The country’s major sporting bodies have written a joint letter to Boris Johnson and other party leaders collectively backing the idea of Covid passports to enable full stadiums at events this summer. The FA, Scottish football, Premier League, EFL, Wimbledon, Lawn Tennis Association England and Wales Cricket Board and Silverstone have made clear that the … Read more
Latitude Festival will go ahead in July at FULL CAPACITY with 40,000 music fans expected to attend and negative Covid tests required before entry Festival in Wangford, Suffolk, will go ahead at full capacity on July 22 to July 25 Social distancing will be relaxed on June 21 under roadmap out of lockdown Latitude will … Read more
Could CIRCULAR runways take off? Aerospace tests show circle designs would increase capacity, allow for simultaneous landings and take-offs and remove the risk of crosswinds The runway would be built as a 3.5km wide circle around an airport terminal Aircraft can avoid risky crosswinds by landing in any direction, says scientist It would allow for … Read more
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden tells MPs he hopes sports stadiums will be at FULL capacity by the autumn allowing maximum attendance at the Rugby League World Cup, but there’s no update on summer tournaments like Euro 2020, Wimbledon and cricket Oliver Dowden said he ‘very much hopes’ that by the Rugby League World Cup which … Read more
Rising coronavirus cases and deaths are causing beds in US hospitals to fill up much more quickly than expected. On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released facility-level data from more than 2,000 counties for the first time since the pandemic began. It revealed that one in three intensive care units (ICUs) … Read more
BREAKING – California to be locked down for THREE WEEKS: Gov Gavin Newsom announces stay-at-home order for regions where ICU capacity falls below 15% – with most areas closing within days and the entire state by the end of the month Newsom announced the new regional stay-at-home order on Thursday It will apply to any … Read more
EFL and Premier League clubs are urging ministers to allow them to use 30 per cent of their stadium capacities once fans are allowed to attend matches, which may be as soon as next month. Sportsmail revealed on Tuesday that the Department for Culture Media and Sport has submitted proposals to the Cabinet Office for … Read more
How apes ‘talked’ 40m years ago: Our primate ancestors developed capacity for language, scientists say Arrival of Homo Sapiens was believed to be when language started taking shape New research suggests our ancient ancestors developed capacity for language Researchers at universities of Warwick and Zurich examined how chimpanzees, monkeys and humans processed tones in a … Read more
Easyjet nabs new finance chief from Tui as it warns capacity for autumn to be less than 40% of planned levels Easyjet chairman John Barton described Kenton Jarvis as a man of ‘high calibre’ Jarvis was formerly finance director at the defunct travel firm Airtours Holidays CEO Johan Lundgren has called for a winter furlough … Read more
Demand for Covid tests is up to four times the system’s capacity, Baroness Harding admitted today. The Tory peer revealed the staggering mismatch between the number of people wanting tests and the ability to carry them out as she claimed 27 per cent have no symptoms. Extraordinarily. she said no-one had ‘expected’ the ‘sizeable’ increase … Read more