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All mass gatherings and sports events are set to be banned from next weekend, it can be revealed. In a major escalation of the coronavirus crisis, ministers are preparing to introduce emergency legislation early next week to allow this. The unprecedented move puts key summer events such as the Glastonbury …

The UK’s coronavirus epidemic could spiral out of control if people wait for the death toll to rise before changing their behaviour, a leading scientist has warned. Professor Graham Medley, a disease expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said people risk making the outbreak worse by …

Europe is now the ‘epicentre’ of coronavirus with more daily cases on the continent than China was suffering at the height of its outbreak, the World Health Organisation said today. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the stark assessment today as he lamented the ‘tragic milestone’ of 5,000 global deaths from …

The Queen’s upcoming visits to Cheshire and Camden have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Buckingham Palace has announced.    Heir to the throne the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have already pulled out of their spring overseas tour just days before it was due to begin, …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the stunning announcement following a meeting with the states’ premiers on Friday evening Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the government will effectively ban ‘non essential’ public gatherings of more than 500 people from Monday – and has warned Australians not to travel overseas.   The …

Britain’s stock market suffered its worst day since the 1987 financial crisis as it shed £160billion and tanked 11 per cent in what has been dubbed the New Black Monday.   Investors in London continued to be rattled by the World Health Organization’s upgrade of the coronavirus outbreak to a global …

Scotland has banned mass gatherings amid the worsening coronavirus crisis while major public sporting fixtures and concerts in England will continue for now.  Boris Johnson said that Britain will not follow the lead of other Governments in responding to the life-threatening infection by scrapping mass events. The Prime Minister told …

A former NHS doctor trapped in coronavirus-hit Italy has begged the UK Government to ‘shut down everything’ in the fight against the killer infection. Professor Mohamed Abu Hilal, who now works in Brescia, north Italy, urged officials to prepare more beds, doctors and nurses in the NHS in light of the fiasco …

As the COVID-19 outbreak sweeps across Europe, royal families around the continent have had to revise how they greet people during official engagements.  Whether following the example of Prince Charles who has been performing a ‘namaste’ bow with clasped hands or sticking to a smile, the matter of greeting people …

The UK’s coronavirus death toll has today jumped to 10 after health chiefs announced 140 more patients had been infected in Britain’s biggest daily increase yet – taking the infection toll to almost 600.  NHS officials revealed both patients who died had underlying conditions. One was a woman in her …