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
Social bubbles could be limited to fewer than ten people and super-spreader indoor events could be banned until well into 2021 to avoid a second peak of coronavirus infections, scientists revealed. Senior epidemiologist Adam Kucharski has warned Britain could face ‘exponential growth’ in Covid-19 cases if groups of people start getting together to celebrate as … Read more
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’s Got Talent returned for another round of auditions on Saturday night, with 10 acts hoping to impress the judges. And one act that certainly did that was 96-year-old Nora Barton, who is the ITV show’s oldest ever auditionee and fulfilled her dream of performing at the London Palladium. Nora, who has Alzheimer’s, left the … Read more
Boy, 11, feared to have ‘life-changing injuries’ after being shot at home by burglars posing as deliverymen A gang forced entry into an Upminster home by posing as deliverymen on Friday Ray Hawkins, 45, opened the door believing it was a parcel delivery at 9.30pm Mr Hawkins and his son, 11, were rushed to hospital … Read more
An interactive map which shows coronavirus deaths by postcode reveals hundreds of towns and villages have managed to avoid a single fatality during the pandemic. Looking at the map, from Office for National Statistics data, reveals large swathes of Wales, South West and East England have remained unscathed by the virus which has blighted the majority of … Read more
Above left: Dame Vera with Virginia as a baby in 1946 The Forces’ Sweetheart DAME VERA LYNN, who’s back in the charts aged 103 with her song ‘We’ll Meet Again’, reveals what her wartime hit really means to her and daughter Virginia Dame Vera’s story Singer Dame Vera Lynn was one of Britain’s most famous … Read more
Doctors prepared to announce Boris Johnson’s DEATH while he battled coronavirus: Prime Minister reveals medics planned for the worst when it was ’50-50 whether they were going to put a tube down my windpipe’ The Prime Minister has said he was ‘not in particularly brilliant shape’ in hospital He battled coronavirus at St Thomas’ Hospital in … Read more
Joe Wicks has revealed his wife Rosie will be leading his PE sessions next week as he recovers from surgery on his wrist. The Body Coach, 33, took to Instagram on Saturday to praise his wife for helping him with the sessions, telling fans it was ‘way out of her comfort zone.’ Joe was admitted … Read more
An activist has been arrested after 5G conspiracy theorists carried out a ‘group hug’ near the Met Police’s headquarters while holding signs with slogans such as ‘my body my choice’. The group were spotted outside New Scotland Yard in Westminster, London, this afternoon, chanting ‘hug someone, save lives’ in defiance of the government’s coronavirus lockdown laws. … Read more