Management consultant paid £2,000 a day to cut costs at NHS trust is axed by health board

Management consultant paid £2,000 a DAY to cut costs at struggling NHS trust while living at his luxury penthouse in Marbella is axed by health board – so it can save money Phillip Burns earned £2,000 a day in order to cut costs at an NHS trust  Mr Burns spends a lot of his time … Read more

Helicopters shower rose petals upon masked health workers in India

Helicopters shower rose petals upon masked health workers and jets soar through skies as Indian military thanks Covid frontline workers – after 40,000 cases and 1,301 deaths are recorded In one of the first of several gestures on Sunday, petals fell onto medical workers In several states fighter jets and transport aircraft took part in … Read more

Birds Of Tokyo’s Ian Kenny reveals painful divorce and mental health spiral inspired song Good Lord

‘I wasn’t in the best shape’: Birds Of Tokyo’s Ian Kenny reveals painful divorce and mental health spiral led him to write hit song Good Lord By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:38 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 01:39 BST, 3 May 2020 Birds Of Tokyo frontman Ian Kenny has revealed the … Read more

Trump celebrates Kim Jong Un’s apparent return to public eye after his rumored bout with ill health

President Donald Trump has celebrated the apparent return of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the public eye, stating he is glad to see him back in good health after rumors he had died. The president retweeted pictures on Saturday of the dictator allegedly cutting the ribbon Friday at the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory. … Read more

What we can all learn from the 100-year-old super survivors who caught coronavirus – and lived

The odds were stacked against 100-year-old Elsie Kelsall. Three weeks ago, the great-great-grandmother from Staffordshire was taken to hospital with a high temperature and mild cough – both symptoms of Covid-19.  Two days later, her family’s worst fears were confirmed when tests came back positive. Her fate, they thought, was sealed. About 90 per cent … Read more

DIY stores, at-home tests and frostbitten toes: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

My local DIY store has just reopened, so does that mean it’s now safe to enter? B&Q reopened all of its stores last week, having closed them at the start of lockdown. DIY stores were always classed as essential and were not instructed to close by the Government. There are also calls for the opening … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: We’re destroying the nation’s wealth – and the health of millions

Why do I bother? For six weeks now I have been saying that the Government’s policy on Covid-19 is a mistake.  Most people do not agree with me, and many are angry with me for saying so.  Others, bafflingly, don’t care about the greatest crisis I have seen in my lifetime, and regard the debate … Read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: The £20 gadget no family should be without during the coronavirus pandemic

It’s impossible to comprehend how terrifying coronavirus is – until it hits someone you care about. A month ago, this happened to me.  A friend I’ve known for a decade developed telltale symptoms – a high temperature and hacking cough – almost overnight. His wife called me, beside herself with worry. Home-testing wasn’t an option, … Read more

‘Wonder-drug’ made to fight ebola could be the world’s first real weapon against Covid-19

The fight against coronavirus has been an uphill battle. Although we may be past the peak, hundreds are still dying every day, and often there is little doctors can do to save those hit by this mysterious disease.  Yet eagerly awaited results of a ground-breaking medical trial have brought fresh hope. US researchers have published early … Read more

Why there are lies, damned lies…and coronavirus death statistics

Every day, hundreds more lives are lost to Covid-19. Social media is awash with data and graphs, our death rate plotted against that of other nations.  And the graphs all seem to point to the same grim conclusion: that the UK is one of worst affected countries, with our death toll approaching a chilling 30,000. In … Read more