***WARNING: CONTAINS IMAGES OF A FAKE SPY BALL BAG*** You may be feeling quite proud of your creativity lately, having invented a lockdown drinking game or rediscovered your love of sewing. But that’s nothing compared to the inventiveness of the CIA’s former chief of disguise Tony Mendez (what a job title by the way). He […]
The UK government has announced new measures to help boost supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff. Today’s briefing was given by Business Secretary Alok Sharma and NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis. Announcing plans to ensure there’s enough PPE for front line workers, Sharma said: “We are also introducing a range […]
Satellite images taken by the European Space Agency show the impact lock down has had on air pollution levels across a number of cities. Images from the ESA Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite shows a big drop in the levels of nitrogen dioxide in cities such as Paris, Milan and Madrid, all of which currently have isolation […]
Amidst all of the current uncertainty surrounding jobs, money, and the economy overall, you’ll be ecstatic to learn that – somehow – Jeff Bezos has increased his fortune, with the tech giant $5.5bn (£4.3bn) today (28 March) than he was at the start of the year. Yes, the world’s richest man, with a frankly staggering […]
Joe Wicks has revealed he’s donating everything he earns from his videos providing PE lessons for kids cooped up at home to the NHS. The 33-year-old fitness freak – known as The Body Coach – vowed that ‘every single penny of the money’ will go to those fighting the good fight to keep the country […]
The UK coronavirus death toll rose to 1,019 as of 5pm yesterday (27 March) – an increase of 260 in just 24 hours. As of 9am today, 120,776 people have been tested for covid-19 in the UK, with the number of confirmed cases now standing at 17,089. The Department of Health and Social Care recently […]
A young ambulance worker was left in floods of tears after her entire street came out to applaud her on the way to her shift on Thursday afternoon (26 March). The cheers from her community – including her mum, dad, and sister – obviously touched the emergency care worker, as she held her head in […]
A man accused of spreading the Covid-19 virus in Argentina after attending a party in the USA could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of spreading a ‘dangerous and contagious disease’. Eric Torales, 24, is under house arrest after he reportedly refused to obey self-isolation rules in Argentina and went to […]
An Italian man who was born during the Spanish flu pandemic, which raged from 1918 to 1920, has successfully recovered from the Covid-19 coronavirus at the ripe old age of 101. According to CNN, the man from Rimini – identified only as ‘Mr P’ – was admitted to hospital last week but was discharged on […]
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have returned home to Los Angeles two weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus in Australia. The couple were photographed driving around L.A. yesterday and generally looked pretty happy with their lot after seemingly defeating the virus, and managing to get back to their Californian home. Forrest Gump star Hanks, […]
