The Health Secretary last night conceded that secondary schools in England may not fully reopen in September – with ministers also expected to row back on their pledge to give primary children a month in classes before summer break. Matt Hancock said at the Downing Street briefing yesterday that it was still ‘our current working … Read more
Banks and regulators in talks over extending credit card payment holidays for hard-up borrowers for another three months The FCA extended mortgage holidays last week Bankers are now in talks with it over doing the same thing for unsecured debts There are concerns due to the cost of rolling over more expensive debt Taking a … Read more
Coronavirus medal could be rolled out as early as September ‘under Boris Johnson’s plans to honour “unsung hero” frontline NHS and care workers’ Government is believed to be working on plans to create new coronavirus medal Medal likely to be awarded to ‘unsung heroes’ who have put their lives at risk Medal has widespread political … Read more
NHS test-and-trace regime to slow the spread of coronavirus ‘will not be up to speed until September’ Contact tracing system chief Tony Prestedge said the programme will be ‘clunky’ He spoke in a video to staff on May 27 the day before Matt Hancock launched it Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 is expected to … Read more
The world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope in China will begin scanning the universe for signs of extra terrestrial life and habitable planets in September The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in China set to begin its search for alien life and potentially habitable exoplanets in September The telescope initially went online in January but there was … Read more
ABC and the Television Academy are moving ahead with a September broadcast of the Emmy Awards, but the organizations haven’t decided yet how they’ll present the show. Insiders who spoke with Variety confirmed more details about the ceremony would arrive in June. The Emmys would normally have a host and other details nailed down by this … Read more
Premier League to tell clubs they want September start for 2020-21 irrespective of when this season finishes – increasing likelihood of campaign being curtailed if there are more delays The Premier League want next season to start on weekend of September 12-13 The board are determined to agree a fixed start date for the 2020-21 … Read more
Coronavirus pandemic could be over in the UK by September 30: Scientific model predicts virus will continue its steady decline with NO second wave Singapore University of Technology plotted data from the Covid-19 pandemic United States will extinguish the infection by November 11, the team discovered The model predicts the trajectory of the spread of … Read more
Amazon is postponing Prime Day until September as the company attempts to return to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels of operation. The e-commerce giant generally holds the two-day shopping event in July to promote its prime service but will now hold off until the Fall, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company is taking steps to return … Read more
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has capacity to make ONE BILLION doses of Oxford University’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine amid hopes it could be ready for September UK has reportedly ordered 100million doses for a population of 66million people The vaccine is still in trials but could eradicate COVID-19 if it proves effective Experts sceptical about a short … Read more