Oxfam at war: Charity bosses change shop’s locks and axe volunteers in bitter two-year battle

 Oxfam’s bitter two-year feud over claims a staff member at a charity shop in Hay on Wye called Welsh ‘that bloody foreign language’ has a new twist in the tale.  Shop volunteers Susan and Paul Baker, a retired couple who took the time to volunteer for the charity for 30 years were the latest volunteers … Read more

We’ll make 400k miles gleam again: Volunteers on road to goal of clearing million miles of litter 

We’ll make 400k miles gleam again: Volunteers on road to goal of clearing million miles of litter In less than a month more than 60,000 people have responded to litter pick call It comes as Daily Mail helps launch Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean  Volunteers from across the country pledged to help clean … Read more

Fifteen volunteers emerge from isolation study in French cave after spending 40 days underground

A group of 15 people taking part in an experiment where they cut themselves off from the world have re-emerged from a cave in France after 40 days. Leaving their cave dwelling on Saturday, the group from a scientific experiment to say that time seemed to pass more slowly in their cavernous underground abode, where … Read more

Neuralink has a monkey play Pong with its MIND – and it is appealing for HUMAN volunteers next 

Elon Musk‘s Neuralink has shown off its latest brain implant by making a monkey play Pong with its mind, and the firm hopes to test on human volunteers next. The brain computer interface was implanted in a nine year old macaque monkey called Pager, who was first taught to play video games with a joystick. … Read more

Volunteers wanted to pay extra council tax

Volunteers wanted to pay extra council tax: Wandsworth residents facing 5.7% bill hikes By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 6 April 2021 Residents in some areas could soon be asked to make extra council tax contributions on top of their regular bills. One … Read more

Boris Johnson pays tribute to the army of church volunteers in vaccine rollout

Boris Johnson pays tribute to the army of church volunteers who have helped Britain’s remarkable vaccination effort in his Easter message Boris Johnson thanks ‘millions of Good Samaritans’ in Britain’s vaccination effort The PM expresses sympathy for Christians who can’t celebrate Easter as normal He noted that churches across the UK are opening their doors … Read more

Emma Willis and husband Matt reveal they have become coronavirus vaccine volunteers

Emma Willis and her husband Matt have revealed they are now both qualified coronavirus vaccine volunteers. The couple signed up to St John’s Ambulance’ vaccination volunteer programme, finishing their training on Sunday. The Voice UK presenter, 45, and the Busted singer, 37, both took to Instagram to share snaps of themselves in their medical gear … Read more

Queen and Camilla thank NHS volunteers in first public appearance since Prince Philip left hospital

The Queen has hailed the ‘wonderful’ work of the army of volunteers who stepped forward during the pandemic, telling them they have been a ‘great, great help over this difficult year’. The 94-year-old monarch, who has been patron of the Royal Voluntary Service for almost 70 years, held a video call with the Duchess of … Read more

Fully trained vaccine volunteers are turned away from giving jabs

Christine Livingston, who retired from the NHS in 2014, completed ten hours of online learning with St John Ambulance in February Volunteers with medical backgrounds who have completed hours of training to give Covid-19 vaccinations are being turned away from the job, it has emerged. St John Ambulance has trained 30,000 volunteers across three roles since … Read more

Moderna begins testing three versions of its COVID-19 vaccine booster in volunteers

Moderna Inc has begun clinical trials of a booster shot of its coronavirus vaccine to see if it provides better protection against the highly contagious variant from South Africa.  On Wednesday, the first volunteers – who were part of the original clinical trials last year – were given one of three doses. In a press … Read more