National helpline StarLine set up by teaching groups to help parents struggling with homeschooling

Frazzled parents struggling to homeschool their children during the coronarvirus pandemic are to be offered support through a new national helpline.  Named ‘StarLine’, the service will offer advice to families on how to educate their children at homes while schools are closed due to the outbreak of Covid-19.  The service, launched by a coalition of … Read more

Hairdressers could be closed for another six months as Government sees no safe way to open them

Hairdressers could be closed for another six months because the government cannot find a safe way of opening them again amid the coronavirus outbreak, it was claimed today. The Government’s team of top scientists believe there is no way for stylists to cut people’s hair without risking spreading the virus, reports The Sun.  Experts claim … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Question – What is the point of Public Health England? Answer – pass 

From the Off, I’ve been happy to admit that when it comes to the coronavirus crisis I don’t have a clue. Is the lockdown justified? Should it be lifted immediately? The simple answer is: dunno.  And neither does anyone else. You pays your money and takes your choice. The best and brightest minds in the … Read more

Hairdressers could be closed for another six months as Government sees no safe way to open them

Hairdressers could be closed for another six months because the government cannot find a safe way of opening them again amid the coronavirus outbreak, it was claimed today. The Government’s team of top scientists believe there is no way for stylists to cut people’s hair without risking spreading the virus, reports The Sun.  Experts claim … Read more

Naomi Watts, 51, ‘stays relevant’ by filming TikTok dancing videos with her son

Naomi Watts, 51, jokes she is trying to ‘stay relevant’ by filming TikTok dancing videos with her 11-year-old son Kai in lockdown By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:18 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 01:21 BST, 24 April 2020 Many celebrities have been turning to TikTok to kill time while self-isolating during … Read more

Boris Johnson is ‘preparing to return to work on Monday’ to take control of the coronavirus crisis

Boris Johnson is planning to return to work on Monday to take control of the response to the coronavirus crisis. The Prime Minister has been recovering at his countryside retreat in Chequers after being discharged from hospital earlier this month. Mr Johnson – who spent three days in the ICU and seven in hospital – … Read more

Trump publicly squabbles with Fauci after he said testing capacity needs to ‘significantly’ ramp up

Donald Trump publicly squabbles with Tony Fauci saying ‘I don’t agree with him’ after doctor warned U.S. testing capacity needs to ‘significantly’ ramp up President Trump was asked at the White House briefing about comments Dr. Anthony Fauci made earlier Thursday about U.S. testing capacity  Fauci appeared at a ‘Time 100’ livestreamed event and said … Read more

You don’t need to win £58 million on the lottery to learn the value of money – try lockdown instead

Here’s a sentence I never dreamed I’d write: I couldn’t help feeling a momentary twinge of sympathy for Ryan Hoyle, 38, when I read yesterday that the self-employed joiner had just won £58,366,487 in the EuroMillions draw. Don’t worry. The feeling passed quickly enough and I’m well over it now. But, let’s face it, the … Read more

Coronavirus patients’ EYES could be contagious for WEEKS, study suggests

Coronavirus can linger in the eyes for weeks on end, according to a newly-published case report.  Researchers at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Italy found that virus persisted in the eyes of one 65-year-old woman for 21 days after she first developed symptoms.  Reports have emerged of people getting pink eye with coronavirus … Read more

Coronavirus patients’ EYES could be contagious for WEEKS, study suggests

Coronavirus can linger in the eyes for weeks on end, according to a newly-published case report.  Researchers at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Italy found that virus persisted in the eyes of one 65-year-old woman for 21 days after she first developed symptoms.  Reports have emerged of people getting pink eye with coronavirus … Read more