Peers to be paid ‘£160 just for clicking a button’ under remote-voting plans from House of Lords officials House of Lords peers to get £162 a day for voting online by touching a button Peers are not even being encouraged to return to Westminster after Whitsun Conservative MP says the public will be rightly outraged if … Read more
Government plans to ban the sale of energy drinks to children are ‘unscientific’ and ‘discriminatory’, a report claims. Ministers have proposed making it illegal to sell the ultra-caffeinated products to under-18s amid fears they are damaging to health. Campaigners say the ‘dangerous’ combination of high levels of caffeine and sugar help fuel obesity, bad behaviour … Read more
Russia aims to build its own orbiting space base when the International Space Station (ISS) is no longer serviceable – to launch missions to the Moon and Mars. The ISS has been under constant occupation by astronauts since November 2000 but due to structural fatigue needs to be decommissioned by 2030. After this Roscosmos plans … Read more
Cineworld plans to reopen all of its 128 UK and Ireland cinemas in July – with customers booking socially distanced seats and film times staggered This is Money has been told how social distancing could work at Cineworld FTSE 250-listed group saw its share price rise by nearly a quarter today By Jane Denton For … Read more
EasyJet is to axe up to 4,500 of its 15,000-strong workforce and shrink its fleet to 302 planes due to the coronavirus pandemic Luton-based carrier follows similar moves by Ryanair and British Airways Comes as travellers to the UK face 14 days in quarantine upon arrival Tory MPs are are in revolt over the measure’s … Read more
Scott Eastwood revealed Wednesday precisely how he and his extended family plan on celebrating their patriarch Clint Eastwood’s 90th birthday this Sunday. ‘We’re just going to do, like, a family thing – very, very calm, very mellow,’ the 34-year-old actor told Access host Mario Lopez. ‘He doesn’t really like birthdays. He’s just sort of like, … Read more
China is reportedly sending its two new aircraft carriers into war games near the Pratas Islands, playing into fears that a Taiwan invasion could be next as tensions with the US continue to worsen. The aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong are currently in Bohai Bay in the Yellow Sea on a combat readiness mission before … Read more
Mike Ashley rages at Debenhams as Sports Direct unveils plans to buy £15m of shares back off investors By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 April 2019 Mike Ashley’s firm Sports Direct said it will purchase 5m of its own shares in … Read more
A German state governor has proposed to end blanket coronavirus restrictions in his region but the plans have received heavy criticism from other officials. It would be a first for the country after a comparatively successful response to the pandemic. Governor of eastern state Thuringia Bodo Ramelow said on Saturday that he hopes to lift … Read more
That’s fowl! Angry villagers kick up a stink about ‘offensive odours’ after firm reveals plan for egg production plant housing 36,000 chickens Residents of Medomsley are disputing plans to build egg farm in County Durham Village stands around 1.5 miles south west of Southfield Farm, Hamsterley Mill Villagers fear they will be subject to ‘offensive odours’ and … Read more