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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pay touching tribute to Diana with new LA home

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have temporarily settled in the Los Angeles area as they look for a permanent home for themselves and their son Archie in California. The couple are believed to have settled into a $20million (£16million) mansion in Malibu, a move which is expected to have the Duke and Duchess of Sussex […]

National Express closure: UK coach service to suspend national network this weekend

National Express has announced that it will fully suspend its national network of scheduled coach services with effect from midnight Sunday 5 April 2020. The UK coach service has kept a limited coach service running to help those with “essential” travel needs. But, the coach service has said it “is no longer viable to continue […]

Coronavirus daily update: The COVID-19 numbers and what they really mean

You can tell the government is anxious when the prime minister gets out of his self-isolation bunker, looking pretty rough, to record a video message reassuring the nation. Some people might know that the number of coronavirus deaths will rise exponentially until the lockdown measures have time to work but that doesn’t mean they aren’t […]

Dogs being trained to smell coronavirus need £1,000,000 to help fight disease

A fundraising campaign has been set up to train dogs to learn the smell of Covid-19 and play a vital role in stopping the spread of the disease. Experts at Medical Detection Dogs – which already does pioneering work in cancer research and diabetes detection – believe dogs can smell coronavirus and could help to […]

Coronavirus masks advice could change after new evidence emerges

Official advice on whether people should wear masks in public could be changed after new evidence emerged suggesting they could protect people from coronavirus. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has consistently said that only those who have symptoms or are caring for someone with COVID-19 should wear masks. But a new study and evidence from […]

Coronavirus patient removed from flat through window to be taken to hospital

Firefighters in West London had to wear full respirators to remove a suspected coronavirus patient during an emergency yesterday.  Crews wore the protective breathing kit – normally used to avoid smoke inhalation – on an aerial platform in Shepherd’s Bush, where all three emergency services helped the unidentified patient’s removal by a crane.  The patient […]