California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy production 25 percent by 2030

Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process.  It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more

Kate Ferdinand reflects on her first week of homeschooling with husband Rio

Kate Ferdinand has shared a reflective post after bringing an end to her first week of homeschooling with husband Rio’s three children. The star, 28, took to Instagram to share the lengthy post after a stroll through the countryside with stepsons Lorenz, 13, and Tate, 11, and stepdaughter Tia, eight.  After a week of homeschooling … Read more

US biotech firm wants to test its pneumonia treatment in COVID-19 patients

A New Jersey biotech firm believes its drug could help save the lives of the sickest coronavirus patients.  BioAegis Therapeutics has been testing a protein called gelsolin to treat pneumonia.  Gelsolin exists naturally in the human body and helps to combat inflammation like that seen in critically ill and dying coronavirus patients.  In early stages, … Read more

House passes $2 trillion bailout despite lone GOPer Thomas Massie’s bid to force a full-scale vote

The House on Friday passed a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package, defeating a move by a rogue lawmaker to hold up a vote on the legislation, which now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature.  The threat from Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky united President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House GOP Leader Kevin … Read more

More than 7,500 ex-nurses and midwives answer NHS rallying cry

More than 7,500 former nurses and midwives have answered the NHS’s rallying cry and returned to work to help battle the coronavirus pandemic. The huge response comes just seven days after the nursing regulator posted letters to thousands of nurses who had either retired or changed roles within the last three years. More than 6,000 pharmacists … Read more

Hubei officials say they have largely contained coronavirus outbreak

The Chinese province of Hubei has largely contained the coronavirus outbreak, according to the local government. Officials today changed the risk level of the former epicentre Wuhan from ‘high’ to ‘medium’. A government spokesperson said ‘main battlefield’ Wuhan and the rest of Hubei had achieved ‘important periodical result’ in stemming the epidemic, but warned of … Read more

Drugs boss moans he may lose home after being told to pay back £60,000 – even though gang made £2.4m

A crime boss and his county-lines drugs gang have been told to pay back just £60,000 after making £2.4million selling drugs through a major underworld syndicate. Kingpin Carl Hannan, a 36-year-old from Teesside, headed up the cross-country drug trafficking network that sprawled from the North East to the North West of England, designed to flood … Read more

40,000 people are quarantined after ONE ‘super spreader’ preacher, 70, in India

40,000 people are quarantined after ONE ‘super spreader’ preacher, 70, caused Indian coronavirus outbreak following trip to Italy Twenty villages in Punjab put in isolation after Baldev Singh returned from Italy Mr Singh, 70, visited Germany before going home for Hola Mohalla Sikh festival He died from coronavirus and a week on 19 members of … Read more