Britain’s latest Covid wave is continuing to shrink as a further 52 people died after testing positive for Covid-19 today – down 37 per cent on last week. In a triumphant sign that the Government’s ambitious vaccination programme is working to drive down Britain’s numbers, today’s daily death toll was down more than a third on the 82 … Read more
Professor Lockdown says you CAN enjoy summer: Neil Ferguson is ’80 per cent sure’ Covid will be driven to ‘very low levels’ in next few months The scientist says he believes Britons can enjoy summer with few restrictions He said there is a 20 per cent chance of a strain derailing vaccine programme Saturday’s Covid … Read more
Nurses could be in line to get a 3 per cent pay rise, following a bitter row about the Government’s proposed 1 per cent deal that unions threatened to strike over. In another potentially embarrassing U-turn for Number 10 during the pandemic, ministers are reportedly considering trebling their original offer. The 1 per cent pay … Read more
Exports of UK goods to the European Union dropped by more than forty per cent in January as Britain and Brussels began their post-Brexit trading relationship. New data published this morning by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the overall export of goods fell by £5.3billion – some 19.3 per cent – in the first … Read more
UK GDP fell by almost three per cent in January, reversing a mini-bounce back recorded in December, as the latest national coronavirus lockdown hit the economy hard. New figures published this morning by the Office for National Statistics showed that GDP plunged by 2.9 per cent in the first month of the year. The contraction … Read more
Erin Molan’s new breakfast radio show sees an audience increase of just 0.2 per cent… but 2DayFM insists it will give the program ‘at least two years to prove itself’ By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:51 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 01:54 GMT, 12 March 2021 She joined 2DayFM’s breakfast show … Read more
Russia accidentally shut down some of its own government websites after a move to slash Twitter’s internet speeds backfired, Web pages for Kremlin.ru and several other government departments failed to load for about an hour shortly after Roscomnadzor, Russia’s communications watchdog, said it had started slowing down Twitter’s services over its refusal to remove harmful content. … Read more
Boris Johnson refuses to rule out following Scotland’s example and giving NHS staff a Covid bonus amid fury over a 1 per cent pay rise offer – as it is revealed three-quarters of those who would receive the real-terms pay cut are women By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 14:33 GMT, 8 March … Read more
Number of private school tutors paid more than £100,000-a-year soars by 25 per cent in two years sparking fears of brain drain from state system New research shows number of staff on six figures has risen by 25% since 2019 Sunday Times Private School pay list features 200 private schools and salaries Eton College topped … Read more
Number of private school tutors paid more than £100,000-a-year soars by 25 per cent in two years sparking fears of brain drain from state system New research shows number of staff on six figures has risen by 25% since 2019 Sunday Times Private School pay list features 200 private schools and salaries Eton College topped … Read more