Eat Out to Help out diners have claimed more than 64 million meals throughout August

Eat Out to Help out diners have claimed more than 64 million meals throughout August as pub and restaurant bosses call on scheme to be extended Diners claimed over 64 million meals on Eat Out to Help Out Scheme this month The Treasury said this represents a continued ‘upward trend’ in dining  Pub and hospitality leaders have … Read more

Coronavirus Wales: Stag and hen dos may be ‘thing of the past’

End of Cardiff stag and hen dos? Welsh health minister says traditional pre-wedding jaunts should be a ‘thing of the past’ because of coronavirus risk Vaughan Gething said stag and hen dos pose ‘much bigger risks’ than in past Labour’s Mr Gething made his comments following a rise in cases in Cardiff  Mr Gething blamed … Read more

HMS Hermes – Britain’s flagship during the Falklands – is sold for scrap

To say the HMS Hermes had a difficult start to life would be understating the fact – construction on the aircraft carrier, initially dubbed HMS Elephant, began in 1944 during World War Two, but conflict ended before she had been completed.  Her hull then sat in the dockyard in Barrow-in-Furness until 1953, when it was … Read more

Sweden uncovers 3,700 false positives from faulty Chinese-made coronavirus test kits 

Sweden uncovers 3,700 false positives from faulty Chinese-made coronavirus test kits Sweden said the PCR kits were from a Chinese company called BGI Genomics   The testing kits were used by Swedes between the months of March and August Mostly, ‘people who had mild symptoms or who didn’t feel any symptoms at the time of the … Read more

George W. Bush will NOT endorse Joe Biden, his spokesman says

George W. Bush will NOT endorse Joe Biden, his spokesman says amid mounting speculation he will follow dozens of former aides to campaign against Donald Trump Former Republican President George W. Bush will not explicitly endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president  ‘We’ve been quite clear and consistent – President Bush is retired from presidential politics … Read more

Five cancer patients test positive for covid in outbreak at hospital in Northern Ireland

Five cancer patients test positive for covid in outbreak at hospital in Northern Ireland where 20 staff were forced into self-isolation Twenty healthcare workers at Craigavon Hospital are self-isolating as precaution Five cancer patients tested positive for coronavirus at the Co Armagh hospital  Three staff tested positive for coronavirus, Southern Health Trust confirmed  The Trust … Read more

Trump aide claims British baby Charlie Gard died because it was ‘too expensive to keep him alive’

Trump activist claims British baby Charlie Gard died because it was ‘too expensive to keep him alive’ as she slams Joe Biden’s plan for ‘socialised medicine’ Natalie Harp, who has battled bone cancer, claimed that Britain’s National Health Service decided it was ‘too expensive and too cruel to keep (Charlie) alive’  Harp praised Trump’s ‘right … Read more

BBC Songs of Praise producer compares Rule Britannia to Nazis singing about gas chambers

An Executive Producer for the BBC‘s Songs of Praise has compared singing Rule Britannia to Nazis singing about gas chambers. Cat Lewis, who is also CEO of television production company Nine Lives Media, weighed in on the controversy surrounding the BBC’s decision to drop the singing of patriotic anthems from the Last Night of the Proms.  … Read more

Nottingham woman, 75, is the earliest known Covid-19 patient to catch the disease in the UK

Nottingham woman, 75, is the earliest known Covid-19 patient to catch the disease in the UK after testing positive on February 21 – a week before officials accepted the virus was spreading in Britain The woman is thought to be the first to catch Covid-19 in the community UK’s first cases were confirmed on January … Read more

Harry Maguire is found GUILTY of ALL charges

England defender and Manchester United captain Harry Maguire was today convicted of all charges after a brawl at the Greek holiday island of Mykonos. Maguire, 27, was found guilty of assaulting police, verbal abuse, and attempted bribery after the alleged fight in the early hours of last Friday. His brother Joe who plays for non-league … Read more