Like every other awards show this year, the Oscars are being scaled back due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And on Monday, the president of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences, spelled out just how different the event will be. In a letter emailed to the Academy’s nearly 10,000 members, David Rubin confirmed that … Read more
Care homes to get more coronavirus tests so residents can scrap social distancing with up to two visitors who each get swabbed twice a week Rapid testing is already being trialled in Devon, Cornwall and Hampshire If a visitor regularly tests negative they could hold hands with home resident During the first wave care homes … Read more
Muslims around the world continue to celebrate Eid al-Adha as they slaughter livestock amid scaled back festivities because of the coronavirus pandemic. Today marks the second of the four-day Feast of the Sacrifice, which coincides with the last days of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Eid al-Adha commemorates Muslims’ belief that prophet Abraham was willing to … Read more
Senior Tories say ‘bl**dy boring’ daily No10 coronavirus briefings should be scaled back to once a week to ‘normalise’ the country and stop the government feeling obliged to announce things Daily Downing Street briefings have been held on coroanvirus since mid-March Senior Tories say the government is under pressure to make announcements Calls for the … Read more
One in four companies say they will be not be able to pay a fifth or more of full-time workers’ salaries between August and October and would have to lay off employees, a poll has found. Research by the Institute of Directors revealed today shows that firms are worried about being able to keep staff … Read more