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Outraged customers have threatened to boycott a UK supermarket after accusing it of hiking up its prices amid coronavirus panic buying. British grocery store Budgens is charging £4 for a four roll pack of Andrex Supreme Quilts toilet roll, despite a £2.50 RRP sign on the packaging. Sharing a snap of the loo roll from their local … Read more
Pope Francis defied Italian government advice to stay indoors and today walked to church through Rome’s deserted streets to pray for the end of coronavirus. The Catholic leader had earlier delivered a blessing from his balcony window above an eerily empty St Peter’s Square, which has been closed to worshippers as part of the country’s … Read more
Bill de Blasio said Sunday that he isn’t ruling out quarantining New York City as cases of coronavirus in the most populous U.S. city skyrocketed this week. ‘Every option is on the table in a crisis,’ de Blasio told CNN Sunday morning. ‘We’ve never seen anything like this,’ the Democratic New York City mayor, who … Read more
A nurse died of cancer after being exposed to asbestos while working at the same London hospital trust where the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Diana gave birth. Sue Taylor’s first job as a respiratory nurse was in 1981 at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, where she worked for three years. In June 2017 … Read more
New York City officials reportedly warned the UN diplomatic community that everyone in the city should assume they’ve been in contact with the novel coronavirus and threats of proliferating cases are projected to last until the fall. On Saturday New York City commissioner Penny Abeywardena in the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs and officials with the NYC … Read more
The UK’s trade union body has urged the Government to protect ‘people’s jobs and livelihoods’ as 300,000 zero-hours workers who do not qualify for sick pay could be left high and dry if coronavirus self-isolation turns into a national lockdown. Boris Johnson is understood to be reviewing the Government’s handling of the pandemic by drafting emergency … Read more
Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Americans experience daunting wait times and massive lines at airports remain calm, claiming the chaos is due to medical screening to prevent spread of the coronavirus. ‘We are doing very precise Medical Screenings at our airports,’ Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon. ‘Pardon the interruptions and delays, we are moving as quickly … Read more
A British couple have had to leave their 99-day £68,000 cruise early amid the coronavirus crisis – even though no-one on board caught the deadly bug. Dave and his wife Helen, from Bletchley Heath, Kent, departed from Southampton for Australia on the 10th of January. The journey – to celebrate their 70th birthdays – was … Read more
Heartbroken wife pays tribute to her ‘soul mate’ husband, 59, who has become the youngest coronavirus patient in Britain to die Nick Matthews – who had underlying health conditions – died in Bristol yesterday Wife Mary Matthews said he was her ‘life partner’, ‘soul mate’ and ‘best friend’ UK Coronavirus fatalities increased by 14 overnight … Read more
Sportswear giant Nike Inc said on Sunday it is closing all of its stores in the United States and several other countries to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Nike stores in Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand will be closed from March 16 to 27, the company said in a statement. However, Nike-owned … Read more