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What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A gang of thugs smashed a Sainsbury’s shop front in south London in a nighttime raid as supermarkets come under huge pressure amid coronavirus fears. Six men tried stealing alcohol from the New Kent Road store in Elephant and Castle at around 10.50pm yesterday by ‘concealing spirits in their clothes’. Police said that Sainsbury’s staff … Read more
Thousands of people including British travellers were fleeing Paris today as the French capital prepared to go into full Coronavirus lockdown. Huge queues were building up at railway and coach station before draconian new measures came into force at midday on Tuesday. Despite government pleas to ‘stay at home’, rail operator SNCF reported large numbers … Read more
RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS: £2.8bn trust grows money over the long term, while preserving initial investments By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 13 March 2020 At £2.8bn, RIT Capital Partners is one of the UK’s largest investment trusts WHAT IS IT? At £2.8billion, RIT Capital … Read more
Activist Coast Capital ramps up its attack on First Group demanding it dump its US operations By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 Coast Capital has renewed its assault on Great Western Railway operator First Group Activist investor Coast Capital has renewed … Read more
Teenage boy is stabbed to death on a bus in Croydon, bringing this year’s murder tally in the capital to 20 A teenager was stabbed to death on a bus in South Norwood, south London The 17-year-old boy became 20th person to be murdered in the capital in 2020 He was found suffering multiple injuries and … Read more
Vick Hope is said to be locked in a feud with her former employer Capital FM over claims they sidelined her during her three-year stint. The TV and radio presenter, 30, who left her role as a Capital Breakfast host last month, reportedly believes she should have been ‘trusted’ to host the show alone in … Read more
Arizona made the cowboy famous. The term had been rousting around the Wild West since 1870-ish, mostly synonymous with the more pejorative ‘rustler’ tag. But a decade or so later the Copper State took accidental ownership of brand cowboy when it became the hideout of the notorious Cochise County Cowboys. A loose association of hoodlums, … Read more
James M. Cain, the prolific pulp fiction author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, wrote that ‘whatever else may be said about Malibu… it is probably the finest beach ever created’. Cain was writing in the Thirties, but his description might not be too far off today. In fact, Malibu has a number of beautiful … Read more
Clear the mantelpiece! The ‘ultimate’ souvenirs to buy in 12 capital cities revealed, from a Christmas ornament in Washington DC and a Hamleys bear in London In Dublin, researchers say the best souvenir is soap from Sweny’s Pharmacy When in Budapest, tourists should pick up a bottle of Hungarian lavender oil The ultimate souvenir in Berlin is … Read more