Sadiq Khan warns more Londoners ‘will die’ if people leave their homes March 22, 2020 Sadiq Khan has told Londoners that more people will die from coronavirus if they do not follow the government’s instructions and self-isolate. The capital has been the worst hit region in the UK by the spread of Covid-19, accounting for almost 40 per cent of the country’s 5,018 confirmed cases. Speaking to BBC today, Khan [...]
ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway bags record 9.5m viewers as Brits flock to traditional TV March 22, 2020 ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway pulled in a record 9.5m viewers last night as housebound Brits flock to traditional broadcasters during the coronavirus outbreak. The hit sketch show secured 45 per cent of all live TV viewers as hosts Ant and Dec presented the programme without a studio audience for the first time as a result [...]
Coronavirus: Primark to close all UK stores as pandemic hits high street March 22, 2020 Primark is set to shutter all 189 of its UK stores from tonight as the coronavirus outbreak threatens to bring the UK high street to its knees. The budget fashion retailer has already closed stores accounting for 20 per cent of its selling space globally, and is now preparing to close its entire store estate. [...]
Coronavirus cases surpass 305,000 globally March 22, 2020 305,046 people worldwide are now confirmed to be infected with coronavirus. Figures also show 13,028, or four per cent, of those infected have since died. Here in the UK, the death toll has risen to 281. However, 95,500, or 31 per cent have recovered from the virus. In the US, New York state has been [...]
Coronavirus: Emirates Airlines suspends all passenger flights March 22, 2020 Emirates Airlines has today announced it will suspend all passenger flights, becoming the latest carrier to impose stringent measures upon itself in a bid to stave off financial devastation at the hands of the coronavirus outbreak. In addition to the dramatic step, the Dubai-based airline will also reduce the salaries of the majority of its [...]
Oneweb launches 34 satellites as it beefs up space broadband network March 22, 2020 Oneweb has launched a further 34 satellites as the London-based startup steps up its efforts to create a space broadband network. The satellites were launched on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday. It marks Oneweb’s second launch in six weeks and its third overall, taking the total number of satellites in [...]
Sadiq Khan commemorates anniversary of Westminster terror attack March 22, 2020 Sadiq Khan has paid tribute to the victims of the 2017 Westminster terror attack on the day’s third anniversary. Four people were killed and 50 injured on 22 March 2017 when Khalid Masood drove a truck into pedestrians on Wesminster Bridge. He went on to crash the vehicle into a fence outside parliament and stabbed [...]
F1 teams to help produce 20,000 ventilators for NHS in fight against coronavirus March 22, 2020 Formula One may have brought forward its summer factory shutdown to March and April, but seven UK-based teams are set to mobilise their workforce to produce life-saving ventilators that will be required by the NHS in the fight against coronavirus. McLaren, Williams, Red Bull, Renault, Racing Point and world champion Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team are [...]
Millions of coronavirus antibody tests expected to arrive in weeks March 22, 2020 Millions of tests that can detect if someone has ever had coronavirus will arrive in the UK in the coming weeks, according to the housing and communities secretary. The antibody tests, which have been described by Boris Johnson as a “gamechanger, could allow people to return to their everyday lives. The test can see if [...]
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson tells 1.5m Britons to isolate for 12 weeks March 22, 2020 An estimated 1.5m Britons have been sent letters by the government telling them to not go outside for the next 12 weeks to protect themselves from coronavirus. Boris Johnson personally addressed the letters to those most at risk of dying from Covid-19, including over-70s, pregnant women and people with one of more than a dozen [...]
