in which couple Angel Adoree and Dick Strawbridge take on a huge, 45-room DIY project in North-West France, has been a source of inspiration for millions of … Read more

BAME pregnant women to be fast-tracked into hospital due to Covid risk

Pregnant women from black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) groups are up to eight times more likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19 than white women, a study has found. NHS England is now recommending BAME mothers-to-be with mild Covid symptoms be fast-tracked into hospital due to their heightened risk of falling critically unwell. The move … Read more

Another Covid crash is on the way, IMF warns investors

Another Covid crash is on the way, IMF warns investors amid fears markets are becoming increasingly detached from reality By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 26 June 2020 Investors should brace themselves for another coronavirus crash, the International Monetary Fund has warned. Shares have … Read more

Data shows 23% of US counties are seeing uncontrollable COVID growth

Twenty three percent of counties across the United States are now seeing an uncontrollable growth in new COVID-19 infections, according to a data map – as model projections show Phoenix could see 28,000 new cases a day by July 18.  A color-coded data map, compiled by spatial analytics company Esri, shows how the US is … Read more

Texas on the verge of Covid crisis: Houston’s largest hospital’s ICU is 97% full

A hospital in Houston, Texas, says its intensive care unit is near capacity as cases of the novel coronavirus continue to surge in The Lone Star State. Texas Medical Center (TMC), the self-declared largest medical complex in the world, said on Tuesday that 97 percent of its ICU beds are occupied. The normal occupancy rate … Read more

Covid test that takes 20 minutes could allow relatives to visit loved ones in care homes

A Covid-19 test which gives a diagnosis in 20 minutes could allow relatives to visit loved ones in care homes, England’s care boss has said.   Martin Green – chief executive of Care England – told MPs today that ‘patchy’ access to swabs had deprived care home residents from seeing their families for months.  He urged … Read more

Britain’s Covid threat level is reduced from four to three

Boris Johnson solemnly promised that schools will return fully in September and hinted at an imminent shift on the two-metre rule today as the UK’s coronavirus threat level was finally reduced.  After weeks in which the alert was maintained despite the PM starting to ease lockdown, the Joint Biosecurity Centre has lowered the rating from … Read more

Britain’s Covid threat level should be reduced from four to three

The UK’s coronavirus threat level was today dramatically reduced from four to three – raising speculation that the government is about to shift on the two-metre rule. After weeks in which the alert was maintained despite Boris Johnson starting to ease lockdown, the Joint Biosecurity Centre has concluded that transmission is no longer ‘high or … Read more

People who rely on Facebook and YouTube for Covid news ‘believe 5G conspiracy theories’

People who rely on social media for information about coronavirus are more likely to believe conspiracy theories and go outside with symptoms or breach lockdown rules, a new study revealed today. Research published by the Psychological Medicine journal found that 60 per of people who believe that Covid-19 was directly linked to the world’s growing … Read more