Sony scaling back PlayStation 5 launch shipments as coronavirus shutdowns drive unemployment

Sony considers scaling back PlayStation 5 launch and shipping up to two million fewer consoles as it fears demand will be lower amid coronavirus pandemic Sony is considering scaling back its plans for the PlayStation 5 launch The company is planning to ship between five million and 6.5 million consoles That would be one to … Read more

Hipsters face a hit to the pocket as cost of trendy Fair Trade items are set to soar after lockdown

Middle class shoppers up and down the UK could be hit financially as the cost of fashionable household staples like tea and coffee are set to rise due to global shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic.    Producers of trendy Fair Trade items often found in your local hipster coffee bar or quirky restaurants are struggling … Read more

Cost of Fair Trade items is set to soar

Middle class shoppers up and down the UK could be hit financially as the cost of fashionable household staples like tea and coffee are set to rise due to global shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic.    Producers of trendy Fair Trade items often found in your local hipster coffee bar or quirky restaurants are struggling … Read more

Protesters swarm Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah and Wyoming to demonstrate lockdown orders

Protesters have continued to gather across the United States, ignoring social distancing rules, to demonstrate against lockdown orders they call ‘tyrannical’ and ‘worse than the virus’.  Crowds of people – many decked out in MAGA hats and with Donald Trump posters –  have met up in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah and Wyoming this week with … Read more

World’s oldest piece of mahogany is found in Canada and dates back almost 80MILLION years

World’s oldest piece of mahogany is found in Canada and dates back almost 80MILLION years to when the dinosaurs roamed the planet Chunk of mahogany was found in a piece of rock found near Vancouver Island  It was dated to between 72 and 79 million years old – the end of the Cretaceous Previous evidence … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Lockdown extended for three more weeks

Dominic Raab tonight declared that coronavirus lockdown will stay for another three weeks despite growing alarm at the economic consequences. The Foreign Secretary confirmed the public’s ‘efforts are starting to pay off’ but draconian curbs cannot yet be lifted after he chaired a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee.  He said transmission in the community … Read more

Beijing says WHO found no evidence coronavirus was man-made as it fends off accusations about lab

Beijing today said the WHO has found no evidence coronavirus was man-made, fending off accusations that it was created in a Chinese lab. President Donald Trump said yesterday his government was ‘doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation,’ while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Chinese ‘need to come clean’ on … Read more