Furious independent traders have called for a clampdown on major chains like Ryman and The Range for selling ‘non-essential’ items during lockdown while smaller firms have closed. Thousands of retailers were forced to shut alongside pubs and restaurants on Thursday when England was plunged into a four-week lockdown in a bid to stop the spread … Read more
A former TV boss has called for an independent probe into Earl Spencer’s claims that Martin Bashir used ‘dirty tricks’ to land his historic Panorama scoop with Princess Diana. Stewart Purvis also claimed the princess had revealed her ‘secret ambition’ to appear on Panorama a decade before she gave a bombshell interview to the BBC’s flagship … Read more
A coronavirus lockdown row erupted today after No10‘s scientific advisers called for another national shutdown to curtail Britain’s Covid-19 resurgence amid projections that the second wave could end up being deadlier than the first because it will last for longer. Top experts questioned why the ‘incredibly harmful intervention’ was being considered when Britain successfully squashed its … Read more
Downing Street today urges Brussels to ‘get real’ and accept Britain is an ‘independent country’ as Brexit talks restart and negotiations descend into acrimony amid warnings time is running out to do a deal. Lord Frost, the UK’s chief negotiator with the EU, said the two sides ‘can no longer afford to go over well-trodden … Read more
The Independent newspaper columnist who masterminded the Extinction Rebellion blockade of prinworks has claimed that the British media is worse than the Nazis. More than 100 protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, on Friday night, blocking newspapers from leaving the depots. Donnachadh McCarthy, 61, has emerged as one of … Read more
The US Air Force tested a ‘flying car’ that could soon be part of its flying arsenal. Made by Texas-based LIFT Aircraft, Hexa is a the lightweight 432-pound craft that runs on 18 independent rotors and does the occupant is not required to have a pilot’s license. The vehicle is controlled by a joystick and … Read more
Freshers’ week should be moved online to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks when university students go back next month, an independent group of scientists say. The experts have earmarked campuses as potential super-spreading zones, because young people are more likely to carry the virus without knowing and mingle with strangers. They say freshers’ week – normally held … Read more
Pretty Little Thing has apologised after it was called out for selling t-shirts that look strikingly similar to ones created by an independent British label. The fast fashion retailer sold three different designs that looked like ones originated by smaller brand Do Not Subverge (DNS), which launched in February. DNS co-founder Sean Hagan, 23, publicly critcised … Read more
Under fire fashion retailer Boohoo has launched an independent review of its supply chain after a scandal about working conditions at factories. The investigation will be led by lawyer Alison Levitt QC and comes after the company’s shares plummeted £1billion amid the claims of poor pay and practices. Boohoo said it was going to invest … Read more
Top scientists have accused the British Government of ‘giving up’ on trying to stamp out the coronavirus and said the country must keep going with lockdown. The Independent SAGE group, led by former chief scientific adviser for England, Sir David King, published its seventh report today calling for a ‘Zero Covid UK’. It said the … Read more