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Two cruise ships at Tilbury Docks on standby to act as floating hospitals to help fight coronavirus

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EXCLUSIVE: Two giant cruise ships on standby to act as floating hospitals at Tilbury Docks as UK cruise company offers them to the government to help cope with coronavirus crisis British owners of Spirit of Discovery and Saga Sapphire are understood to have handed ships to government No decision has yet been taken to use … Read more

Mother’s touching act of kindness to elderly shoppers

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Mother’s touching act of kindness to elderly shoppers strikes a chord amid coronavirus panic-buying madness A Melbourne woman has praised a good Samaritan that helped elderly shoppers She saw a woman pay for the elderly couple’s groceries at Coles on Wednesday The Facebook post thanking the ‘amazing woman’ for her kind act has gone viral … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: The Heathrow decision is an act of self-harm to make us all poorer 

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Climate-change activists will not be the only ones celebrating the Court of Appeal’s decision to block a new third runway at Heathrow. It saves the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who once threatened to lie down in front of the bulldozers, from having to make an embarrassing U-turn. It is a great victory for British Airways … Read more

WHO director says countries must ‘act aggressively now to contain coronavirus’

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Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Jay Rayner reviews Chinese restaurant in ‘act of solidarity’ over ‘racism triggered by coronavirus’

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The Observer’s food critic Jay Rayner has said that his latest review, of a Chinese restaurant, was ‘an act of solidarity’ in the wake of ‘misplaced fear’ and racism surrounding the coronavirus.  The outspoken writer was reviewing the Four Seasons in London’s Chinatown, and took to Twitter to share the wider context of his piece. … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Chancellor needs to act as a check on the sometimes unbridled ambition of PM

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The most distinguished alumnus of HM Treasury, John Maynard Keynes, once described it as ‘an essential bulwark against overwhelming wickedness’. That may be a trifle over the top. But it cannot be wise for No 10 to think that grabbing full control over economic and fiscal policy, in one of the most open economies in … Read more

The Chancellor must act to get us saving again, says IAIN DUNCAN SMITH

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The Chancellor must act to get us saving again, says former pensions secretary IAIN DUNCAN SMITH By Iain Duncan Smith For Money Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 18 February 2020 The incentive to save should be at the heart of any stable economy. It is vital for careful budgeting, … Read more