On the quayside in the picturesque Norwegian village of Andenes, the crew have been preparing their ship for the start of the new season in three days’ time. The engines have been serviced, the wooden meat-cooling pallets have been lifted on to the deck and the deadly exploding harpoons have been loaded. This weekend the … Read more
Marmite and Dove soap maker Unilever facing allegations that it underpaid hundreds of millions of pounds in tax By William Turvill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:57 BST, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 22:57 BST, 28 March 2020 Marmite and Dove soap maker Unilever is facing allegations that it underpaid hundreds of millions of pounds … Read more
The most worrying ‘superbug’ on the CDC’s radar has infected more than 600 Americans in recent years – and officials say the spread is picking up pace globally. But hospitals are not obliged to inform patients if they have the infection, which is most commonly contracted in hospitals, according to an alarming new feature by … Read more
Hundreds of bank branches forced to shut their doors temporarily as staff fall ill or are forced to self-isolate By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 23:40 GMT, 24 March 2020 Banks are being forced to shut hundreds of their branches temporarily due to staff falling … Read more
Hundreds of residents across the United States are either lining up in frigid temperatures on foot or waiting patiently in their cars to be tested for the coronavirus. Drive-thru sites have been opening in several states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois, in order to make it quicker and safer to test people. … Read more
The Environment Secretary today insisted there was a ‘significant resilience in our food supply chain’ and told shoppers there is not a shortage of food across the UK. George Eustice told MPs that the government was in talks to relax competition laws among supermarkets, and appeared to confirm that shop workers’ children could still go to … Read more
Tesco Will impose restrictions on all customers to buying a maximum of three products per line from Thursday. Limit for key products; disinfectants, hand sanitisers, long life milk, tinned vegetables and pasta. It was forced to take its mobile app offline temporarily due to high demand on Tuesday, and announced it would be reducing the … Read more
‘Ghost fleet’ ship graveyard with hundreds of sunken vessels is MOVING: Storms, floods and erosion are causing wrecks to drift for miles The wooden skeletons of 185 wooden ships were sunk or left to decompose The wrecks are in an area of the Potomac River, called Mallows Bay, in Maryland Environmentalists have come to value … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more