An Oregon World War II veteran who just turned 104 could be one of the oldest people on the planet to survive COVID-19, his family said this week. William “Bill” Lapschies — whose birthday was on Wednesday — was one of the first two residents to test positive for the illness at the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home in the […]

Lines of fresh graves are dug at cemetery amid coronavirus pandemic as funeral directors urge the public to respect social distancing rules Diggers used to create extra plots at Belmont graveyard in Northern Ireland Around 50 have been excavated and markings for about another 50 laid out Funeral directors appeal for the public to respect social distancing measures These pictures […]

Ex-chief executive of suntan cream and soap makers PZ Cussons is stripped of retirement cash after investigators find hidden payments that ‘fell below standards firm expects’ Soap makers PZ Cussons are withholding retirement payments to a former CEO Veteran chief executive Alex Kanellis stepped down from his post at PZ Cussons and St Tropez suntan lotion in January Following an […]

Heavenly view! Grade II listed church dating back to 12th Century basks in glorious sunshine in stunning scene captured by drone Oliver Dixon used his drone to take the glorious photos of St Martha’s Church in the Surrey Hills in the late-evening sunshine The snaps show the church perking up amid a beautiful countryside and the sun setting in the […]

Third UK prisoner dies after catching coronavirus: Inmate, 77, dies in HMP Littlehey where bug also killed paedophile, 84 Inmate serving at HMP Manchester was second UK prisoner to die from infection Edwin Hillier, 84, became the first UK prisoner to die of coronavirus on March 22  It comes after 19 inmates across 10 UK prisons have tested positive for […]

A MAN has been jailed for stealing paramedics’ coronavirus face masks, hand gel and paper suits from an ambulance. Mark Manley, 35, hurled racial abuse and assaulted security staff as he was caught trying to pinch the protective items near Guy’s Hospital in central London. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates TAKING FROM HEROES […]

Paris: The prayer meeting at an evangelical church in Mulhouse, a small city in eastern France near the border with Germany and Switzerland, was just the latest in a series of such annual gatherings going back a generation. But this year's meeting – in the words of a regional health official – was "a kind of atomic bomb that went […]

DISNEY Parks have dug deep to donate much-needed supplies to hospitals and medical professionals – including 150,000 ponchos – to protect health workers on the coronavirus frontline. Since taking the "unprecedented steps of closing our theme parks and stores and suspending our cruises, we have continued to focus on ways we can make a difference during this time", a spokesman […]

THE Sun today calls on readers to show their respect and appreciation for the NHS by again applauding them — and on every Thursday of the coronavirus crisis. We want the public to open a window or head to the garden or balcony to hail our hero medics at 8pm. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news […]

NY Governor Cuomo warned coronavirus deaths may stay high this summer and said around 80 percent of patients on ventilators will die. Cuomo shared the stark projections as the in-state COVID-19 death toll surged to 1,941 overnight, after 391 New Yorkers died in 24 hours. Cuomo said the majority of people who relied on critical ventilators to breathe would most […]