Litter claw firm hires 50 more staff to meet demand as picking up rubbish becomes more popular as a result of lockdown Ledbury-based Helping Hand hired more staff as war on litter ramped up in UK The firm produces litter ‘claws’ – and saw a boom in business during lockdowns Company is supporting Mail-backed Great … Read more
BBC bosses are to boost efforts to sound less ‘London-centric’ with regional voiceovers featuring local accents Announcements between show will be made in local accents for BBC1 shows Viewers will hear voices from North West, North East, Yorkshire among others Director of nations says there will be a focus & garnering of stories out of … Read more
Visa extensions for foreign-born frontline NHS staff as Priti Patel praises ‘heroic’ efforts during Covid pandemic Home Secretary will instruct officials to grant automatic 12-month extensions to vital workers if their visa is due to run out by October Announcement is expected to benefit up to 14,000 essential workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics Scheme … Read more
Two heavier tugboats sped to Egypt‘s Suez Canal on Sunday to join efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway. The massive Ever Given, a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, got stuck on Tuesday in a single-lane stretch of the canal. Authorities have so … Read more
A new report produced by the Director of National Intelligence assesses that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized an influence campaing for the 2020 elections – and that Kremlin proxies tried to ‘launder’ their efforts through people close to former President Donald Trump. The new report judges that the campaign – which followed Russian election interference … Read more
Blake Shelton jokes that fiancee Gwen Stefani could be ‘delivering twins’ in efforts to win over Voice contestant By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 15:18 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 15:18 GMT, 9 March 2021 They found love on the competition show. And Blake Shelton attempted to use his relationship with a former ska … Read more
Before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex married, a professional creative, well used to the intricacies and diplomacy involved in working with Royal households, was interviewed for a role by Meghan. A mutual friend ran into the candidate immediately after the interview and asked excitedly how the experience had been. The reply did not sound … Read more
Robert Irwin praises his ‘superwoman’ mother Terri for her efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic when Australia Zoo was financially struggling By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:59 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 02:30 GMT, 10 February 2021 Robert Irwin has praised his resilient mum Terri for keeping their family zoo afloat during … Read more
The US is only sequencing about 2,300 coronavirus genomes a week in search of variants, and aims to sequence 7,000 weekly. The far smaller UK sequences 12,000 genomes a week.
European newspapers lashed out EU leaders on Saturday after the bloc tried to impose Covid vaccine controls on the Northern Ireland border. EU chiefs had been accused of an ‘incredible act of hostility’ after announcing controls on the export of jabs to the UK, including Northern Ireland. In a move which would have effectively created a … Read more