Coronavirus: we must help brits stuck in Wuhan, China. Plus tributes for Kobe Bryant, and how Brexit could change our diets.
Coronavirus: we must help brits stuck in Wuhan, China. Plus tributes for Kobe Bryant, and how Brexit could change our diets.

Coronavirus: we must help brits stuck in Wuhan, China. Plus tributes for Kobe Bryant, and how Brexit could change our diets.

Salman R Munshi

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<p>11 million Chinese people are currently locked in the Coronavirus-struck city Wuhan, along with other international citizens. Advice to American and French people within the capital is that to evacuate and<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/coronavirus-wuhan-british-extracted-already-in-the-uk-a4345351.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> they have been offered assistance</a> to do so immediately. The UK government however <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/evening-standard-comment-time-for-the-pm-to-say-yes-to-high-speed-2-help-britons-in-wuhan-tap-into-a4345606.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">have not yet offered the same advice</a> and some British citizens feel left in the dark. Columnist Stephen King recently left China and <a href=" https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/nothing-is-safe-from-superbugs-including-the-global-economy-a4345706.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has written about Coronavirus and other pandemics</a> for the Evening Standard paper.</p><br><p><strong>How Brexit could change our diet:</strong></p><p>This week the UK will leave the European Union and a lot of change is going to come – <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/if-you-want-to-save-the-planet-don-t-go-vegan-slam-in-the-lamb-instead-a4343641.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">including how we eat</a>. Could this actually be good for our diet, and the environment? Associate editor Julian Glover tells The Leader podcast why this change could be good for our health</p><br><p><strong>Tributes for Kobe Bryant:</strong></p><p>Overnight the world began to mourn Kobe Bryant who died in a <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/kobe-bryant-life-times-genius-controversy-a4345681.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">helicopter crash</a> alongside his daughter Gianna yesterday. Thousands of fans have travelled to the LA Lakers home at the Staples centre in Los Angeles to pay tribute to the basketball hero. The Evening Standard

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