Annastacia Palaszczuk welled up on national television on Friday morning as she fronted the cameras for the first time since refusing to let a 26-year-old nurse attend her father’s funeral. The Queensland premier choked back tears as she refuted allegations she was ‘cold-hearted and nasty’ for keeping grieving families apart with draconian border closures while letting … Read more
Hospital admissions should be used as an indicator of whether tougher Covid-19 restrictions are needed in England’s hotspots, not counts of new cases, a senior Tory has said. The Government leans towards looking at how infections are going up or down in each of England’s local authorities in order to make decisions on ‘local lockdown’ … Read more
Jessica Mulroney has shared a poem about ‘holding hope’ and ‘believing better days will come’ as she said ‘everybody is going through difficult decisions’ after deleting a snap of Meghan Markle with her son. The stylist, 40, from Toronto, posted an image of a poem on Instagram, which read: ‘At the close of this day … Read more
Plants can recognise their relatives, make decisions, and even COUNT, scientists say Prince Charles was roundly mocked for saying he talked to plants years ago And now it appears plants may be smarter than even the Prince of Wales thought Plants can count, make decisions, recognise relatives and remember events By Sophie Freeman for Daily Mail … Read more
Plants can recognise their relatives, make decisions, and even COUNT, scientists say Prince Charles was roundly mocked for saying he talked to plants years ago And now it appears plants may be smarter than even the Prince of Wales thought Plants can count, make decisions, recognise relatives and remember events By Sophie Freeman for Daily Mail … Read more
Matt Hancock today confirmed the advisory group SAGE has been downgraded and the Joint Biosecurity Centre is taking over the UK’s coronavirus response. The independent body has taken a backseat now that Covid-19 is a ‘semi-permanent’ problem and not an emergency, the Health Secretary said. And there are now Covid-19 committees set up inside Whitehall … Read more
Matt Hancock has confirmed the advisory group SAGE has been downgraded and the Joint Biosecurity Centre is taking over the UK’s coronavirus response. The independent body has taken a backseat now that Covid-19 is a ‘semi-permanent’ problem and not an emergency, Mr Hancock said. And there are now Covid-19 committees set up inside Whitehall to … Read more
The scale of Britain’s borrowing and debt binge caused by the Covid-19 lockdown has never been greater. Last month borrowing rocketed to £62.1billion. That number should start to ease down as people return to work and the nation’s shops open. Nevertheless, Britain, like much of the advanced world, is staring at a deficit and debt … Read more
People who make major life decisions including whether to move, adopt or propose on the toss of a coin end up happier, study says Research has found that making a decision on a coin flip could lead to happiness The study found that participants had more long-term satisfaction when using a coin toss on a … Read more
Many people will have been uplifted by Boris Johnson’s stirring speech yesterday outside No 10. He provided the leadership that has inevitably been lacking in recent weeks. But it was not exactly the same old Boris. He looked a little pasty and drawn, which is hardly surprising. He also seemed, if not exactly short of … Read more