Seven in 10 tenants opt to stay put leading to biggest drop in rents on record

Rents see biggest drop on record as seven in 10 tenants opt to renew rather than move while the coronavirus lockdown continues Rents on tenancy renewals fell by 0.5 per cent year-on-year across the country This comes as seven in 10 opt to renew their tenancies rather than move home London rents dropped the most, … Read more

Oprah Winfrey, Lil Nas X and Miley Cyrus leading star-studded livestream graduation

Oprah Winfrey, Lil Nas X and Miley Cyrus lead a star-studded livestream graduation to make up for cancelled commencements due to coronavirus By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 19:09 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 19:09 BST, 28 April 2020 Oprah Winfrey, Lil Nas X and Miley Cyrus will lead the stars for a celebrity-filled … Read more

Scientist leading Britain’s coronavirus vaccine urges Government to produce millions of doses

An Oxford scientists leading Britain’s coronavirus vaccine race has urged the Government to help produce millions of doses before it has proven to be effective. Professor Sarah Gilbert said her team needed help manufacturing the jabs, warning the UK did not have the facilities to do it alone.   Professor Sarah Gilbert, who is leading Britain’s … Read more

100 leading doctors call for public to wear home-made masks

More than 100 top doctors have backed calls for the public to wear homemade face masks when they leave their homes.  They signed a letter saying they were ‘increasingly alarmed at official inaction over the need for the public to wear face masks’.  Ministers could make a decision this week on whether to order the … Read more

Why menopause makes you comfort eat – and how to stop it, a leading psychologist explains

This ‘sandwich generation’ of midlife women has a double whammy of stress as they are often still housing and looking after boomerang children, as well as caring for aging parents. Many of the symptoms of the menopause – memory lapses and loss of concentration – only make you more stressed.  Some women even worry that … Read more

Healthcare workers should be screened for coronavirus every week, leading expert says 

Professor Charles Swanton, who heads the Francis Crick Institute, argued healthcare workers are spreading the disease ‘right in front of our eyes’ Healthcare workers should be screened for coronavirus every week to protect patients from asymptomatic infection, a leading expert has said. Professor Charles Swanton, who works at the Francis Crick Institute, argued one of … Read more

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to a worrying surge in plastic waste, researcher warns 

Spike in demand for protective equipment, takeaway food packaging and single-use water bottles during the coronavirus pandemic is leading to a worrying surge in plastic waste, researcher warns By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 12:37 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 12:37 BST, 16 April 2020 A spike in demand for protective equipment, takeaway packaging … Read more

Your virus questions answered by our leading experts

We are now firmly in week four of lockdown, and questions on how we should go about our daily lives, and the risks we face, remain important. We asked for your queries about the pandemic, which we then put to some of the country’s leading experts. Q. My neighbour has kindly left baked cakes on our … Read more

Beijing is exploiting the disarray caused by the coronavirus epidemic, claims leading Tory MP

Beijing is exploiting the disarray caused by the Covid-19 epidemic to try to move a security-sensitive British technology company to China, a leading Tory MP said last night.  Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee, said China was ‘using the cover’ of Boris Johnson’s illness to ‘launch a raid’ on Imagination Technologies, which … Read more