Hope for the British house sparrow as RSPB survey shows numbers of the chirpy bird have grown by ten per cent in the last decade RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch annually surveys Britain to determine bird numbers Found sparrow numbers are stabilising and increasing since 2010 This was the 41st year the project was held and followed a … Read more
More than 900 people have died in the US in 24 hours with the death toll increasing to more than 4,300 as the number of coronavirus cases in the US surpassed 200,000. New deaths from the coronavirus rose by 908 on Wednesday while new infections across the country increased by 25,676. The US death toll has … Read more
More than 900 people have died in the US in 24 hours with the death toll increasing to more than 4,300 as the number of coronavirus cases in the US surpassed 200,000. New deaths from the coronavirus rose by 908 on Wednesday while new infections across the country increased by 25,676. The US death toll has … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic in New York grows worse as one 24-hour period brought another 222 deaths to the city and 834 dead across the state as of Saturday. The Empire State has become the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, accounting for nearly half of the total number of cases nationwide. New York … Read more
There can be no doubt that we are living through an extraordinary and emotional time. It is a hard time for everyone, as we are all asked to stay at home in order to keep our families, friends and communities safe. But for some people it is even harder, because home is not the safe … Read more
Italy’s coronavirus death toll surged by 969 today in the biggest one-day jump that any country has suffered so far. The hundreds of new deaths bring Italy’s total from 8,165 to 9,134, by far the highest in the world and an increase of 11.9 per cent since yesterday. In another significant landmark, Italy’s total infection … Read more
Boris Johnson threatened to shut down Britain’s open spaces today and impose draconian restrictions on all movement as thousands of people flouted official advice to keep their distance to slow the spread of coronavirus over the weekend. The Prime Minister said there was ‘no doubt’ he would act if people continued to act foolishly and … Read more
Boris Johnson threatened to shut down Britain’s open spaces today as thousands of people flouted official advice to keep their distance to slow the spread of coronavirus over the weekend. The Prime Minister said there was ‘no doubt’ he would act if people continued to act foolishly and refused to take the threat posed by … 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
The coronavirus is killing one person every 10 minutes in Iran as the death toll in the Middle East’s worst-affected country rocketed to 1,284. Health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur tweeted that 50 people are getting infected with the virus every hour. Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said the total number of infections had reached 18,407 … Read more