DAME ESTHER RANTZEN: Coronavirus has my generation in its sights but we’ll keep calm and carry on

DAME ESTHER RANTZEN: This coronavirus has my generation in its sights… but like the Queen, we’ll keep calm and carry on By Dame Esther Rantzen For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:17 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 7 March 2020 As someone expecting to celebrate an 80th birthday this year – coronavirus … Read more

DR MAX: Don’t be a nation of Corporal Joneses – we all need to calm down about coronavirus 

They are scenes reminiscent of a zombie movie: photographs and TV footage of people pushing trolleys up and down supermarket aisles in a frantic search for ‘necessities’, only to be confronted with empty or ransacked shelves. But it’s not the desperate survivors of an apocalyptic invasion by the Walking Dead who’ve swept through Tesco, Lidl … Read more

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson calls for calm on This Morning

Boris Johnson tried to cool a rash of stockpiling today as he insisted Britain will not run out of food during the coronavirus outbreak. The PM said he had faith in the ability of the public to see the ‘balance of risk’ with the disease, and he hoped they would carry on with ‘business as … Read more

Desk plants ‘can calm you down and make work less stressful’

Having a bonsai tree or cactus on your desk to stare at while working can keep you calm and make your job less stressful, researchers say. Japanese experts studied whether a small plant could really improve mood at work, given nature is known to improve general wellbeing.  Office workers were given an indoor plant, such … Read more

Ford’s noise-cancelling dog house can keep your pup calm during fireworks and thunderstorms

While fireworks might be a sign of celebration for humans, they don’t elicit quite the same reaction from dogs.  Dogs have a very acute sense of hearing, making some everyday events like fireworks and thunderstorms troublesome for canines, as they can be too loud for them.  However, Ford may have developed a solution with its … Read more