An interactive map using data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed hundreds of towns and villages which have avoided a single Covid-19 fatality during the pandemic. Via: Interactive map shows location of hundreds of UK locations that have managed to avoid a fatality
During the past month, Wuhan’s Institute of Virology has removed photographs of scientists working in its laboratories and edited out references to visits by US diplomats. Via: Wuhan virus lab 'cover up'
Stunning images from Saint Mande, a commune of Paris, were taken during the claps for carers that happens every night at 8pm in the country. Via: Elderly woman waves a flag from a balcony in Paris to show her support for medical staff
The Duchess of Cambridge (pictured) congratulated Rebecca Attwood and took great interest in how the birth had gone during a morale-boosting ‘virtual’ chat. Via: Kate Middleton makes 'virtual visit' to an astonished new mother in an NHS maternity unit
MAX HASTINGS: There was rejoicing in the streets of London on VE Day, driven by both the knowledge that the great evil of Hitler was no longer and the jubilation following six years of sacrifice. Via: MAX HASTINGS: VE Day saw wild rejoicing but it was tempered by melancholy over Read more
International alliance aims to accelerate development and distribution of a vaccine• Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageEuropean leaders have pledged to raise billions of pounds to help find a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19 as part of an “international alliance” fighting the disease.An online pledging conference due Read more
For the over-ambitious airline’s bondholders, investors and lessors, survival means the lesser of two evilly large lossesAs one of Norway’s greatest exports, A-ha, put it, in their classic 1980s hit Take on Me, it’s no better to be safe than sorry. This advice may appear ever more overwhelmingly wrong to Read more
Businesses tell prime minister: ‘This is time to be bold’ Via: Coronavirus: Half a million construction jobs could be lost if Boris Johnson gets lockdown exit strategy wrong, trade body warns
PM admits he had to be ‘forced’ to go to hospital Via: 'Tough old moment': Boris Johnson says 'arrangements' were made for his death as he battled coronavirus
‘It’s really upsetting that gay and bi men who want to help in the fight against coronavirus are being prevented from doing so,’ Stonewall policy chief tells The Independent Via: Coronavirus: Gay and bisexual patients barred from plasma trials