Billionaires’ exclusive coronavirus testing centre sparks anger among locals in Saint-Tropez

An exclusive medical unit in Saint-Tropez has sparked anger after it emerged billionaire residents have access to coronavirus testing while locals do not. A gated compound at Les Parcs de Saint-Tropez where some of the world’s richest people have homes has its very own private testing site. Locals in the French Riviera resort have reportedly demanded to also … Read more

400 care home staff forced to drive 250-mile round trip to their nearest coronavrius testing centre

The boss of a major care home provider has slammed a government system that would force hundreds of workers to make a 250-mile round trip to get tested for coronavirus.     Earlier this week Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced vital tests for anyone in the social care sector who needed one ‘immediately’. But while elderly residents … Read more

NHS staff tested for Covid-19 at Chessington, Brighton and Lincoln as Edinburgh testing centre empty

Military personnel test NHS staff for coronavirus at Chessington, Brighton and Lincoln but huge testing centre in Edinburgh looks empty amid fears frontline workers will run out of PPE this weekend NHS staff are being tested for Covid-19 at Chessington, Brighton, and Lincoln Dozens of vehicles were seen queueing in Resort park today as members … Read more

City at the centre of coronavirus outbreak in China has lockdown lifted after three months

Wuhan unlocked: Residents dash for trains and planes as Chinese city at the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak FINALLY has lockdown lifted after 76 days China sealed off Wuhan on January 23 when it was clear Covid-19 started there At 00.50am on Wednesday trains carrying people out of the city began running More than 50,000 people … Read more

Amazon’s opens huge Manchester tech centre

Amazon’s opens huge Manchester tech centre which it claims will eventually employ 600 people By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:08 BST, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 15 January 2020 Amazon has opened a new corporate base in Manchester as it continues to ramp up its presence in the North. The … Read more

Taking the controls in a British Airways A350 simulator at BA’s Flight Training Centre near Heathrow

Gulp. Captain Mike Blythe, British Airways Flight Technical and Training Manager for the Airbus A380 and A350 is sitting next to me. ‘Take a deep breath,’ he says. Why? Because I’m about to take a British Airways Airbus A350 down one of London Heathrow’s runways and take-off for the very first time. Ted prepares to … Read more

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital

NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital to treat coronavirus patients by its Abu Dhabi-based owners Excel Centre, London, is owned by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company NHS England had reportedly been ‘desperate’ to secure a space for patients Former Conservative defence secretary Lord King of … Read more

Timelapse video shows incredible transformation of London’s ExCel centre

Timelapse video shows incredible transformation of London’s ExCel centre into 4,000 bed coronavirus mega-hospital in just nine days The footage shows just how quickly the 100-acre site temporary facility was built Coronavirus death toll in UK hit 3,605 and more than 38,000 cases confirmed  New Hospital is part of a nationwide push to increase capacity … Read more

Garden centre boss refusing to close despite coronavirus says he won’t pay staff who stay home

A garden centre boss refusing to close despite the threat of fines said he would not pay any staff who followed government advice to stay at home as he warned he could not ‘guarantee’ them work in the future. Tony Joyner, who runs Plants Galore in Exeter, ‘ripped up’ a prohibition order issued Exeter City … Read more

Charles Ingram who was at centre of £1million quiz show scandal helps with the script for new drama

Who wants to be a TV star? ‘Coughing major’ Charles Ingram who was at centre of £1million quiz show scandal helps with the script for new drama Charles Ingram has been spotted weeks before new ITV drama which retells story of how he tried to swindle Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? airs Ingram and … Read more