More than 235,000 sign petition calling for Boris Johnson to send pupils home over coronavirus

#closetheschools! More than 235,000 sign petition calling for Boris Johnson to send pupils home over coronavirus – as Twitter jokes and frets amid panic More than 235,000 people are today calling on the government to close schools  Petition urges Boris Johnson to shut down schools and colleges across the UK Comes as Durham University has … Read more

Bachelor audience required to sign coronavirus disclosure form after Jeopardy shoots without crowd

Bachelor audience required to sign coronavirus disclosure form… after Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy opt to shoot without crowd All guests attending  the After The Final Rose taping were handed a COVID-19 disclosure form  Producers ask all guests confirm they have not traveled within the past three weeks to any country deemed ‘Level 3’  by the … Read more

Laura Whitmore ‘set to sign £1million deal with ITV to host the next two series of Love Island’

Laura Whitmore is reportedly set to sign a sign £1million deal with ITV to host the next two series of Love Island. The Irish presenter, 34, stood in for the late Caroline Flack – who sadly took her own life last month – to front the hit show’s first-ever winter edition in January, with viewers praising … Read more

Chinese takeaway begs customers not to stay away over coronavirus fears with sign

Chinese takeaway begs customers not to stay away over coronavirus fears with sign reading ‘not been to China in over 20 years’ as UK cases hit 209 Pearl River in Reading, Berkshire, displayed sign due to a slump in business  Comes after schools in the county closed due to teacher having Covid-19  The diagnosed teacher … Read more

Half a million litter heroes! Volunteers sign up for the Great British Spring Clean

Half a million litter heroes! Tourist boards sign up for the Great British Spring Clean campaign – boosting the number of volunteers past the 500,000 milestone Milestone figure was surpassed yesterday two weeks before campaign starts Chief executive of Keep Britain Tidy said she was ‘blown away’ by the support Tourist boards and hotel groups … Read more

Sign up to a floral subscription for fresh flowers at home every week

A bunch of flowers used to be a rare treat — something you would give or receive on special occasions.  But we’ve developed such a love of fresh blooms that we spend £2.2billion a year on them, according to the Flowers & Plants Association. And mostly on ourselves. Increasingly we’re turning to ordering weekly or … Read more

US law enforcement agencies sign contract with company that tracks a person’s location data

US law enforcement sign contract with company that allows agencies to track a person’s movements by harvesting their phones’ location data – all without a search warrant Locate X allows one to hoover up location data in a geographic area Multiple US law enforcement signed contracts that allow them to use the tool  Makers of … Read more

Troian Bellisario and Patrick Dempsey sign on to star in CBS drama pilot Ways & Means

Troian Bellisario and Patrick Dempsey sign on to star in CBS drama pilot Ways & Means By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 06:23 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 08:44 GMT, 5 March 2020 Troian Bellisario and Patrick Dempsey are looking to make a return to the small screen, with both actors being cast in … Read more

Volunteers for Mail’s litter drive edge close to half a million as 40k Jaguar staff sign up

Volunteers for Mail’s litter drive edge close to half a million as 40,000 Jaguar staff join in the big clean-up Jaguar has pledged 40k volunteers to join the Mail’s Great British Spring Clean  They will organise events at 6 UK manufacturing and engineering sites Chief executive, professor Sir Ralf Speth, said improving the environment was … Read more

Boris Johnson gathers Cabinet to sign off coronavirus ‘battle plan

Boris Johnson is gathering Cabinet today as he unveils the government’s ‘battle plan’ for combating the escalating coronavirus crisis. The PM is putting himself at the head of the response with an array of potential measures including detaining suspected sufferers, creating ‘no go zones’, cancelling sporting events and closing schools.  A ‘social distancing’ strategy would … Read more