SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE:Laura Carmichael casts off her corsets to star in modern-day thriller 

Downton Abbey turned her into a star, but Laura Carmichael claims she’s ignoring advice given by its creator to stick to period dramas Downton Abbey turned her into a star, but Laura Carmichael claims she’s ignoring advice given by its creator to stick to period dramas. The actress played dowdy middle sister Lady Edith in the … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva fails political test

ALEX BRUMMER: IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva revisiting Brexit during coronavirus crisis suggests she hasn’t quite washed away her EU past By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 16 April 2020 The International Monetary Fund deserves credit for not holding back on highlighting the stunning £7 … Read more

A ‘MEGADROUGHT’ is likely to emerge in the southwest of North America driven by climate change

A ‘MEGADROUGHT’ is likely to emerge in the southwest of North America driven by climate change as dry conditions are some of the worst for 1,200 years, researchers warns The southwest area of North America has been in a drought since 2000 This is deemed the worst one to hit the area in the past … Read more

Social care bosses claim THREE QUARTERS of homes have been hit by the coronavirus

Barchester Healthcare’s Peter Calveley said around half of its homes have been hit by cases of the life-threatening illness Coronavirus may have struck three quarters of Britain’s care homes, industry bosses say amid growing fury over Government’s handling of the crisis.  The chief executive of one major UK provider today warned the spread of the … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Informa eyes £1bn cash call as virus cuts deep

MARKET REPORT: Exhibitions and events organiser Informa goes cap in hand to investors to raise as much as £1bn to weather coronavirus pandemic By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 16 April 2020 Exhibitions and events organiser Informa has gone cap in hand to investors … Read more

Bookie Paddy Power still paying staff as it opts out of furlough scheme

Paddy Power shouldering millions of pounds of staffing costs after opting not to use Government’s furlough scheme despite sending shop workers home By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:30 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 16 April 2020 Paddy Power is shouldering millions of pounds of staffing costs after opting not … Read more

Competition watchdog launches probe into proposed takeover of ticket resale website Stubhub by rival

Competition watchdog launches formal probe into proposed takeover of ticket resale website Stubhub by rival Viagogo By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 The competition watchdog has launched a formal probe into the proposed takeover of ticket resale website Stubhub by rival … Read more

MIT invents wireless box monitors the breathing and sleeping patterns of COVID-19 patients at home

As a critical shortage of ventilators looms, New York Governor Andre Cuomo revealed Friday that the state will begin repurposing BiPAP machines to sustain severely ill coronavirus patients.  Last week, the state resorted to converting anesthesia machines to supplement its stockpile of an estimated 6,500 ventilators.  Thursday, Cuomo said he wasn’t sure if BiPAP machines … Read more