Tens of thousands of Britons vowed to battle on to save the economy today as they headed back to work after the Prime Minister’s call to avoid the office. Some of the county’s biggest firms declared ‘nothing had changed’ following Boris Johnson‘s desk-banging performance last night. Most had already been allowing staff to split time … Read more
The Eiffel Tower is evacuated due to a bomb threat as armed police cordon off the Paris landmark By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 11:46 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 23 September 2020 The Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after a bomb threat. Police cordoned off the Parisian landmark on Wednesday morning … Read more
Mars has dropped the Uncle Ben’s branding and revealed a new name for the rice brand: Ben’s Original. Parent firm Mars Inc. unveiled the change Wednesday for the 70-year-old brand, the latest company to drop a logo criticised as a racial stereotype. Packaging with the new name will hit stores next year. “We listened to … Read more
New lockdown rules at a glance Office workers who can work ‘normally’ from home should do so. English pubs, bars and restaurants must close by 10pm from Thursday. The hospitality sector will be restricted to table service only. Face coverings must be worn in taxis and retail staff while at work. Customers in indoor hospitality … Read more
Young women are ‘bearing the brunt’ of coronavirus during the disease’s resurgence, government scientific advisers have warned. Analysis of hospital records shows there has been a significant rise in the number of females aged 20 to 40 being admitted for serious Covid-19 infection since August. SAGE suspects the rise is due to women in this … Read more
Tens of thousands of Britons defied the Prime Minister’s call to avoid the office today as they headed back to work to save the economy. Some of the county’s biggest firms declared ‘nothing had changed’ following Boris Johnson‘s desk-banging performance last night. Most had already been allowing staff to split time between home and the … Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty faced backlash over the ‘herd immunity’ strategy in March and asked for help to ‘calm down’ angry academics, emails show. The top experts leading Britain out of its Covid-19 crisis had a hard time backtracking from comments they made about the controversial strategy at the start of the … Read more
A heartbroken mother believes her son would still be alive if school hadn’t been cancelled due to Covid – as she claims he took his own life while feeling ‘isolated’ in lockdown. Tracey Tyler had taken on an extra night shift on the coronavirus ward at her local hospital when she came home and found … Read more
The Sugar Revolution, the introduction of sugar cane from Dutch Brazil, in the 1640s was highly lucrative but came at great social cost Barbados was one of the oldest English settlements in the West Indies, being surpassed only by Saint Kitts. The countries’ historical ties date back to the 17th century and involve settlement, post-colonialism and … Read more
Plastic face shields allow nearly 100 per cent of tiny airborne droplets released by coronavirus-infected patients to escape through visors, a study has warned. The alternative to face masks were touted by industry experts as providing adequate protection from the virus. And the British government has recommended them for hairdressers, barbers, nail technicians and tattooists … Read more