MailOnline puts seven thermometers to the test

Non-contact infrared thermometers are commonly used in workplaces and restaurants as a screening tool for Covid-19, but a recent article by two leading experts have questioned the validity of these temperature checks.   Dr William Wright at the Johns Hopkins University and Dr Philip Mackowiak, Emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Maryland, say the devices … Read more

Odeon Leicester Square gives MailOnline an insight into the new Covid cinema experience

Friday night in central London: I am standing in the foyer of Odeon’s flagship cinema in Leicester Square.  Cinema-goers in face masks are waiting in line to buy food and drinks, and showing staff their tickets before taking their seats in the huge 800-capacity auditorium. I see friends, families and couples — in total, around … Read more

MailOnline and Mail titles dominate UK news landscape

How the Mail titles dominate the news landscape: MailOnline and sister publications are visited or bought by 50% more Britons than nearest print rivals Mail’s titles are read by 17 per cent of people in the UK according to report 36% of all British people who consume news do so by consulting Mail titles  Next … Read more

How the Mail dominates the news landscape: MailOnline and Mail titles are read by 17% of readers

How the Mail titles dominate the news landscape: MailOnline and sister publications are visited or bought by 50% more Britons than nearest print rivals Mail’s titles are read by 17 per cent of people in the UK according to report 36% of all British people who consume news do so by consulting Mail titles  Next … Read more

MailOnline sails by yacht from Dover to Dunkirk across the world’s busiest shipping lane

We suddenly got a warning on the VHF radio that a Belgian warship was within range and that we should keep clear.  We weren’t keen on tangling with it, so we swiftly checked the map and altered our course. The warning came through as we steadily bobbed across the world’s busiest shipping lane on our … Read more

MailOnline hops on a BA flight from London City Airport to Ibiza and has a wonderfully peaceful time

July is high season for party hotspot Ibiza and it would normally be thrumming with tourists with a yen for sun, sea and unbridled hedonism. This summer, however, the island has a very different tempo. The streets are quiet and while some places are open, the superclubs like Amnesia and Privilege remain shut until at … Read more

MailOnline gets a sneak peek of coronavirus-ready Disneyland Paris ahead of its July 15 opening

Twelve miles of safety signage, about two miles of plexiglass and 2,000 hand-sanitising stations. When Disneyland Paris reopens next Wednesday, July 15, after a four-month coronavirus-prompted shutdown, it’ll look a bit different. But, as MailOnline Travel discovered during a sneak peek tour today – not that different. MailOnline’s Travel Editor Ted Thornhill in front of … Read more

This is what MailOnline readers are buying in the Amazon Summer Sale 2020

This is what MailOnline readers are buying in the Amazon Summer Sale 2020 By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 16:27 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 16:27 BST, 8 July 2020 Amazon’s Summer Sale has just passed the halfway mark, and there are still thousands of discounts to be had on tech, beauty and home … Read more

MailOnline readers share the coronavirus ‘essentials’ they’re stockpiling

MailOnline readers have revealed their essential stockpiling items and survival shopping lists as those worried about the shortage of anti-bacterial hand gel began sharing homemade sanitiser recipes to fight coronavirus. Britons have already started panic buying water and canned food, with some even setting up ‘isolation’ rooms at home in case a pandemic shuts down their communities. A … Read more

Inside Aeroflot’s Moscow training facility where MailOnline has a lesson in a Boeing 737 simulator

‘Keep pushing the nose down, bank to the left a little, now keep straight, keep straight, keep straight!’ Crash. It’s my first time attempting to land a plane and I’ve just clipped the top of some trees before the view out of the windscreen goes totally blank. MailOnline Travel’s Jennifer Newton is shown the ropes … Read more