Test and Trace staff spent just 1% of their shifts actually working during height of coronavirus pandemic, damning report claims System received £22bn with promise it would prevent a second lockdown Some 18,000 call handlers were only working for one per cent of the time Another 3,000 were drafted in to help but they spent … Read more
Mount Everest’s precise height revealed: China and Nepal announce the summit stands 29,032 feet tall after re-measuring it to end decades-long debate China’s long-running dispute with Nepal over the height of Everest is settled They jointly declared the world’s greatest peak now stands at 29,032 ft tall Came after both countries sent surveyors for measurement in … Read more
Thousands of ventilators bought to treat Covid-19 patients are sitting in warehouses due to a lack of demand, the spending watchdog has revealed. Ministers prioritised ‘speed over cost’, meaning they paid 50 per cent over the odds for foreign-supplied machines, the National Audit Office (NAO) found. In one case, 750 ventilators purchased at a cost of … Read more
Eight-year-old boy, 4ft 6in, who is ‘not a natural reader’ and ‘struggles to sit still’ achieves his goal of reading his height in books in under a year Elijah Fyrne, from Chelthenham, has read 4ft 6 worth of books in just a year Eight-year-old challenged himself to read his height in books before birthday He’s … Read more
Christians plan new Eternal Wall national prayer monument built with a million bricks that will be same height as Nelson’s Column and dwarf the Angel of the North Building on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, near Coleshill, will start in 2021 The 169ft tall monument near Birmingham will be built with one million bricks … Read more
Sweden declares victory on Covid: Only 1.3% of Swedes tested for coronavirus have the disease down from 19% at pandemic’s height – with local experts saying it vindicates their no-lockdown ‘herd immunity’ strategy Tiny proportion came up positive after more than 120,000 tests over last week Nation has recorded 5,838 deaths but infection numbers falling … Read more
The Great British Bake Off has released a first look trailer ahead of the new series. The topical 40-second video is set in the height of lockdown and even pokes fun at the flour shortage. The trailer sees the nation frantically searching for the key baking staple as a young boy cycles to his grandmother’s … Read more
NHS managers told care homes to put blanket ‘do not resuscitate’ orders on ALL residents at height of Covid crisis, report shows Professor Alison Leary MBE authored the report on DNR orders in care homes One in 10 care home staff were told to change DNR orders for their residents Professor Leary is now calling … Read more
Home and Away actress Georgie Parker, 55, reveals she has lost ‘three inches of height’ amid ongoing battle with scoliosis By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:49 BST, 16 August 2020 | Updated: 03:49 BST, 16 August 2020 Home and Away star Georgie Parker has lost three inches of height since being diagnosed … Read more
Huw Edwards reveals he took £120,000 pay cut as a gesture to his female colleagues because it was ‘the right thing to do’ at height of BBC’s equal pay row Huw Edwards revealed he took a 20 per cent pay cut amid BBC’s equal pay row The cut saw his salary drop from the £520,000 … Read more