Amazon to hire an extra 100,000 US workers to cope with ‘unprecedented’ demand during coronavirus lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:24 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 01:08 GMT, 18 March 2020 Amazon is hiring an army of 100,000 workers in the US to cope with ‘unprecedented’ demand during the coronavirus … Read more
The new casualties of COVID-19 panic buying: Today Extra’s Belinda Russell reveals her local supermarket has been stripped of fresh fruit and cereal – after testing negative for coronavirus By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:16 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 21:49 GMT, 17 March 2020 Today Extra host Belinda Russell was … Read more
‘For them to be able to share in this is priceless’: Newly reformed JLS admit having children has made their comeback extra special… and reveal they want them onstage during tour By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 00:21 GMT, 16 March 2020 | Updated: 00:21 GMT, 16 March 2020 JLS have said they hope their … Read more
Today Extra host David Campbell shares an update from within his coronavirus self-isolation… after interviewing Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson on Channel Nine show Oscar-winning actor and his wife tested positive for coronovirus in Australia Rita was interviewed on breakfast TV show Today Extra days before diagnosis The host has since gone into self-isolation and … Read more
A rush of over-75s claiming pension credit to keep their free TV licences is set to cost the Government £600million a year, This is Money can reveal. An estimated 300,000 more people have successfully applied for the traditionally underclaimed benefit since the BBC announced it was axing the licence fee perk for all but the … Read more
Leaving the EU will leave Britain with an extra £40billion to spend and could reduce net immigration by a half, Budget documents reveal Official Treasury ‘Red Book’ predicts cash saved will total £42.3billion Government sources said official forecasts were evidence of a ‘Brexit dividend’ A separate document suggests that net immigration is likely to fall sharply By … Read more
Britain’s flood defences bolstered with an extra £5billion in the Budget after the wettest February on record and storm misery cause widespread damage to homes and businesses Chancellor confirms plan to add £5.2 billion by 2024 to flood defence funding The move will help protect 336,000 properties in England after brutal winter Last month has … Read more
Women are slowly but surely making their presence known in the business world. Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow, the FTSE 100 welcomed its sixth female chief executive this week as Milena Mondini de Focatiis was named new boss of insurance group Admiral. On the FTSE 350, women make up nearly a third of board … Read more
Boris Johnson today urged Britons to brace for ‘substantial disruption’ that could last months as he pumped £46million into a coronavirus vaccine and testing kits. The funding boost – which is coming from the UK’s aid budget – brings the British Government’s commitment up to a total of £91million. However, Mr Johnson warned that even … Read more
Deo the barman greets me with a big beer and an even bigger smile. ‘Jambo!’ he says, handing me an icy glass of Kilimanjaro beer. In front of me, jade-coloured water slides onto the sand and I can feel a lunchtime snooze at Zuri Zanzibar beckoning. The resort, on the north-west shore of this bewitching … Read more