dailymail

Pressure for cafes and shops to reopen but government expert warns mass testing must come first

by

Ministers are today facing calls to start reopening schools, cafes and non-essential shops within weeks to avert an economic apocalypse – despite government experts warning that without mass testing it risks creating a second peak in the coronavirus outbreak. MPs and industry chiefs are heaping on pressure for an ‘exit strategy’ from the draconian curbs … Read more

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to a worrying surge in plastic waste, researcher warns 

by

Of 30 billion plastic bottles used by UK households each year, only 57 per cent are currently recycled. With half of these going to landfill, half of all plastic bottles that are recycled go to waste. Around 700,000 plastic bottles a day end up as litter. This is largely due to plastic wrapping around bottles … Read more

‘Hundreds of thousands’ of jobs in the retail sector at risk of being lost, BRC boss warns

by

Hundreds of thousands of jobs in the retail sector are at risk of being lost amid the Covid-19 crisis, the British Retail Consortium has warned.  Sales at shops across Britain fell to their lowest level on record last month, with worse figures yet to come, the BRC said. With ‘non-essential’ bricks-and-mortar shops shut up and … Read more

Coronation Street star Simon Gregson donates a classic car and motorcycle to NHS workers

by

Simon Gregson has spoken candidly about his decision to donate classic vehicles to NHS workers on the COVID-19 frontline, amid his own battle with coronavirus.  The Coronation Street star, 45, publicly revealed last week that he had been diagnosed with the virus, and just hours later his wife Emma announced her grandmother had tragically died … Read more

Einstein was right: Star orbiting the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole behaves as he predicted

by

A star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy does so in a way that proves physicist Albert Einstein right – again. The star, called S2, orbits Sagittarius A* in a rosette shape, blipping out from the elliptical orbit at random points – an idea predicted by Einstein over … Read more

Piers Morgan will host Good Morning Britain four days a week ‘for the foreseeable future’

by

Piers Morgan will host Good Morning Britain four days a week ‘for the foreseeable future’ after being lauded by fans for hard-hitting COVID-19 coverage By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 10:23 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 12:23 BST, 16 April 2020 Piers Morgan is now hosting Good Morning Britain for four days a week. … Read more