Number of Covid-19 deaths in week ending May 15 dropped to a six-week LOW

Number of Covid-19 deaths in week ending May 15 dropped to a six-week LOW with 3,810 coronavirus fatalities recorded as data shows the number of victims in the UK is at least 46,000 Weekly deaths dropped from peak of 8,758 to 3,810 in the space of a month But tally shows there were 46,371 coronavirus … Read more

Post-lockdown UK enjoys 80F sizzler – with warm weather to last all week

Temperatures will soar again today to 77F (25C) as more summery weather tempts Britons outside as coronavirus lockdown restrictions continue to be eased. Councils and police forces are braced for beaches and parks to be packed again today following a scorching Bank Holiday Monday which saw crowds flock to beauty spots across the country amid … Read more

Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation

Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation and pass a coronavirus test before each three-week shift begins. The monarch, 94, went into self-isolation at the Berkshire estate nine weeks ago alongside her husband Prince Philip, 98, who moved from Sandringham amid the pandemic.    They are joined … Read more

Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation

Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation and pass a coronavirus test before each three-week shift begins. The monarch, 94, went into self-isolation at the Berkshire estate nine weeks ago alongside her husband Prince Philip, 98, who moved from Sandringham amid the pandemic.    They are joined … Read more

HOROSCOPES: Don’t be suspicious this week, Gemini

HOROSCOPES: Don’t be suspicious this week, Gemini By Sally Brompton for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:02 BST, 24 May 2020 | Updated: 02:03 BST, 24 May 2020 Gemini 22 MAY-21 JUNE If someone influential makes you an attractive offer you may well be suspicious. But whatever their motives the planets suggest it could work in … Read more

Unprecedented heat wave hits the Arctic, raising temperatures to 86 degrees this week

Unprecedented heat wave hits the Arctic, raising temperatures to 86 degrees this week due to climate change and a high pressure system A high pressure system moved into the Arctic, bringing warm air from Siberia  Coupled with climate change, the pressure spiked temperatures to 86 degrees  The warm weather is expected to stay for the next few … Read more

Test ALL care home residents and staff every week or crisis in care homes will continue to burn

Test ALL care home residents and staff every week or coronavirus crisis in the sector will continue to burn, says boss of one of UK’s largest providers Sam Monaghan, chief executive of MHA, said routine testing was only solution Results from Government pilot found 20 out of 28 MHA homes had infected staff At least … Read more

Commuters pack onto Tube as Downing Street says passenger numbers have risen 25% in a week

Commuters packed onto Tube services in London this morning after Downing Street claimed that passenger numbers are up by 25 per cent on last week. Pictures this morning show people riding underground trains on the Central Line during peak times, in some cases unable to practice social distancing.  Though some Tube riders are wearing face masks … Read more

Thousands of lives could have been saved ‘if Britain imposed lockdown a WEEK earlier’

Sir Ian Boyd, a member of Number 10’s SAGE panel, admitted ‘it would have made quite a big difference’ if ministers acted sooner to fight the outbreak Thousands of lives could have been saved from Covid-19 if Britain’s lockdown was imposed just one week earlier, a government scientific adviser has claimed. Sir Ian Boyd, a … Read more