Former CEO and managing director of Selfridges Roy Stephens dies

Former CEO and managing director of Selfridges Roy Stephens, 85, dies in Connecticut hospital from coronavirus Roy Northway Stephens was living at New Canaan nursing home in Connecticut Passed away at Norwalk Hospital on April 14 after catching Covid-19 last mont At the peak of his career he became one of the giant’s of the … Read more

CDC Director Robert Redfield says he recommended some states lock down in February

The director of the Centers for Disease Control said Monday that he did recommend in February some states expand mitigation efforts to combat the coronavirus spread, but lockdowns didn’t begin until March. Robert Redfield suggested on NBC’s Today that some recommendations by the CDC and National Institute of Health were ignored earlier on in the … Read more

Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin reveals split from her theatre director husband of 16 years

In the BBC comedy Motherland, she plays a parent struggling to bring up her children with little help from her estranged husband.  Now actress Anna Maxwell Martin has revealed that she has split from her husband in real life, too.  But unlike in the sitcom, the father of her two daughters is an ‘amazing’, ‘supportive’ … Read more

Director of worldwide coronavirus tracker explains why its so hard to get accurate data

The coronavirus has now spread to almost 70 countries around the world and health officials are scrambling to stop people spreading the virus among themselves. But with many patients not realizing they’re ill, and others carrying on with normal life until they are diagnosed, the fast-spreading infection is proving difficult to contain. Avoiding an infection … Read more

A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Britain: viewers left in tears by emotional funeral director

Viewers of A Day In The Life Of Coronavirus Britain were left in floods of tears last night after a funeral director revealed how the ceremonies had changed amid the crisis. The unnamed woman, from Marsden, appeared on the Channel 4 programme which was filmed entirely on April 3 from footage shot by over 3,000 … Read more

WHO director faces calls from US politicians to resign over handling of China’s coronavirus response

The director-general of the World Health Organization is facing calls to resign over criticisms of the way China’s response to the coronavirus crisis was managed. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is facing growing calls to step down from US politicians for trusting the communist regime’s official reporting about extent of the spread of the disease. Republican Senator … Read more

Lily Collins and director beau Charlie McDowell mask up to pop out for supplies

Lily Collins and director beau Charlie McDowell mask up to pop out for supplies amid social isolation By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 06:08 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 16:22 BST, 4 April 2020 Lily Collins and her director boyfriend Charlie McDowell masked up to pop out for supplies in Los Angeles this Friday. … Read more

Easyjet founder Sir Stelios calls for vote on whether to sack director

Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou calls for vote on whether to sack director in aeroplane order row By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:04 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 2 April 2020 Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s asked for a meeting of shareholders to decide whether to remove Andreas Bierwirth from the … Read more

One in four coronavirus patients are asymptomatic, CDC director says

As many as 25 percent of people with coronavirus are asymptomatic, according to CDC director Dr Robert Redfield (pictured at the White House, March 22) The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says as many as one in four coronavirus patients in the US are asymptomatic. Dr Robert Redfield told NPR … Read more

Director dealing: Bosses are buying shares, should you?

Deal: Wizz Air boss Jozsef Varadi bought £643,000 of the airline’s shares No-one knows where share prices are going to go from here, though some smart hedge fund managers may think they do.  Markets in Britain and the US rallied a little last week, but there were sharp corrections along the way.  Volatility, it seems, … Read more