The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning Americans to stop using certain hand sanitizers because they may be toxic. Regulators expanded their list of potentially dangerous hand sanitizers to 59, manufactured by 13 companies. Last month, the FDA cautioned that nine products manufactured by Mexico-based Eskbiochem SA de CV and contain varying amounts of methanol. … Read more
MIT researchers invent robotic hand that can untangle cords and cables and may eventually complete household tasks like folding clothes The robot can handle fine-motor tasks like untangling cords It may eventually be able to tie knots and fold clothes The bot uses soft feelers made of rubbers and embedded with cameras It has applications … Read more
It might sound daunting – particularly for the more squeamish – but NHS patients are now routinely being offered complex hand surgery while wide awake, with doctors claiming the method is faster and safer than operating with a general anaesthetic. Instead of being put to sleep, injections containing a numbing local anaesthetic and adrenaline, which … Read more
Boris Johnson to seize powers from NHS England and hand them to Matt Hancock in bid for more control over the health service Ministers are planning to overhaul the NHS amid coronavirus crisis frustrations They want to ‘clip the wings’ of NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens There has been anger among ministers at the … Read more
Britain’s biggest housebuilder Barratt vows to hand back £27m in taxpayer cash used to furlough thousands of staff By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 BST, 6 July 2020 | Updated: 22:22 BST, 6 July 2020 Britain’s biggest housebuilder has vowed to hand back £27m in taxpayer cash used to furlough thousands of … Read more
Only yolk-ing! Mother pranks her son into believing a chick is hatching from an egg in her hand The mother moves pieces of cracked shell with her finger from inside the egg When the son Rhys gets a closer look, he says the ‘chick’ looks like a finger Rhys jumps back as the mother pokes … Read more
A couple who set up a business making hand sanitiser just 12 weeks ago are on track to make more than £30 million – after securing a raft of corporate contracts. ClearWater Hygiene, founded by husband and wife team Andrew and Rachel Montague, produces high grade hand sanitiser aimed at frontline workers and the wider … Read more
Property developer couple who set up hand sanitiser company in gin distillery just 12 weeks ago when lockdown was announced are on track to make £30 MILLION in new deals Andrew and Rachel Montague founded ClearWater Hygiene business in March Saw opportunity to produce British-made hand sanitiser at an ‘ethical price’ They have secured contracts with … Read more
Hand back furlough billions, firms are urged as builder Redrow becomes the latest to pledge to return the money By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:26 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 30 June 2020 Big companies are facing pressure to hand back taxpayer cash used to furlough their staff after … Read more
Educational kids TV show How – later re-branded How 2 – is said to be getting a reboot. The ITV show first aired in 1966 and was on and off the air for the subsequent five decades before being axed in 2006. Fronted over the years by the likes of Fred Dinenage, Gareth Jones, Carol Vorderman, Gail … Read more