Small firms still waiting for vital loans with £18.5bn already lent through government’s emergency schemes By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 27 May 2020 Small businesses desperate for cash are still missing out on emergency loans, despite banks having lent £18.5billion. Lenders have been … Read more
MIDAS UPDATE: Vital signs are healthy for our medical tip LiDCO By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 There are strong signs that the Covid-19 is becoming less virulent in Britain but thousands of people are still falling ill with the … Read more
When it comes to the Covid-19 pandemic, every day is a school day – and that isn’t just because many parents (myself included) are having to teach our children about fronted adverbials at the same time as working from home. As we scan the news for information, we are all learning a great deal about … Read more
Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost warns of No Deal if vital talks with the EU fail in 15 days as he urges Ministers to ‘take the moral high ground’ when facing their counterparts David Frost has told Ministers to ‘take the moral high ground’ in EU negotiations Boris Johnson is expected to tell the … Read more
Vital PPE may have been delayed on way to NHS Covid-19 frontline by ‘chaos’ at warehouse containing £400m of kit that was hit by fire and treated for asbestos Drivers raise questions over Movianto’s ability to manage deliveries of PPE ‘It became more chaotic as time went on,’ says former policeman Asif Hussain British Army … Read more
Swathes of Britain’s critical infrastructure are at the mercy of Chinese imports, according to a think tank urging the government to row back its reliance on the authoritarian regime. Medical stockpiles are particularly dependent on Beijing, which manufactures 95 per cent of the UK’s paracetamol component drugs. The Henry Jackson Society warns this so-called ‘strategic … Read more
At this time of Covid-19 and the heightened stress that most of us are experiencing, our internal body clocks and ability to sleep may be disrupted just when we most need them to stay healthy. New research has shown that our response to infection changes over the course of each day, and — even more … Read more
The dividend drought has begun. For people who rely on dividends for their income, either directly or indirectly through their pensions, the past three or four weeks have been a catastrophe. Share prices may have clambered back some 20 per cent from their lows of March 23, when the FTSE100 index dipped below 5,000 – … Read more
The NHS will restart some vital services including cancer care from Tuesday as the country begins to recover from coronavirus, the Health Secretary announced today. Matt Hancock said that key parts of the health service, which had been paused due to doctors and nurses being transferred COVID-19-related departments, will begin seeing the most urgent cases. … Read more
The Prince of Wales has praised the contribution of British Asians to the national coronavirus pandemic effort as he helped launch a Covid-19 fundraising appeal for families struggling in South Asia. Speaking from his Aberdeenshire home of Birkhall, Prince Charles, 71, said whether working in the NHS or running ‘wonderful’ local projects, the UK’s Asian communities were … Read more