THE GOOD NEWS BEATING CORONA – AND SPANISH FLU

A Surrey pensioner has become the oldest coronavirus survivor in the United Kingdom. Freda Hodgson, 106, who lives at Whiteley Village care home could also be the first to have survived both that and Spanish flu, which she caught as a child.

New Zealand reported zero patients in hospital with coronavirus for the first time since the country went into lockdown on March 25.

Popular global destinations continue to reopen to tourists. The Colosseum, Italy’s most visited site, will allow visitors from Monday, while Madeira reopens on July 1.

Carly Raeburn, who was supposed to be among those taking part in the Edinburgh half-marathon this month, has put her training to good use by running the same distance in her garden, raising more than £1,000 for NHS charities.

A start-up in Germany has developed what it says is the world’s first floating ocean hybrid platform, which combines wave, wind and solar power. Sinn Power says the platform will supply renewable energy to different islands but its ultimate aim is to provide clean electricity to a global market.

Plans are under way for a special rugby tournament in the UK and Ireland in June and July 2021. The tournament, set to feature up to 16 countries, will make up for lost time with 31 games across six weeks.

Matt Yorke, a farmer from Pembrokeshire, Wales, is using his herd of llamas to deliver shopping to those struggling during lockdown.

The World Health Organisation has teamed up with an animation studio, Illumination, for a public service announcement today featuring Minions to get public health messages across to children.

Greggs is to open 800 more stores from mid-june following a number of successful trial reopenings.