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Around a QUARTER of some NHS forces are off work to self-isolate

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use th... read more

Three elderly Jewish people die of coronavirus two weeks after attending bar mitzvah

Three elderly Jewish people die of coronavirus two weeks after attending bar mitzvah ceremony – as religious leaders warn ‘close-knit’ communi... read more

New York’s Mount Sinai hospital workers say they’re down to one mask a day

Medical staff at one of the country’s most prestigious hospital groups have described their anger and sense of betrayal at hospital leaders’ assert... read more

Jack Grealish breaks silence after partying during coronavirus crisis but no mention of car crash

Shamed Aston Villa star Jack Grealish has issued a grovelling apology after admitting that he made the ‘stupid’ decision to party at an ex-team-mate... read more

New York City lawyer known as ‘patient zero’ in New Rochelle coronavirus cluster has left hospital

The lawyer at the center of the coronavirus cluster of cases in New Rochelle, New York, has been released home after spending a month in a hospital.   New Yor... read more

Coronavirus UK: ‘Covidiots’ defy lockdown socialising in their cars and holding BBQs

Footage shows a group of youths flouting the coronavirus lockdown rules as they pull up in two cars near a hospital, blaring loud music on a road filled with el... read more

Counties with NO coronavirus cases are rural and poor but experts warn they WILL still get it

As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report a single positive test res... read more

Macy’s to furlough most of its 130,000 employees after being forced to close its 500 stores

Coronavirus job losses in the United States could hit 47 million, with unemployment at more than 30 per cent, according to stark new estimates by a Federal Rese... read more

Parents claim supermarkets have stopped them from shopping with their children

Parents have claimed supermarkets are preventing them from shopping with their children as part of a crackdown on social distancing rules. Many grocers have lim... read more

NINE die in string of domestic killings as Britain enters second week of quarantine

Nine people have died in a string of domestic killings as Britain enters its second week under the coronavirus quarantine. The bodies of four people and a dead... read more

Video calling service Zoom removes code from app that was sending users’ data to Facebook

Video calling service Zoom apologizes and removes code from its app that was sending user data to Facebook Zoom has removed code from its app that was sending u... read more

National Trust plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into sprawling car park

Protesters are locked in a furious row with the National Trust over plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into a sprawling car park for a moate... read more

Police Taser man who ‘deliberately coughed over them’ in north London

A coughing crime wave has struck Britain as police Tasered a man when he allegedly began hacking over them, and a different man was arrested for assault today a... read more

Workers transform rugby union stadium into coronavirus hospital

Grim photos have revealed the refrigerated morgue inside the new NHS Nightingale Hospital at London’s ExCel Centre. The venue has been transformed to trea... read more

Bins overflow as councils scale back some collections

Bins were today seen overflowing as councils scaled back collections as up to a third of refuse workers went off sick due to coronavirus. Many local authorities... read more

Supermarket shelves fully stocked with Easter Eggs as no one is panic buying or stockpiling them

Easter Bunny tested positive:( Shelves are fully stocked with chocolate Easter Eggs despite panic buyers stripping nearby aisles bare of other goods Britons are... read more

Italy’s daily coronavirus infections falls to 4,050 – its lowest in nearly two weeks

Is Italy turning the corner? Number of daily coronavirus infections falls to 4,050 – its lowest in nearly two weeks – as WHO say the country’s epidemi... read more

Two coronavirus-stricken Holland America cruise ships en route to Florida

Two coronavirus-stricken Holland America cruise ships that are carrying four dead passengers are now making their way towards Florida in the hopes they will be ... read more

£42k-a-year Eton College offers FREE online study courses to UK teenagers

£42k-a-year Eton College offers FREE online study courses to UK teenagers during coronavirus lockdown and makes empty boarding houses available for key workers... read more

Coronavirus: Root fears player burnout if England try to squeeze more fixtures into hectic schedule

‘We will have to make sure guys are not blown out’: England captain Joe Root fears player burnout if the ECB try to squeeze more fixtures into hecti... read more

Coronavirus US: Hundreds of worshippers crowd Florida church

A Florida megachurch has refused to close its doors amid the coronavirus pandemic with worshippers crowding into the church this weekend despite the government&... read more

Help at last: Navy hospital ship the USNS Comfort docks in New York harbor

The USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds for patients, has arrived in New York City to alleviate the strain on the city’s hospitals as it co... read more

Coronavirus Tubes chaos enters SECOND week

The ‘dangerous’ and ‘disgusting’ conditions on the Tube entered a second week today as NHS staff continued to blast Sadiq Khan for a lac... read more

Ken McCallum is appointed new director general of MI5

Ken McCallum will be the youngest ever director general when he takes over the top job at MI5 next month. He has spent almost a quarter of a century working for... read more