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Florida Georgia Line donates $1000 to Nashville restaurant employees amid coronavirus pandemic

Florida Georgia Line makes generous $1000 donations to employees while Nashville restaurant is closed amid growing coronavirus pandemic By Kevin Kayhart For Dai... read more

Coronavirus panic: The items Australians are NOT buying at the supermarket

Powdered milk, spam and brown rice: The items Australians AREN’T buying as they stockpile fridges, freezers and cupboards over coronavirus fears Fears ove... read more

Couple dress as Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen to visit sick children in hospital

A heroic couple who dress up as Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen to visit sick children in hospitals around the world have vowed to keep spreading hope to young kids ... read more

What does being Australian mean post coronavirus? Wayne Flower examines the meaning of ‘True Blue’

UnAustralian.  It’s a term Australians like to use to describe atrocious behaviour.  In a world post coronavirus, we can just label that kind of behavio... read more

Thrifty mum who has been stockpiling for FOUR years reveals she ALWAYS bulk buys food

Mum who has been stockpiling for FOUR YEARS shares the fully-stocked pantry she prepared long before the coronavirus outbreak – and now she’s set fo... read more

Coronavirus UK: Richard Littlejohn channels Dad’s Army

Plans have been drawn up to deploy 20,000 troops to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.  They will be drafted in to guard key sites, including hospitals, pha... read more

Coronavirus UK: Pubs packed despite calls for social distancing

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

Australian gun owners follow US lead in coronavirus panic-buying of ammunition

Australian gun owners are stockpiling ammunition as coronavirus panic-buying of firearms in the United States threatens to cause local shortages. Gun shops have... read more

Pose’s Angelica Ross discovers new boyfriend has fiancee and son after tweeting about self-isolation

‘#PlotTwist!’ Pose star Angelica Ross discovers new boyfriend has fiancee and son after tweeting about being apart due to self-isolation By Rachel M... read more

Coronavirus UK: Government specifies who ‘key workers’ are

Confusion over who qualifies as a key worker whose children can stay in school during the coronavirus crisis intensified last night as the government published ... read more

SARAH VINE: Panic buyers display the unthinking cruelty of those who care only for themselves

Few images encapsulate more succinctly or poignantly the situation facing us all than that published by the Mail yesterday. A trim, neatly dressed elderly gentl... read more

Dame Vera Lynn turns 103 by sharing inspiring message reminding listeners to ‘keep singing’

Find ‘moments of joy’ to cope with ‘hard times’ says Dame Vera Lynn in message marking her 103rd birthday The Forces’ Sweetheart c... read more

Struggling restaurants offers to sell their pasta

Struggling restaurant offers to sell their pasta after customers abandoned them amid coronavirus panic The Via Della Spiga Italian restaurant in North Sydney is... read more

Why things go VIRAL and why the world goes mad when they do

 BOOK OF THE WEEK  THE RULES OF CONTAGION   By Adam Kucharski (Wellcome Collection £16.99, 352 pp)  Were there a Booker Prize for timeliness, this nuggety... read more

Tourist hotspots to ghost towns: Popular resorts are left deserted amid coronavirus lockdown 

Popular holiday resorts have become deserted ghost towns after tourists fled home amid coronavirus lockdown.   The impact of COVID-19 is being felt everywhere... read more

Coronavirus winery Unico Zelo sells coronavino care packages and digital happy hour

A winery has launched a ‘coronavino’ care package and a ‘digital happy hour’ for patrons in a bid to keep their business running during ... read more

Pubs are STILL packed with revellers despite calls for social distancing

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

Two LA Lakers players and three Philadelphia 76ers stars are confirmed to have coronavirus

Two LA Lakers and three Philadelphia 76ers stars are confirmed to have coronavirus as commissioner says players should be considered ‘super spreaders̵... read more

How Boris Johnson’s government changed its tune on coronavirus testing

Boris Johnson has pledged to urgently increase coronavirus testing despite saying less than three weeks ago that the NHS was ‘well-prepared’ for an ... read more

Coronavirus cases soar to 833

Three people on-board a cruise ship that docked in Sydney on Thursday have tested positive for the coronavirus. Two passengers and one crew member who were on t... read more

When the going gets tough: Just pick up a poem!

POETRY  A LITTLE HISTORY OF POETRY   By John Carey (Yale £14.99, 320pp)  Pick up this book, take a deep breath and hold on tight. John Carey takes us on a ... read more

How is it fair that dreaded mocks may be crucial?

Coronavirus has succeeded where world wars and previous epidemics failed: from next week, schools will be closed and public exams have been cancelled. With Covi... read more

HENRY DEEDES: Boris Johnson is back to his positive best

Boosterism is back! The Prime Minister delivered his latest address to the nation on the coronavirus yesterday. His message was fizzy, frenetic, oozing optimism... read more

Coronavirus Italy: Inside hospitals as death toll overtakes China’s

Desperate Italian medics at the coronavirus epicentre told how all their efforts ‘are not enough’ as their country’s death toll soared above t... read more