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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Shona McCallin playing for the GB hockey team When Olympic gold medallist Shona McCallin was hit on the side of her head by a seemingly innocuous shoulder challenge, she suffered what was originally thought to be a concussion. However, headaches and other symptoms would not go away and brain […]

Image copyright Getty Images Facebook is giving $1,000 (£825) bonuses to its employees to support them during the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, made the announcement in an internal note on Tuesday. The social media giant employs nearly 45,000 full-time staff across the globe, with thousands more contract workers. The firm is also

Image copyright Getty Images Crowds in downtown Manhattan thinned last week as officials sounded alarms about the spread of the coronavirus. By Monday morning, the city that never sleeps had become a ghost town. Museums, theatres and libraries were closed. Schools were shut. Plazas, typically packed with tourists and office workers, were deserted. Restaurants and

Image copyright Getty Images Hong Kong, Singapore and Osaka have just been ranked as the world’s most expensive cities to live in. But this may not be the case after the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll. Cities that get a large part of their income from tourism could become cheaper as

Image copyright AFP/Getty Asian stock markets steadied on Wednesday after major economies revealed details of their plans to ease the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It came after Wall Street’s main indexes rebounded by more than 5% on Tuesday after steep falls on Monday. In the US, the Trump administration outlined a $1 trillion (£830bn)

Image copyright Alamy Image caption Throughout history, auctions have sold everything from animals to property and slaves In the year 211BC, Rome and Carthage were engaged in a long war that was to shape the ancient Mediterranean. The North African general Hannibal had vanquished Roman legions at will. As the Romans regrouped and began to

Because of COVID-19, there are shortages of hand sanitiser. But one Bristol gin distillery is using some of its alcohol supplies to help out. It is making a sanitary gel and giving it to local residents, in exchange for a donation to charity. Inquiries have been pouring in from across the country – including from

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many people will begin working from home due to the coronavirus outbreak Thousands of people are likely to be working from home for the first time this week due to the coronavirus outbreak. For others, it’s just like any other week. About 1.5 million people work from home, and

Image copyright Urbanberry Image caption Caroline Wakil and Emma Gregory founded travel recruitment firm Urbanberry in 2017 “We don’t want the business to fail, we’ve worked really hard and we love it,” says Emma Gregory, who – together with Caroline Wakil – has built Urbanberry into a £140,000-a-year business. But since the coronavirus outbreak, all

Image copyright Getty Images Most businesses do not have insurance cover to compensate them for coronavirus losses, a trade body and other experts have said. Small businesses, in particular, are unlikely to have such a policy. Business interruption cover is generally sold to compensate for damage to premises, following instances such as fire and flood.