Is Waitrose planning deal with Amazon Fresh? John Lewis chief hints at tie-up with online giant

Is Waitrose planning deal with Amazon Fresh? John Lewis chief hints at tie-up with online giant’s grocery arm while revealing more stores face closure and could even be turned into HOUSING EXCLUSIVE: Retail expert said Amazon Fresh tie-up could be ‘good fit’ while parent company would only say it was ‘still exploring and developing plans’ … Read more

The UK Government is not doing enough to stop a second Covid-19 wave, warns BMA chief

The UK Government is not doing enough to stop a second Covid-19 wave and mixed messages about face masks and social distancing is to blame for cases spiking, warns British Medical Association chief By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 16:13 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 16:13 BST, 29 July 2020 Dr Chaand … Read more

Police officer who faced sexist abuse about hairstyle could become Derbyshire’s next chief constable

Top police officer who faced sexist and homophobic abuse about her hairstyle after appearing on television could become Derbyshire’s next chief constable Rachel Swann was at the centre of the Whaley Bridge evacuation last year  She was  mocked by TV viewers who threw jibes at her spiked, dyed hairstyle   Miss Swann is the preferred candidate for … Read more

Channel 4 star Ant Middleton faces the sack as Chief Cadet of the Royal Navy over BLM comments

Channel 4 star Ant Middleton faces the sack as Chief Cadet of the Royal Navy after he called Black Lives Matter protesters ‘absolute scum’ The Navy’s top brass are reportedly trying to find the courage to sack Middleton The ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ frontman called Black Lives Matter Protesters ‘absolute scum’ and told the public … Read more

British satellites are ‘inherently vulnerable’ to attack, former space chief warns

British satellites are ‘inherently vulnerable’ to attack, former space chief warns as he calls for legally-binding treaty on space weapons Sir Chris Deverell said the weaponisation of space was bad news for everyone Former head of UK Joint Forces Command said Russia is not alone in developing these weapons Moscow fired a missile-like weapon from its … Read more

Barclays chief nicknamed himself ‘pooper scooper’ to exec

A former Barclays boss nicknamed himself ‘pooper scooper’ to a more senior manager known as ‘big dog’, a High Court judge has heard. Stephen Jones discussed his hierarchical relationship with Roger Jenkins, then the bank’s executive chairman of Middle East business, in a 2008 phone call with a colleague, Mr Justice Waksman was told. Mr … Read more

Police should NOT take the knee, says Scotland yard chief Cressida Dick who has banned gesture

Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has revealed she ordered officers not to ‘take the knee’ and says she would not do it herself. Dame Cressida, 59, defended the two policemen who adopted the pose at Black Lives Matter protests in June.  But she said she had instructed officers at every briefing since to avoid doing … Read more

Chief nurse Ruth May WAS axed from TV after failing to back Dominic Cummings’ Durham lockdown trip

Chief nurse Ruth May confirms she WAS axed from a Government coronavirus press conference after failing to back Boris Johnson’s aide Dominic Cummings over notorious lockdown trip to Durham Chief Nursing Officer Ruth May said she was ‘stood down’ from May briefing It came after Mr Cummings and lockdown rules were discussed in a meeting … Read more

Cut VAT on fuel to get Britain moving, says Moto chief

Ken McMeikan knows how to get his point across to politicians. While running high street chain Greggs in 2012, he made George Osborne scrap his plans for a ‘pasty tax’ on hot takeaway goods by climbing a stepladder outside Downing Street dressed as a baker and blasting his opposition to the policy through a megaphone.  … Read more

UN chief says the world is ‘at the breaking point’ after months of coronavirus pandemic

UN chief says the world is ‘at the breaking point’ after months of anti-racism protests and the coronavirus pandemic By Joseph Laws For Mailonline Published: 16:47 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 18:35 BST, 18 July 2020 The U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked this … Read more