British holidaymakers jetting to Ibiza or Majorca will have to wear face masks whenever they leave their hotel rooms, it emerged today. Governors responsible for the Balearic Islands confirmed they were tightening the rules hours after Catalonia became the first Spanish region since the end of the country’s state of emergency to make them obligatory … Read more
The Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) is to see its role in the coronavirus crisis downgraded with the nation’s new Joint Biosecurity Centre tasked with doing more of the heavy lifting, it was claimed today. The JBC will take over monitoring the spread of the deadly disease with SAGE now expected to meet … Read more
Facebook is investigating new charges that people are using private groups to sell and solicit human remains, including skulls, fetal remains and even a mummified six-year-old child dated to the 1700s. While Facebook has a policy that explicitly bans the ‘buying or selling of human body parts or fluids,’ some users appear to have gotten … Read more
Facebook is investigating new charges that people are using private groups to sell and solicit human remains, including skulls, fetal remains, and even a mummified six-year-old child dated to the 1700s. While Facebook has a policy that explicitly bans the ‘buying or selling of human body parts or fluids,’ some users appear to have gotten … Read more
Builder Kier Group sees its share price jump as the government reveals billion pound school building programme Kier Group has been beset with financial problems for a couple of years The government is due to announce a task force called ‘Project Speed’ tomorrow Schools in the North and the Midlands are set to receive ‘substantial investment’ … Read more
The number of people dying of the coronavirus is now falling in almost all age groups for the first time since the start of Britain’s epidemic, official statistics show. In the week that ended on June 12, a total of 865 people died with Covid-19, which was the lowest weekly number in three months – … Read more
A data dump called ‘BlueLeaks’ exposed hundreds of thousands of sensitive files from US police and FBI departments online. A Twitter users revealed the leak on the social media site saying it includes ten years of data from over 200 departments, along with sensitive documents and FBI reports. Security experts traced the files back to … Read more
Business lobby groups demand cuts to National Insurance bill ahead of mini-Budget By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 Three major business lobby groups have demanded cuts to National Insurance bills in the mini-Budget next month. They have told the Treasury … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Hyve Group’s shares buzz after conference and trade show organiser wins insurance payout for Covid cancellations By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 Conference and trade show organiser Hyve Group has been forced to cancel the biggest event in its … Read more
Two of Britain’s biggest businesses will donate to projects benefiting ethnic minorities after an academic database highlighted their roles in slavery. Global insurance firm Lloyd’s of London and pub chain Greene King both said they would pay after historical links to slavery were pointed out in a University College London index, The Telegraph reports. Greene … Read more