Louise Jones

WhatsApp is joining the official fight to tackle fake news about coronavirus on social media sites. The chat app owned by Facebook wants to stop users sharing misinformation by slowing down frequently forwarded messages. To do this, WhatsApp has put a...

The popularity of world leaders during the coronavirus crisis is going through the roof, say opinion polls British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is flying high topping the political approval ratings for millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers with a broad-based...

Body coach Joe Wicks has taken the world by storm with millions of bored fitness fanatics tuning into his online exercise videos. In just a week, his web site traffic has surged from a few hundred hits to more than...

Thousands of people are being forced to work from home but will power supplies, broadband and mobile phone services cope? The response from utility firms is a resounding yes - although mobile networks are showing some signs of creaking under...

Legendary Ice Man Wim Hof is a star extra for Britain’s Eurovision Song Contest hopeful James Newman. Hof appears in the video for the song My Last Breath. The Ice Man is famous for his prowess at surviving for long periods...

The magic of the Oscars used to sprinkle a smattering of stardust as Hollywood celebrated glittering movies in style. But the swagger has long gone from this tiresome self-congratulatory echo chamber that allows the industry to exhort the mediocre. Year after...

Take a deep breath and savour the moment. Breathing is something we all do all the time from the moment we’re born but hardly ever pause to think about. The Iceman Wim Hof is different. He has spent years studying the...

A David and Goliath battle between US President Donald Trump and teenage climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg has broken out. In heated exchanges at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, both took a swipe at the other without naming ...

The outbreak of  deadly coronavirus in China has led to the death of nine people and left hundreds more infected. The virus is centred on the city of Wuhan in central China, a transport hub with dozens of other cities. With...

How many times have you signed up for a trial subscription service and forgotten to cancel the payment? Everyone is guilty, but now a new app is about to offer a controversial answer to the problem of losing money through...