TikTok ‘will open a London HQ after move is approved by ministers’ risking major row with Donald Trump over Chinese app By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 07:04 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 07:04 BST, 3 August 2020 TikTok will reportedly open a London HQ in a move approved by ministers risking a major … Read more
A Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out for vulnerable Britons before it gets approved by medical regulators, according to the UK’s vaccine tsar. Normally, it takes up to two years before a medication is given the green light by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the UK’s drugs watchdog. But experts believe a Covid-19 jab … Read more
Leo Varadkar is set to be replaced by Michael Martin as Irish Taoiseach after centre-right and greens’ coalition deal is approved Fianna Fail won the most seats back in February’s inconclusive general election Becoming Taoiseach represents the culmination of 30 years in frontline politics Agreement on shared priorities with Fine Gael and Green Party delayed … Read more
When you think of Greece, fine wine isn’t necessarily the first thing that springs to mind. Plump olives, feta cheese and punchy liqueurs are more in line with the spread I’d imagine from the arid country. But after sampling some of the grape-based tipples from Crete, I have altered my way of thinking. Crete is … Read more
Five million antibody kits are on standby for the NHS after a SECOND test that shows if you’ve had coronavirus was approved by officials The new test produced by Abbott has been approved by Public Health England It is the second test to be ratified in two days after one by Roche Diagnostics The Department … Read more
Tesla’s dispute with California health authorities over the reopening of its main car plant in defiance of coronavirus shutdown orders appears to be coming to an end – as the automaker shifts its focus to resuming operations at a battery-making Gigafactory in Nevada. The Alameda County Public Health Department announced on Twitter Wednesday that the … Read more
At last! Lloyds ramps up Covid lending: Bank boasts it has approved £1billion worth of loans to 32,000 firms By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:41 BST, 5 May 2020 Lloyds approved seven times as many ‘bounce back’ loans to struggling firms in a day than … Read more
As many as 400,000 people a year in England and Wales are told they’ve reached the end of their treatment options, according to charity Marie Curie. Patients with conditions as varied as advanced cancer, dementia and Parkinson’s disease can find themselves in this heartbreaking situation. Many more, such as those with severe eczema, have to … Read more
Remdesivir costs about $1 a day to make, and the CEO of the company that developed it, Gilead, said the firm is committed to ensuring ‘access’ to the drug The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Ebola drug remdesivir for emergency use on hospitalized coronavirus patients. President Donald Trump announced Friday that doctors … Read more
A new COVID-19 vaccine that fires proteins in the body that destroy the virus within two weeks is just a few months from human trials. The ‘highly scalable’ vaccine is the first peer-reviewed antidote to the coronavirus that currently has much of the world in lockdown or isolation. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh say … Read more