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Disney selling themed face masks to raise money for coronavirus fight

Disney has said it will donate one million face masks to children in vulnerable communities to help fight the spread of coronavirus.




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Brown bear recaptured in northern Italy after months on the loose following escape from enclosure

Forest rangers snare bear in the Dolomites in a move that also unleashes row over animal rights




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Coronavirus care home peak 'could be months away' says Care England CEO

The peak of coronavirus infections in care homes could be months away, the head of Care England warned.




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Eurostar says its passengers must wear face masks from Monday

Eurostar says all its passengers must wear face masks from Monday as a safeguard against the coronavirus.




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Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds name baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson after doctors who saved PM's life

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson.




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Who are the NHS doctors that Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds named their son Wilfred after?

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds named their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas after their grandfathers - and the NHS doctors who helped save the Prime Minister's life as he battled coronavirus.




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Joe Wicks says he'll be back for PE class on Monday after hand surgery

Joe Wicks says he will be back for his PE class on Monday after undergoing hand surgery.




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Your morning briefing: What you should know for Monday, May 4

The top stories you're waking up to Listen to your Morning Bulletin on Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa smart speakers from 7am every weekday




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How will graduation ceremonies be affected by lockdown?

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected people from all walks of life, including university students who were set to graduate in 2020.




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Parents urged to remain vigilant as nearly 100 children are targeted by predators online in first month of lockdown

Nearly 100 children who were being targeted online by child abusers were saved by police in London during the first four weeks of the lockdown, Scotland Yard revealed today.




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Laughter in the Commons as Matt Hancock compliments backbench MP Julian Lewis on 'extraordinary' hair

The House of Commons echoed with peals of laughter today as Matt Hancock complimented a fellow Tory MP on his lockdown hairdo.




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Matt Hancock prompts outcry after criticising Dr Rosena Allin-Khan's 'tone' in Commons

A Labour MP working on the NHS frontline has hit back at Health Secretary Matt Hancock after he told her to watch her "tone" during a debate in the House of Commons.




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Tributes paid to flower market 'legend' and campaigning cheesemonger who died with coronavirus

A key figure of Columbia Road flower market and a campaigning businessman dubbed "Mr Highbury" are among the latest victims whose deaths show how coronavirus is tearing through London's communities.




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UK death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients rises above 25,000

Of the 22,049 confirmed reported deaths so far in hospitals in England, 11,575 (52 per cent) were people aged 80 and over while 8,547 (39 per cent) were 60-79.




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UK coronavirus LIVE: Boris Johnson indicates lockdown could be eased on Monday as death toll passes 30,000

Boris Johnson today indicated that lockdown restrictions could be lifted on Monday "if we possibly can" as he returned to Parliament for the first time since his recovery from coronavirus .




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New appeal to find 'monsters' who killed father-to-be Shah Subhani and dumped body in woods

The sister of a man whose body was found dumped in woodland launched an appeal today on the first anniversary of his disappearance to catch the "monsters" who killed him.




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Sadiq Khan urges Londoners not to relax 'monumental effort' to beat coronavirus over Bank Holiday weekend

Mayor Sadiq Khan today made an urgent appeal to Londoners not to relax their "monumental effort" to beat coronavirus as the death toll in the capital's hospitals rose to 5,414.




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Covid-19 deaths four times more likely among black adults than those of white ethnicity, new ONS analysis suggests

Shadow justice secretary David Lammy responded to the figures by calling for an urgent investigation into the disproportionate number of deaths.




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Coronavirus lockdown changes 'will be small and carefully monitored' as Boris Johnson prepares to set out roadmap

The first changes to the UK's coronavirus lockdown will be "small" and "very carefully monitored" when the Prime Minister reveals his "roadmap" on Sunday.




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Plans to ramp up rail services to start next Monday, claims Union

Plans to ramp up rail services have been brought forward by a week and will start from next Monday, a union is claiming.




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UK coronavirus death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients rises by 256




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'Stood up for liberty and common sense'! Guess where Sen. Ted Cruz got a haircut today [video]





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Software tools for mining COVID-19 research studies go viral among scientists

One month after the debut of the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset, or CORD-19, the database of coronavirus-related research papers has doubled in size – and has given rise to more than a dozen software tools to channel the hundreds of studies that are being published every day about the pandemic. In a roundup published on the ArXiv preprint server this week, researchers from Seattle's Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Research and other partners in the project say CORD-19's collection has risen from about 28,000 papers to more than 52,000. Every day, several hundred more papers are being published, in… Read More





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'Crazy beast' lived among last of dinosaurs

The discovery that the badger-like animal lived alongside dinosaurs challenges ideas about mammals.





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Rashes, headaches, tingling: the less common coronavirus symptoms that patients have

Studies have examined some of the more unusual signs of Covid-19

The World Health Organization lists the most common symptoms of Covid-19 as fever, tiredness and a dry cough. Others include a runny nose, sore throat, nasal congestion, pain, diarrhoea and the loss of sense of taste and/or smell. But there are also other more unusual symptoms that patients have presented.

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Coronavirus in Kenya: Fearing 'money heists' amid pandemic

Kenyans are afraid that money set aside to tackle the virus is being misspent, writes Waihiga Mwaura.





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Coronavirus causing doubts among some anti-vaxxers but others doubling down on denial, experts say

Covid-19 could be 'antidote to complacency' among those on the fence about vaccines, scientists say





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Console Games, Merch Sale with Free Shipping and 50% Off 1 Month Uplay+ at Ubi Store

Uplay+ service, with access to + 100 games is is 50% off for the 1st month!  Members can get unlimited access to + 100 games for $6.99
https://store.ubi.com/us/uplayplus/
 
Free shipping and +50% off on all physical games until April 19th. There's merch on sale as well.
https://store.ubi.com/us/free-shipping-sale/




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(DEAD) Alien Isolation - PC - $2.00 ($1.59 with Humble Monthly sub)

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/alien-isolation

 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/214490/Alien_Isolation/

 

Thought this discount was notable enough to warrant its own thread.

 

Thanks MysterD for the following post

 

 

GameBillet has Alien: Isolation Collection [Steam key] for $9.29.

 

Side note:

On GameBillet, all the Alien Isolation's DLC's, Season Passes, etc. are on sale on GameBillet too:

 

Alien Isolation sale on GameBillet:

Alien Isolation: Collection (Base Game & All 7 DLC's) = $9.29.

Alien Isolation: Season Pass (The 5 Challenge Maps DLC Pack) = $4.10

Alien Isolation: Crew Expendable DLC (Story DLC #1) = 79 cents

 

Alien Isolarion: Last Survivor DLC (Story DLC #2) = 79 cents.




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How will the coronavirus lockdown change from Monday?

In Westminster, ministers said the public should expect only "limited" changes on Sunday night






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Projections show COVID-19 deaths could soar if confinement lifted in Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec's public health institute says deaths could spike in the greater Montreal area if physical distancing measures designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 are lifted. New projections posted to the institute's website show deaths could rise to 150 a day by July in the city and its...




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Six Indian cos among BusinessWeek's top 100 Infotech firms

BusinessWeek's 'The Infotech 100', has ranked Bharti Airtel at the 21st position followed by Reddington India (55th) and RCom (66th). Successful business formula




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Virtual music festival Common Roots kicks off on May 9

The fest, featuring Indian and international artistes, aims to raise money through donations for Give India, India Foundation for the Arts and Voice of Stray Dogs




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Stream 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' on VE Day to raise money for the NHS

Celebrate VE Day with Mike Newell's 2018 WW2 film.




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Lawmakers Want To Get Americans More Relief Money. Here's What They Propose

A trio of Senate Democrats wants to give $2,000 per month to individuals through the end of the health emergency. One Senate Republican suggests covering payroll for companies that rehire workers.




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COVID-19 death toll at Montreal long-term care home hits 40

The death toll at a long-term care facility in Montreal, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Canada, has jumped to 40 as health officials admit they failed to reach the lofty goal of conducting 14,000 tests per day in the city.




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Ontario records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in more than a month

Ontario health officials reported 346 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday morning, the lowest number of new cases since April 6.




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Boris Johnson discharged from hospital as fiancee Carrie Symonds hails 'magnificent' NHS and reveals 'dark times' during PM's treatment

Follow our live coronavirus updates HERE Fiancee Carrie Symonds said: "There were times last week that were very dark indeed"




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UK coronavirus restrictions will last for months not weeks, warns minister

Follow our live coronavirus updates here Coronavirus: the symptoms




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MPs approve 'hybrid proceedings' in House of Commons amid coronavirus lockdown with some to appear via video link

MPs have approved hybrid proceedings in the House of Commons with some MPs set to attend via video link amid the coronavirus lockdown.




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Virtual Commons sitting is start of modernisation, says Speaker Lindsay Hoyle

The historic "hybrid" sitting of the House of Commons will be the springboard for further modernisation of Westminster, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told the Standard.




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Keir Starmer calls for probe into leaked anti-Semitism report to be concluded in 'matter of months'

Sir Keir Starmer has called for Labour's inquiry into a leaked anti-Semitism dossier to be concluded in a "matter of months", ahead of a meeting of the party's ruling National Executive Committee.




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Former Chancellor Philip Hammond calls on Government to reopen economy soon or face disaster

But in one sign of a turning tide in Number 10, the UK Government is reportedly considering a proposal to allow Brits to meet up with small "bubbles" of up to 10 of their closest family or friends.




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Boris Johnson baby name odds: What will the Prime Minister and Carrie Symonds name their son?

The pair announced the exciting news this morning




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Boris Johnson's rollercoaster month as he returns to work hours after son's birth to lead war against Covid-19

The PM has had two life-changing events in just three weeks - a new family and a brush with death




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Carrie Symonds' pregnancy timeline: From when she and Boris Johnson announced the news to the arrival of their baby boy

It seems like a lifetime ago that Boris Johnson announced that he and his partner were engaged and expecting a baby.