Coronavirus UK – Calls for requisition of private hospital beds
It can’t be right that we have plush private hospitals lying empty while people are left in dying in hospitals for the want of a bed says GMB Union
Coronavirus UK – herd immunity strategy called into question
Plans are under way to ban mass gatherings from next week.
Bill Gates quits Microsoft board to spend more time on philanthropy
He started the company with Paul Allen in 1975.
Coronavirus UK – Mass gatherings to be banned
European countries have taken such measures as the pandemic worsens.
Apple closes all stores outside Greater China amid coronavirus outbreak
Chief executive Tim Cook said the firm ‘must do all we can’ to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Scientists close to developing coronavirus vaccine after tests on mice
Researchers at Imperial College London say the vaccine works really, really well on mice.
Over 1.2 million people use overdrafts to fund rent or mortgage payments
With rents rising and difficulties saving money, new research reveals 1.2 million people use their overdraft facility to cover rent or mortgage payments.
Tesco shopper bulk-buying meat – dressed in full hazmat suit and gas mask
Ethan Mees said everyone in the shop was "so shocked" at the sight
First virus death in Scotland as Europe declared epicentre of pandemic
Experts have defended the UK approach, against a backdrop of other nations shutting schools and banning mass gatherings.