Post offices bosses say 3,000 rural branches face ‘armageddon’ without extension of annual subsidy

More than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ without a £50million bailout, campaigners warned yesterday. They are calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the annual subsidy after April next year, when it is due to expire. The cash keeps afloat 3,100 branches that are too small to make a profit and are now being … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 135k face job losses in ‘economic Armageddon’

The scale of the Covid-19 jobs bloodbath has been laid bare as a Mail audit found 135,000 jobs in Britain are facing the axe. Analysis of the threat of redundancies since the virus took hold has revealed 230,000 jobs are set to go both here and abroad at more than 100 of Britain’s biggest firms. … Read more

NASA prepares for Armageddon with a tabletop planetary defence exercise

NASA is conducting planetary defence drills to see what would happen if an apocalyptic space rock was heading straight for Earth. Participants will discuss potential preparations for studying an asteroid or comet, as well as how to deflect it and lessen the damage caused by any impact.  The space agency has been scanning the skies … Read more