Image copyright Getty Images Theatres, galleries, museums and artists in England who have been hit by the impact of coronavirus will have access to a £160m emergency fund. Arts Council England has announced the cash injection to help artists, venues and freelancers in the cultural sector. It comes after venues like theatres and galleries were […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Visits to stores will now be carefully regulated Visit a supermarket today and you’re likely to be greeted outside by a member of staff. But they won’t be helping you with your shopping. Instead they’ll be ensuring you stick to the new strict social-distancing rules that have applied since
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo warned that the city “is not a test case” and urged other states to “look at us today… we are your future”. He said: “New York is the canary in the coal mine, New York is happening first, what is happening to New York will happen to California and Illinois,
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The Cam Newton era is over in Carolina, as the Panthers released the quarterback after nine seasons By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer March 24, 2020, 7:36 PM 4 min read CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Cam Newton era is over in Carolina, as the Panthers released the 31-year-old quarterback after nine seasons. The move became
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Couples who don’t live together should “test their strength of feeling” over whether to isolate together together England’s Deputy chief medical officer advises. Dr Jenny Harries warned against couples splitting time between houses as tighter social distancing measures were enforced on Monday. Dr Harries and Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggested couples need to “make a
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These past few weeks, as we’ve all adjusted to life during a pandemic, a new set of words has entered our collective vocabulary. Suddenly more people are saying things like “Practice social distancing,” “We need to flatten the curve” and “Immunocompromised people are at a higher risk.” These phrases come up in conversations with friends
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We could be in the midst of a global pandemic, and Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift would still be feuding about … oh, wait. Despite everything else going on, the two pop culture titans are at it again, relitigating a years-old phone conversation between Swift and Kanye West about a controversial line from his 2016 song “Famous” that launched
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Image copyright Reuters Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for the NHS, to help with coronavirus. The firm, headed by British inventor Sir James Dyson, said it had responded to the government’s request for help. Meanwhile, a consortium of more than a dozen companies aims to build ventilators based
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WASHINGTON — Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood donated from patients who’ve recovered. Doctors in China attempted the first COVID-19 treatments using
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Mark Church was sitting on the end of his bed, coming to terms with the devastating effect the coronavirus outbreak would have on his job as a cricket announcer, when he picked up his phone and did what he does best. “To cheer myself up,” Church recalls, “I just did a bit of commentary to
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