Video PUBLISHED: 17:20 18 March 2020 | UPDATED: 17:20 18 March 2020 Thomas Chapman Jo Howard and Victoria Pamment have formed Hingham Helpers to support the elderly and those self-isolating due to coronavirus. Picture: Archant/Jo Howard/Victoria Pamment Archant/Jo Howard/Victoria Pamment Two strangers have joined forces in a bid to ease …
Read More »Royal’s baby reveal lifts hypnobirthing
A NEW birthing technique helping mothers to deliver their babies calmly and safely is receiving global traction for its powerful abilities. Hypnobirthing teaches relaxation and breathing techniques to facilitate a calm, gentle and controlled natural birth. Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge recently revealed she chose hypnobirthing for all of her …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Doctor describes symptoms as ‘nothing like flu’
Coronavirus cases in the UK are rapidly climbing, and the spiralling outbreak yesterday prompted Boris Johnson to take the drastic step of advising against all social contact in a dramatic measure to delay the spread of infection. But despite these distancing measures, the government estimates many more people will catch …
Read More »Pothole-strewn Ross-shire roads ‘putting lives at risk’
Stephen Skinner is worried potholes could reduce vital ambulance access needed for his daughter. Picture: James MacKenzie CRUMBLING Ross-shire roads are putting people’s lives at risk and jeopardising livelihoods. A Black Isle dad fears his vulnerable daughter, who at her worst has suffered up to 60 epileptic fits a day, could …
Read More »Primary school in Derbyshire closes after a ‘confirmed coronavirus’ case
Two more cases of the killer coronavirus have today been confirmed in the UK, both of them travellers who caught the virus in Europe – including one who is believed to have returned from a hotel in Tenerife where 160 Britons are quarantined. It comes amid an escalating crisis on …
Read More »Austria and Croatia and Spain confirm first cases of coronavirus
The deadly coronavirus is sweeping across Europe with the outbreak in Italy showing no signs of slowing down and Switzerland, Austria, Croatia and mainland Spain today recording their first cases of the killer infection that has spread to 40 countries or territories. All of the new European cases – two …
Read More »Coronavirus in Westminster: Infected patient went to bus conference
Two MPs have today revealed they have gone into ‘self-isolation’ after attending a Westminster bus conference that was attended by one of the UK’s nine coronavirus patient and 250 other delegates. Labour MPs Lilian Greenwood and Alex Sobel both announced their decisions on Twitter, revealing they have cancelled upcoming engagements …
Read More »Coronavirus in Westminster: Infected patient went to bus conference
One of Britain’s nine confirmed coronavirus cases attended a Westminster bus conference just a stone’s throw from Parliament, it was revealed today. The virus-carrier was reportedly one of 250 delegates at the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Centre on February 6, whose star speaker was Boris Johnson’s Buses Minister, Baroness …
Read More »Coronavirus scare in ISLINGTON: GP surgery closes and is scrubbed down
A GP surgery in Islington, north London, closed abruptly today after a coronavirus scare – a day after the capital last night announced its first case of the killer disease. Cleaners wearing protective clothing were pictured scrubbing down the Ritchie Street Health Centre, near the Angel underground station. The surgery blamed …
Read More »British student, 27, tells of ‘living in fear’ in coronavirus-hit China
A British student evacuated from Wuhan has today documented his journey from ‘living in fear’ and suffering panic attacks in coronavirus-hit China to life in quarantine in a Milton Keynes hotel with free Netflix. Camryn Turner, 27, was in the middle of a music course in the virus-ravaged city when the outbreak, …
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