URBAN areas have more wildlife than some national parks, an expert claims. Open spaces, docklands and industrial estates in our cities can burst with life as they are left alone, according to TV nature producer and author Benedict Macdonald. They were found to have thriving populations of threatened bird species. These include lapwing and lesser spotted woodpeckers plus adaptable predators, […]

Emotional moment woman, 44, who survived coronavirus after 10 days on a ventilator is cheered by medical staff as she leaves the hospital Video filmed from inside St David’s South Austin Medical Center shows the 44-year-old woman leaving on Thursday to a huge round of applause She was admitted to hospital mid-March and remained there for 16 days The patient […]

Long Island’s Suffolk County is planning to use a refrigerated farm building to store bodies of coronavirus victims once its morgues reach capacity. Plans to convert the processing center on the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank into a makeshift morgue come as the death toll in the county reached 266 and the number of confirmed cases topped 14,500. “At the […]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Listen and understand, that virus is out there.’ Masked Terminator star Michael Biehn reprises his role as Sergeant Kyle Reese to tell people to stay at home during coronavirus outbreak Terminator star Michael Biehn has reprised his role as Sergeant Kyle Reese to tell people to stay at home during the coronavirus outbreak He recreated a famous scene from […]

Washington: White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving her post nine months into the job after never holding a single formal press briefing. Grisham will be assuming a new role as chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump. She had continued to represent the first lady while also holding the titles of press secretary and White House communications […]

Fuel prices sink to lowest level in three-and-a-half years as cost of petrol hits £1.10 a litre during coronavirus lockdown Average cost of petrol in Britain today is £1.10 a litre and diesel is £1.17 a litre Family car is around £9 cheaper to fill up today than it was at end of January Comes after huge drop in oil […]

THE widow of PC Andrew Harper has left a heartbreaking message for her husband on what would have been his 29th birthday Lissie Harper said she could feel her loved one with her in spirit, as she laid flowers at their favourite spot. The Thames Valley Police constable died after he got caught in a strap trailing behind a car […]

I’m ready to serve, let’s get started!’: Up to 75,000 NHS volunteers report for duty as they receive their first tasks to help 2.5m most at risk in battle against coronavirus pandemic NHS received three times the number of volunteers it was hoping for  They will have all been checked out by NHS Volunteer Service by end of today  Recruits […]

China reports NO new coronavirus deaths for the first time as country braces for a second wave of infections Chinese authorities reported 32 new cases but no new deaths in today’s figures All of the new patients were said to be people returning to China from abroad Officials have reported 81,740 cases and 3,331 deaths since outbreak began  China today […]

John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown lead calls to G20 nations for nearly £200bn fund to combat spread of coronavirus and prevent another global financial crisis Global leaders past and present sign letter calling for  $193billion Covid-19 fund  It proposes world leaders set aside $3bn of the fund on coronavirus vaccines Developing countries could get share of $150bn global […]