South Western Railway has plunged festive travel plans into more disarray after cancelling trains into London amid staff shortages caused by Covid. The rail firm said it would only run services between the Tier 2 areas of Exeter and Basingstoke, but not to the capital, which is under the harshest of restrictions, up to and … Read more
British shoppers have been urged to avoid stockpiling food in the event of a No-Deal Brexit. Retailers are increasing stocks to ensure a ‘sufficient supply of essential products’, the British Retail Consortium insisted. The retail trade association also said No-Deal Brexit would impact fresh produce like fruit and vegetables – which cannot be stored for long – … Read more
Christmas logjam! Shops warn of festive stock shortages after Britain’s biggest container port at Felixstowe becomes clogged up with 11,000 PPE containers 30% of container space at Port of Felixstowe is taken up by Government’s PPE The Government is understood to have nowhere else to store it, sources claim Another issue at Felixtowe is a massive … Read more
Remdesivir, an anti-viral drug first made to try and treat Ebola, has been used experimentally on Covid-19 patients since the outbreak’s early days. It is approved for use by doctors in the UK and US based on early data suggesting it might be helpful, but scientific evidence has been mixed. There are claims of miraculous … Read more
Sony issued an apology on Twitter for PlayStation 5 pre-orders turning into a disaster. The Japanese company announced pricing and release dates for the gaming system Wednesday and minutes after the event, nearly every major retailer was ‘out of stock.’ Retailers including Amazon, GameStop and Walmart jumped the gun with opening pre-orders a day early … Read more
Vulnerable people living in care homes are ‘dying of loneliness,’ as they’re deprived from seeing families due to lockdown, while delays in testing have exposed ‘huge staff shortages,’ in the sector, it has been claimed. Baroness Ros Altmann, a former Minister of State for pensions, welcomed Matt Hancock‘s announcement yesterday that care home residents would … Read more
North Koreans are ordered to hand over ‘decadent and bourgeois’ pet dogs so they can be killed and ‘provided to restaurants for meat’ as the country is rocked by food shortages Dictator Kim Jong-un announced in July that owning a pet is now against the law Authorities are identifying homes with dogs in Pyongyang and … Read more
Melbourne will suffer a shock shutdown of most shops and services for six weeks, with thousands of jobs to be lost. Panic buyers lining up at supermarkets for meat and fish could actually be right as new restrictions mean production will be slashed by a third. Melbourne is gripped by Stage 4 lockdown with an … Read more
New betrayal of care homes: Experts warn of ‘disaster’ facing nursing centres amid fears of staff shortages as post-Brexit visa rules exclude low-paid foreigners Care homes face ‘potentially disastrous’ staff shortages due to migration rules Migrants, including from the EU, will not be eligible for visas to work as carers The PM has insisted the … Read more
Fears Government’s 14 day quarantine plan will lead to food shortages and factory closures By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 Manufacturers have slammed the Government’s plans to introduce a 14-day quarantine for visitors to the UK. The five main industries have … Read more