Ministers were facing serious questions over the effectiveness of its track-and-trace plan to get the UK out of lockdown amid fears that just a fraction of the staff needed to make it work are ready to go. The Government has insisted that army of 18,000 people required to make the lockdown-easing measure work will be … Read more
Tube train unionists have threatened to refuse to return to work because the plan to increase services to 70 per cent ‘directly puts the safety of Underground train drivers at risk’. London Underground drivers are being advised by their union of their right to refuse to work in circumstances where they are at risk of … Read more
A ‘fiercely independent’ 102-year-old woman who once worked with Winston Churchill was given just two hours to live after contracting Covid-19 – but was sitting up in bed with a bowl of Weetabix days later. Catherine Grace had a secretive government role on London‘s South Bank but has never divulged the nature of her work … Read more
Back in 1968 and 1969, the Hong Kong flu hit the world. In the UK, 80,000 people died and the lives of one million were lost worldwide. I was 24 at the time, just starting my career, and while I still vividly remember the Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy’s assassination which were a little earlier, … Read more
Nine out of ten firms shut down because of coronavirus believe they can restart their business within three weeks with either social distancing in the office or remote working as millions returned to work for a second day today. There were more grim scenes on the Tube and buses this morning as the British Chambers … Read more
Kate Spicer (pictured) argues NHS staff shouldn’t be slammed for uploading videos of themselves dancing on TikTok YES By Kate Spicer The first thing kids of surgeons say to each other is always, ‘You go to hospital on Christmas Day, right?’ Ocular, orthopedic, vascular . . . no matter their field, no family fun could … Read more
You can work from home forever, Twitter boss Jack Dorsey tells company’s 5,100 staff By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 Twitter has told its staff they can work from home forever. Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the company’s 5,100 workforce, including … Read more
The NHS will ‘have answers’ about the effectiveness of promising coronavirus drugs in June, health bosses say. Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director, claimed the first results of clinical trials into the medicines were expected in ‘five to seven weeks’. It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to announce he will keep Britain … Read more
Halfords shares surge after Britons advised to cycle to work By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:16 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 22:50 BST, 11 May 2020 Halfords shares surged after Britons were advised to cycle to work. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urged people to carry on working from home but said … Read more
Facebook settlement suggests about HALF of the company’s moderators developed mental health issues as a result of their work removing graphic content from the platform A lawsuits suggests one in two Facebook moderators suffers from mental health issues as a result of their job Attorneys and mental health experts came to the conclusion when assessing a … Read more