Helena Bonham Carter advises women to get a vibrator to cope with lockdown

Helena Bonham Carter has advised single women to get a vibrator to cope with any further lockdowns. The 54-year-old The Crown star has teamed up with dating app Bumble’s campaign to champion the effort of pandemic daters – and said that the ladies should give themselves an easy time of things this year. She said: … Read more

Trinny Woodall says ‘self-touch’ helps her to cope with being apart from other half Charles Saatchi

Trinny Woodall has opened up about how ‘self-touch’ helps her to cope with being apart from her partner. The 56-year-old TV presenter has revealed she massages her face with a metal tool to help fill the void when her other half, Charles Saatchi, 77, isn’t around. She told The Sun on Sunday: ‘The thing I … Read more

‘Unprecedented’ surge in people caring for family members struggling to cope during pandemic

Lockdown triggers care crisis: ‘Unprecedented’ surge in people caring for family members struggling to cope during pandemic  New survey reveals adults are struggling to care for family members at home  Social services have seen a sharp uptick in vulnerable adults needing help  A support association is now calling for the government to do more to … Read more

National Grid says it is ‘suitably robust to cope’ with electric car demand from 2030

The National Grid says it is confident that it is ‘suitably robust to cope with the forecast uptake in electric vehicles’ from 2030 – the new date that new petrol and diesel passenger cars and vans will be banned from sale.  The Prime Minister has tonight confirmed an accelerated deadline for when car makers must … Read more

How living at America’s northernmost airbase in Greenland helped a serviceman cope with lockdown

‘Being deployed in such a remote place, I learned to appreciate moments of solitude, to be the only person around for miles, away from the hustle of the city, away from other issues, no problems, just peace and the appreciation of life and the gifts of our senses. I guess the experience of living on … Read more

Joanna Lumley reveals how she thinks iconic Ab Fab alter-ego Patsy would cope in lockdown

She has played the iconic Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous since 1992’s pilot TV episode through to the 2016 movie version of the show. And Joanna Lumley has now speculated how Patsy would have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic – especially in a lockdown. According to Joanna, 74, ‘As long as she had half a room … Read more

Chaos as brokers struggle to cope with demand from investors

Chaos as brokers struggle to cope with demand from investors desperate to cash in on the vaccine breakthrough By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 November 2020 Investors woke up yesterday to find their stocks and shares accounts were thousands of pounds in the … Read more

Intensive care nurses forced to ditch NHS’s 1:1 ratio to cope with coronavirus

NHS nurses in intensive care units are being allowed to look after two coronavirus patients instead of one. It’s the second time NHS England has relaxed the rule on one-to-one nursing for critically ill Covid-19 patients during the pandemic. Regular guidance from the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine says that there should be one nurse … Read more

Lloyds will cut another 1,070 staff under restructuring plan to cope with Covid crisis

Lloyds will cut another 1,070 staff under restructuring plan to cope with Covid crisis – less than two months after slashing 865 jobs By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 11:46 GMT, 4 November 2020 | Updated: 11:54 GMT, 4 November 2020 Lloyds Banking Group has said it plans to cut another 1,070 jobs as it … Read more