Australian arts and entertainment industry offered an extra $135million in Covid-19 recovery fund

Australian arts and entertainment industry offered an extra $135million in Covid-19 recovery fund By Aap Published: 23:57 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 23:57 GMT, 24 March 2021 The arts and entertainment sector is being offered another $135million to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the money ($125million) will top up an existing recovery … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Vaccine hesitancy could cause 20,000 extra deaths by 2023, says study

Vaccine hesitancy could lead to 20,000 extra coronavirus deaths over the next two years, a study has suggested.  Researchers warned that if a significant number of people turn the jab down, it may allow the virus to spread in high numbers when lockdowns are eased, posing a constant threat to the elderly and ill. The … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy could lead to 20,000 extra Covid deaths by 2023, Imperial study

Vaccine hesitancy could lead to 20,000 extra coronavirus deaths over the next two years, a study has suggested.  Researchers warned that if a significant number of people turn the jab down, it may allow the virus to spread in high numbers when lockdowns are eased, posing a constant threat to the elderly and ill. The … Read more

MAFS expert John Aiken reveals which TV bride was receiving extra one-on-one counselling

MAFS expert John Aiken reveals which TV bride was receiving extra one-on-one counselling behind the scenes during this season By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:59 GMT, 23 March 2021 | Updated: 04:59 GMT, 23 March 2021 Married At First Sight‘s panel of experts play an important role in mediating relationship issues among the … Read more

Ministers under fire over new anti-protests law giving police extra powers after Sarah Everard vigil

Ministers were facing mounting fury today over a draconian new anti-protest law that would hand police greater powers to break up events like the Sarah Everard vigil. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will allow officers to intervene in events that are deemed to have caused ‘serious unease, alarm or distress’. The new legislation, … Read more

Extra £200,000 legal bill ‘could topple’ Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon‘s government spent an extra £200,000 of taxpayers’ money on a doomed legal battle with Alex Salmond, even after lawyers said she was bound to fail. The damning revelation was being seen as the clearest indication yet that Scotland’s First Minister had breached the Ministerial Code – a resignation offence. Last night, Scottish Tories warned: … Read more

Extra £200,000 legal bill ‘could topple’ Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon‘s government spent an extra £200,000 of taxpayers’ money on a doomed legal battle with Alex Salmond, even after lawyers said she was bound to fail. The damning revelation was being seen as the clearest indication yet that Scotland’s First Minister had breached the Ministerial Code – a resignation offence. Last night, Scottish Tories warned: … Read more

Council tax will raise an extra £7.5bn a year after Rishi Sunak move

Council tax is on track to raise an extra £7.5billion a year after Rishi Sunak gave town halls permission to put bills up by 5 per cent. The government’s watchdog has estimated that the levy bring in another £1.8billion next month, suggesting two thirds of authorities will take advantage of the new freedom. And by … Read more

Council tax will raise an extra £7.5bn a year after Rishi Sunak move

Council tax is on track to raise an extra £7.5billion a year after Rishi Sunak gave town halls permission to put bills up by 5 per cent. The government’s watchdog has estimated that the levy bring in another £1.8billion next month, suggesting two thirds of authorities will take advantage of the new freedom. And by … Read more