Around 200 Brits trapped in Bali spent seven hours in Denpasar Airport before being asked to leave by security, as they now face the prospect of being trapped for months. Footage taken at the scene shows the airport’s departure area packed full of tourists desperate to get home from the south-east Asian holiday destination, as […]

The government will be refunding all train tickets as part of new ‘emergency measures‘ on rail services, in a bid to help promote social distancing and also protect key workers who still need to carry out vital roles. While services will be reduced from today (23 March), operators will continue to run day-to-day trains for […]

Greta Thunberg has shared a coronavirus warning on Instagram as she recovers from suspected Covid-19 symptoms, having self-isolated for two weeks. She said she ‘almost didn’t feel ill’ and pleaded with people to stay at home, since many ‘might not notice any symptoms at all’. Greta, who is currently back home in her native Sweden, […]

Costa Coffee has announced it is closing all of its UK stores due to the coronavirus pandemic. The chain announced on social media that it would be temporarily closing its doors from this evening (Monday 23 March). In a post on Facebook, the store said it would continue to pay its team members their full […]

OK, this is a tough time for everyone right now – for our own safety we’re being asked to stay inside our houses unless absolutely necessary, and to maintain a safe distance from others even if we do. While that obviously changes and severely limits the options that we’ve got for our spare time, it […]

A two-month-old boy has become the youngest person in Australia to contract the coronavirus. The baby and a seven-year-old girl are the first Australian Covid-19 patients under the age of 10 years old. It comes as New South Wales is faced with more than 1,000 infections of the virus. Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant […]

A Spanish man, 77, has been arrested for ‘hunting Pokémon’ on the streets of Madrid while the country is in lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. The bizarre news was shared on Twitter by the Policía Municipal de Madrid. Their tweet roughly translated: “Hunting #Pokemon, dinosaurs or any other magical creature is PROHIBITED during the Alarm […]

Thousands of doctors are begging the Australian government to order a full-scale lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Scott Morrison stopped short of that measure during an address last night (March 24) and instead banned more types of social gatherings and advised people to stay at home. However, two petitions have gathered thousands of […]

Australians have been advised to stay home unless they are doing essential tasks under new provisions introduced by the government amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Prime Minister has stopped short of a lockdown but says the country is moving to ‘Stage Two’ of restrictions. Stage One was declared on Sunday (March 22), which closed loads […]

Strippers who were forced out of work following the coronavirus outbreak are now delivering food door to door under the name ‘Boober Eats’. Shon Bouldon is the owner of the Lucky Devil Lounge strip club, in Portland, US, which shut its doors recently. But what started out as a joke about turning his business into […]