President Trump just killed people. I don’t know how many yet, or who they are, or when they will die, but the one absolute certainty from his public boast that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine is it will cost lives. Some people will now take it who shouldn’t. And some people won’t be able to take it … Read more
Having spent days researching all avenues of possible government help, there is definitively very little financial assistance or available benefits for women who are under the increased state pension age and have recently been widowed. My 69-year-old husband passed away in early April due to Covid-19. I turned 64 a week after his death and … Read more
EU is set to BACK DOWN in the row over fishing rights after Brexit, sources claim The EU’s hardline position on fishing rights has been criticised by UK minsiters Under the EU’s plan, European fishermen will keep same access to UK waters However, Michael Gove yesterday said the UK will never give in to that … Read more
BMA says teachers’ unions are ‘absolutely right’ to claim it is unsafe for schools to open on June 1 while Children’s Commissioner leads calls to get pupils back as soon as possible Anne Longfield called on union leaders to work with ministers to get pupils back Former Labour education secretary has also criticised trade union … Read more
My flights to Geneva for a ski holiday over Easter were cancelled by easyJet due to coronavirus. It offered me the chance to rebook or vouchers but I do not have any future travel plans, so wanted my money back. I followed some links on its site for cancelled flights, which took me through to … Read more
My dad has died, and I have two very old £1 Premium Bonds, which I think are about 50 years old. Some newer ones have been transferred into my name but I’m not too sure about the two older ones, which have my signature on the back too. I now live in South Africa and … Read more
Mastercard faces two days in front of Britain’s highest court to determine whether it potentially owes every adult in the UK a collective £14billion. Former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks is taking the card provider to court, claiming the fees it charged shops between 1992 and 2008, declared unlawful by the European Commission, resulted in consumers … Read more
My family and I went to Rio de Janeiro to celebrate New Year on the famous Copa Cabana beach in Brazil for a once in a lifetime trip. We flew with Emirates via Dubai on an evening flight from London Heathrow with the three return economy tickets costing almost £3,000. Our flight to Rio was … Read more
GPs in England say they have ‘no idea’ how many of their patients have coronavirus because the Government is not sharing test results with them. Family doctors and councils were promised the results from hundreds of thousands of swabs carried out at drive-through centres weeks ago. But the Government’s national testing programme coordinator said there … Read more
Italian researchers have revealed plans to test a vaccine on humans after claiming their jab is the ‘first in the world’ to neutralise the virus. Scientists gave mice the jab – which is being developed by Rome-based Takis Biotech – and took the antibodies they made in response. Antibodies are substances produced by the immune … Read more