Man and woman fined £10,000 each for failing to quarantine after they returned from Dubai 

Man and woman from the Wirral are fined £10,000 each for failing to quarantine after they returned from Dubai The man and woman returned from Dubai to Merseyside but did not quarantine  Police were then notified and they tracked down and fined them £10,000 each  They were fined on Friday and then transported to a … Read more

Jacinda Ardern under fire for criticising worker for failing to isolate as Auckland enters lockdown

Jacinda Ardern has come under fire after publicly calling out a KFC worker for heading into work instead of self-isolating after coming into contact with Covid-19. The New Zealand prime minister has been praised for her handling of the pandemic, with the island nation suffering few cases, but there are now fears of a new … Read more

Paul Gascoigne claims he was BANNED from taking part in I’m A Celeb after failing a psych test

Paul Gascoigne has claimed he was banned from joining the cast of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Here! after failing a psych test back in 2009. The football legend, 53, is currently isolating in a Milan hotel ahead of jetting off to Hondouras to take part in the Italian version of the show – more … Read more

Travellers fined £10,000 after failing to declare they had arrived in the UK from ‘red-list’ country

Four travellers are fined £10,000 each after failing to declare they had arrived in the UK from ‘red-list’ country so they could avoid £1,750 hotel quarantine Passengers ‘attempted to hide their routes’ when landed at Birmingham Airport   Not clear where they arrived from, but they ‘received £10,000 fines as a result’ Arrivals from 33 … Read more

Gavin Williamson slams chairman of student watchdog for failing to protect free speech on campuses 

Gavin Williamson slams outgoing chairman of student watchdog for failing to protect free speech on Britain’s campuses Gavin Williamson criticised Office for Students for not protecting free speech He said under Sir Michael Barber ‘little regulatory action’ has been taken In a letter, he urged Lord Wharton of Yarm to ‘use the full range of its powers’ … Read more

Judge slams police for failing to question witnesses after jury clears lawyer, 35, of groping woman

A judge has slammed police and prosecutors for failing to question witnesses after a jury took less than 30 minutes to acquit a lawyer accused of groping a woman on a flight from Dubai to Manchester. Arjmand Ghafoor, 35, was arrested by police on suspicion of sexual assault after an Emirates flight landed at Manchester … Read more

Owners of motorhomes and campervans are failing to secure vehicles

With more Britons expecting to staycation this summer, expect to see plenty more motorhomes and campervans on our roads in 2021. Demand for these vehicles boomed in 2020, with restrictions on overseas travel resulting in a surge in sales as people looked to invest in different ways to enjoy time away from home. However, with … Read more

Millionaire and his best-friend retreat to a hotel after failing a survival course on a camping trip

A multi-millionaire used to the finer things in life is forced to spend a week at a rainy campsite as he and his friend swap holidays with two unemployed single mothers in Channel 5’s Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday.  Sunil, 32, who splits his time between the UK and Dubai, is joined by best friend Nilesh … Read more

Taxpayers to foot £87m bill after ministers give failing company Covid contract then cancel it

Chris Yates was sounding bullish. Boastful, even. The chief executive of the medical diagnostic firm Abingdon Health was telling his audience that after a ‘roller-coaster 12 months’, it had been ‘a real positive for us to be able to mitigate the effects of the pandemic’. His workforce, he revealed proudly, had quadrupled to 200 but … Read more

Over 200 care homes in England are failing to follow basic coronavirus protocols

More than 200 care homes in England have failed to enact measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a damning report has revealed. The Care Quality Commission found Covid protocols were either inadequate or in need of improvement in 223 out of 575 facilities that it investigated last month (40 per cent).   Breaches included staff wearing face masks … Read more