Sir Keir Starmer elected as the new Labour leader

Keir Starmer (57) wins a decisive victory over two rivals  Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey and vowed to lead party “into new era with confidence and hope”. The lawyer, who became an MP in 2015, won on the first round of voting with more than 50 per cent of ballots cast After his victory Sir…

Poetry while self-isolating

  Emily Dickinson’s poetry is apt for lockdown when most of us might be craving for the succour of a natural world, which at least for now remains off-limits. “Hope” is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tune without the words- And never stops- at all- And sweetest- in…

Coronavirus 55, 314 dead worldwide

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical World 1,044,433 29,368 55,314 2,147 222,332 766,787 38,419 USA 247,142 2,265 6,155 85 10,411 230,576 5,421 Spain 117,710 5,645 10,935 587 30,513 76,262 6,416 Italy 115,242 13,915 18,278 83,049 4,053 Germany 88,808 4,014 1,193 86 24,575 63,040 3,936 China…

Coronavirus: Infected crossed 1 million and 51, 600 dead worldwide

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical World 1,004,791 69,595 51,577 4,385 210,519 742,695 37,710 USA 237,877 22,874 5,718 616 10,324 221,835 5,421 Italy 115,242 4,668 13,915 760 18,278 83,049 4,053 Spain 110,238 6,120 10,096 709 26,743 73,399 6,092 Germany 84,600 6,619 1,097 166 21,400 62,103…

“The government needed to “massively ramp up testing” – Boris

It was revealed only 2000 out o9f half a million NHS frontline workers in England have been tested. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “the government needed to “massively ramp up” testing so that NHS staff who were self-isolating unnecessarily could return to work. In the UK out as of 9:00 Wednesday, 152, 979 people had…