Litter claw firm hires 50 more staff to meet demand as picking up rubbish becomes more popular as a result of lockdown Ledbury-based Helping Hand hired more staff as war on litter ramped up in UK The firm produces litter ‘claws’ – and saw a boom in business during lockdowns Company is supporting Mail-backed Great … Read more
BBC bosses are to boost efforts to sound less ‘London-centric’ with regional voiceovers featuring local accents Announcements between show will be made in local accents for BBC1 shows Viewers will hear voices from North West, North East, Yorkshire among others Director of nations says there will be a focus & garnering of stories out of … Read more
Visa extensions for foreign-born frontline NHS staff as Priti Patel praises ‘heroic’ efforts during Covid pandemic Home Secretary will instruct officials to grant automatic 12-month extensions to vital workers if their visa is due to run out by October Announcement is expected to benefit up to 14,000 essential workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics Scheme … Read more
Two heavier tugboats sped to Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday to join efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway. The massive Ever Given, a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, got stuck on Tuesday in a single-lane stretch of the canal. Authorities have so … Read more
Blake Shelton jokes that fiancee Gwen Stefani could be ‘delivering twins’ in efforts to win over Voice contestant By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 15:18 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 15:18 GMT, 9 March 2021 They found love on the competition show. And Blake Shelton attempted to use his relationship with a former ska … Read more
Before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex married, a professional creative, well used to the intricacies and diplomacy involved in working with Royal households, was interviewed for a role by Meghan. A mutual friend ran into the candidate immediately after the interview and asked excitedly how the experience had been. The reply did not sound … Read more
Downing Street blamed the coronavirus pandemic for a lack of progress on reforming social care today – more than 18 months after Boris Johnson said he already had a ‘clear plan’ ready to solve the problem. The Prime Minister and Chancellor Roshi Sunak were facing criticism today after help for the care sector was missing … Read more
Robert Irwin praises his ‘superwoman’ mother Terri for her efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic when Australia Zoo was financially struggling By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:59 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 02:33 GMT, 10 February 2021 Robert Irwin has praised his resilient mum Terri for keeping their family zoo afloat during … Read more
The US is only sequencing about 2,300 coronavirus genomes a week in search of variants, and aims to sequence 7,000 weekly. The far smaller UK sequences 12,000 genomes a week.
While Americans are nearing the end of Donald Trump’s term as United States President, some are going so far as to have him removed from Home Alone 2, including its star Macaulay Culkin. Trump had a brief cameo in the 1992 sequel Home Alone 2, where Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McAllister asks Trump, ‘where the lobby … Read more