The number of deaths among people with severe learning disabilities more than doubled in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, damning statistics show. The Care Quality Commission, which regulates services caring for people with disabilities in England, found that 386 people died between April 10 and May 15. This was 134 per cent higher than … Read more
Donald Trump is holding talks with his Attorney General, law enforcement officials and state leaders on Monday as violent protests continued to escalate in cities all over the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Attorney General Bill Barr will visit the White House for an Oval Office meeting with the president Monday morning, … Read more
What will she tell her grandchildren in years to come? Holding up a placard saying ‘Cummings you are full of sh*t!’ as she joined a screaming mob haranguing the Prime Minister’s senior adviser outside his house, where he lives with his wife and four-year-old son. Perhaps she’ll proudly show video footage of the scenes. And … Read more
Sara Davison, aka The Divorce Coach Sara Davison, aka The Divorce Coach, shares her tips on how to avoid divorce and relationship breakdown amid the Covid-19 crisis: BE KIND: This may sound basic but it’s a fundamental foundation and one to keep reminding yourself of when tensions mount. Make an agreement now to keep being … Read more
Cambridge University bosses are seeking financial support from the Government after huge downturn in international students amid coronavirus lockdown Cambridge University is expecting significant financial strain due to COVID-19 A lack of incoming foreign students mean the institution is looking to cut costs The 800-year-old institution is one of the richest universities in the UK Here’s how to … Read more
During a crisis people with a large social network are slower to respond to the problem than more isolated individuals, a new study shows. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University put 2,480 people into one of 108 groups of various sizes and presented them with a range of disaster scenarios. Those in larger groups were less … Read more
A frequent flyer live-blogged his business class trip from Heathrow Airport to New York via Amsterdam to ‘demystify what it’s actually like out there during Covid-19‘ – and it makes for fascinating reading. The blogger, Gilbert Ott, published the account to his travel tips site, God Save The Points, revealing what it was like in … Read more
There is a terrific scene at the movie The Big Short, based on Michael Lewis’s brilliant book on the financial crisis, where the director Adam McKay imagines a different ending. Instead of the Wall Street bankers who caused the crash escaping to their luxury Florida villas and yachts, the FBI arrives on the trading floors … Read more
Never before has an unelected Government adviser been so powerful – and divisive. The Prime Minister’s right-hand man and self-proclaimed architect of Brexit, Dominic Cummings, has already been depicted in a TV film by Benedict Cumberbatch and was the subject of a BBC documentary this year. He has seemed to revel in his reputation as … Read more
We learned two things last week about the impact of Covid-19 on the nation’s finances. One was that the increase in the national debt is likely to be larger than even the pessimists expected. The other was that it will mostly be savers who will have to take on the burden of paying it off. … Read more