St Patrick's day is off. The whole of Italy is in quarantine. And over the water in the UK, the government may soon be requesting that anyone displaying so much as a sniffle lock themselves away from the outside world.
A rally for European stocks yesterday was thrown into a dramatic reverse, as US markets at first surged and then fell back before moving higher as president Donald Trump unveiled measures to boost the American economy.
So, this is one from the "ill wind department". We are often told it's an ill wind which cannot blow somebody some good, somewhere.
The first budget for British prime minister Boris Johnson was supposed to deliver funding to 'level up' the newly Conservative constituencies in the north of England.
It wasn't schools being closed, or hospitals banning visitors, or even the wobble over St Patrick's Day. You knew the coronavirus was really serious when the new Bond film was postponed.
On a day the old valley turned its back on the rest of the world, we could at least console ourselves that there was beauty in the denial.
Members of Arsenal's playing squad went into self-isolation in a coronavirus precautionary move, forcing the postponement of the Premier League game at Manchester City later Wednesday. It is the first … Click to Continue »
