Banks urged to ramp up lending as just 12,000 small firms get crucial loans to survive the coronavirus crisis By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 Britain’s banks are under mounting pressure to come clean over what they are doing to help … Read more
Coronavirus can be spread through surfaces such as the shoe soles of patients and medics, according to new scientific studies. Medical staff and pharmacy workers are being warned to disinfect their footwear after researchers discovered the virus can be transmitted on shoes. Chinese scientists examined surface and air samples from both an intensive care unit … Read more
Calls for children’s TV to turn on the subtitles in a bid to raise literacy levels among youngsters missing school due to coronavirus quarantine The campaign to add subtitles to children’s TV hopes to raise the reading age Research shows 94 per cent of children engage with subtitles if they are shown Presenter Stephen Fry … Read more
Cutting back on mowing roadside grass patches will help wildflowers like oxeye daisies and harebells have ‘their best summer in years’. The UK has more than 310,000 miles of rural road verges which have become a refuge for wildflowers squeezed out of the countryside, says charity Plantlife. The plant conservation group says these flowers often … Read more
Businesses urged to join £6.5bn global drive to develop tests, treatments and vaccines for coronavirus By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:59 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 7 April 2020 Businesses have been urged to find at least £6.5billion for the development of tests, treatments and vaccines for the coronavirus. … Read more
Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies are being urged by the government to deal with a spate of conspiracy theories linking 5G to coronavirus. Ministers will meet with the companies after mobile masts in Birmingham, Merseyside and Belfast were set on fire following theories being posted online. Mobile companies described the fears 5G caused … 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
Pressure growing on UK’s largest banks to cut bosses’ bonuses and shareholder payouts to preserve cash in face of growing coronavirus crisis By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 30 March 2020 Pressure is growing on the UK’s largest banks to cut bosses’ bonuses and … Read more
‘Clap for carers’: Britons will fill their doorways, gardens, balconies at 8pm tonight to celebrate nation’s heroic health workers – as Wembley Stadium and the Royal Albert Hall are lit up in NHS blue Britons have been invited to join a mass round of applause from their doorsteps The event is planned for 8pm on … Read more
Tech companies are known to listen in on private conversation via its smart speakers in order to ‘improve voice-recognition features.’ Now that millions of people are currently working home due to the coronavirus outbreak, employers are urging their stuff to power down the technology in order to keep it from listening to confidential phone calls. … Read more