Rayshard Brooks to be laid to rest in Atlanta 11 days after he was shot dead by police

Scores of mourners, some dressed all in white or in Black Lives Matter shirts, filed into the historic Atlanta church once led by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday for the funeral service of Rayshard Brooks, the black man whose killing by a white police officer at a fast-food drive-thru has stoked protests across … Read more

Fears grow over future of Channel 4 workers after staff on Steph McGovern’s show are laid off

Fears grow over the future of Channel 4 workers after production staff on Steph McGovern’s show are laid off while others have their pay delayed Production workers on Steph McGovern’s Channel 4 show have been laid off There are concerns that further cuts may be made to the channel’s workforce Staff have already been told … Read more

World’s biggest reptile egg laid by a prehistoric sea monster 66 million years ago

A soft egg belonging to a giant sea lizard discovered near Antarctica wasn’t the only major egg-related discovery. A team of researchers examining dinosaur remains claim soft eggs laid by dinosaurs may not be as unusual as scientists first thought – claiming that early dinosaurs laid these type of eggs. The study, led by the American … Read more

The lions sleep tonight: Tranquilised lions are laid out ahead of a flight across Africa to new home

A conservationist has undertaken one of ‘history’s biggest habitat recovery projects’ and moved 24 lions from five locations across South Africa to a new home hundreds of miles away. Ivan Carter and his team transported the animals by plane and truck to the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique, an area which has been without the predators for … Read more

More than 1,000 staff at restaurant Carluccio’s laid off

More than 1,000 staff at Carluccio’s laid off after Italian restaurant chain bought out of administration By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 More than 1,000 staff at Carluccio’s have been laid off after the Italian restaurant chain was bought out of … Read more

British Airways wants ALL staff not laid off to sign new contracts

British Airways has asked all staff to sign new ‘zero hour’ contracts that would allow the airline to lay them off without negotiations, it has been reported.  The beleaguered carrier has already announced plans to send up to 12,000 workers ‘to the dole’ owing to the coronavirus crisis, and warned it may end operations at … Read more

British Airways wants ALL staff not laid off to sign new ‘zero hour’ contracts

British Airways has asked all staff to sign new ‘zero hour’ contracts that would allow the airline to lay them off without negotiations, it has been reported.  The beleaguered carrier has already announced plans to send 12,000 workers ‘to the dole’ owing to the coronavirus crisis, and warned it may end operations at Gatwick, London … Read more

Britain looks set to miss 100,000 coronavirus tests a day target laid down by Matt Hancock

Health bosses look set to miss their own coronavirus testing target with just three days to go, in what would be an embarrassing blow. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, insisted last month that Britain would be conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April.  But just 29,058 tests took place on Saturday, the latest … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Nearly 12M lose work as furloughed or laid off

More than 11 million Britons have been furloughed or left unemployed by the economic shutdown due to coronavirus.  Shocking new figures reveal that nearly a third of British workers have been affected by the downturn that has seen many businesses shuttered and employees unable to work. The lockdown is pushing many firms to the brink … Read more

Coronavirus lockdown puts nearly 12 MILLION Britons out of work as furloughed or laid off

More than 11 million Britons have been furloughed or left unemployed by the economic shutdown due to coronavirus.  Shocking new figures reveal that nearly a third of British workers have been affected by the downturn that has seen many businesses shuttered and employees unable to work. The lockdown is pushing many firms to the brink … Read more