Jonathan Ditchburn

Outbreaks in care homes claiming 2,000 lives a week, but hospital fatalities are going down.
BBC News – UK

The president says he takes no responsibility for a reported spike in calls to emergency hotlines.
BBC News – US & Canada

What African countries are doing to help people to eat amid the lockdowns.
BBC News – Africa

The 2020 Draft Who Owned It and Who Dropped The Ball!
Well the 2020 draft is now history and the remote format worked better than expected (well we thought it did). As is typical everyone and their dog has an […]

Our Five Minute Whirl Around Chelmsford
 

The City Built on Roman Ruins.

Chelmsford is an Essex city with more than 110,000 people. While that number seems high, it’s actually smaller than some of En […]

In a letter to workers Guillaume Faury reportedly said the firm’s existence was now threatened.
BBC News – Business

The Human Rights Commission says people who committed crimes as minors will no longer be executed.
BBC News – Middle East

People who recover from Covid-19 will get a certificate despite a World Health Organization warning.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Curbs will be relaxed from 4 May as the country has its lowest daily virus death toll since mid-March.
BBC News – Europe

Boris Johnson will chair the morning cabinet meeting, just over two weeks after leaving hospital.
BBC News – UK

Some Americans can resume going to restaurants, cinemas and nail salons starting this week.
BBC News – US & Canada

The 200 medics are among 1,200 sent to countries that requested help from the communist state.
BBC News – Africa

The former chancellor warns that the economy “won’t survive” waiting for a vaccine to be developed.
BBC News – Business

A document from the supreme court says the punishment will be replaced by imprisonment or fines.
BBC News – Middle East

Sergio Moro, famous for fighting corruption, accuses President Bolsonaro of political interference.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The strategy devised by scientists was to keep large parts of society open but not everyone is convinced.
BBC News – Europe

The government reveals the “tragic and terrible milestone”, 51 days after the first virus-related death was announced in the UK.
BBC News – UK

Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska lift some restrictions despite warnings that it may be too soon.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 12 rangers died in an ambush by suspected Rwandan rebels, the deadliest attack in recent years.
BBC News – Africa

Well, Round 1 of the 2020 NFL draft is history, and although most of the press attention has been on this, it’s important to remember that the bulk of NFL squads are made up of players drafted in the later rounds […]