A Chinese nurse has died of cardiac arrest after fighting on the front line against the coronavirus epidemic in Hubei for 56 days. The 32-year-old medic, Zhang Jingjing, was pronounced dead yesterday, according to a statement from her hospital. She was due to go home after completing her 14-day quarantine. The nurse left behind her … Read more
Google has been blasted for paying just £44million in corporation tax in the UK last year despite handing out more than £1billion in pay and bonuses to staff. The payment is down on the £66million paid in 2018, due to profits falling following the hiring of 800 workers, including 400 new research and development (R&D) … Read more
An army of 750,000 volunteers are reporting for duty for the first time today to help the NHS in its fight against coronavirus. The NHS Volunteer Service received three times the amount of applications they had hoped for in the largest call for volunteers since the Second World War. Applications had to be halted while … Read more
Kate Langbroek has revealed what life is really like, almost a month after a national lockdown began in Italy over the coronavirus pandemic. The radio host, 54, who lives in Bologna, says that it’s become a ‘grind’ since the country closed down to all but essential services on March 9. Speaking in the Channel Ten documentary, Coronavirus … 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
UK’s coronavirus death toll jumps by record-high 854 in a day with 6,227 known victims England records 758 more deaths, along with 74 in Scotland, 19 in Wales and 3 in Northern Ireland Yesterday’s statistics had been the lowest for a week and a two-day decline, a glimmer of hope But a surge today suggests … Read more
Scotland Yard detective Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who famously put the notorious Kray twins behind bars dies aged 95 Read who was a Detective Superintendent in the Met Police died this morning By Chantalle Edmunds For Mailonline Published: 14:46 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 14:49 BST, 7 April 2020 The detective Len ‘Nipper’ Read who … Read more
Last week This is Money published a piece with six basic things readers needed to know about Universal Credit, as figures revealed close to a million people applied for benefits in the first fortnight after lockdown. We were flooded with questions from readers, many of them incredibly specific. While we can’t answer them all, we … Read more
Bondi Beach closed down last month and the jobs of their world-renowned lifeguards are in limbo amid the coronavirus pandemic. And while the elite group of rescuers saved countless lives, out of the water some of their darkest moments have come to light. Head lifeguard Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkin, 51, was caught up in a drink … Read more
Germany today saw a sharp drop in its daily death and case toll count, sparking hope that the unprecedented coronavirus lockdown is working. Health officials recorded just 3,677 new cases – the lowest total since March 22 – and 92 deaths, the fewest single day of fatalities in a week. But Germany, which has recorded … Read more