Lockdown halts progress of smart meter installations

Smart meter rollout dented: Lockdown halts progress of installations and fewer than half of homes are predicted to have one by next summer The rollout will now only reach 48% completion by the end of June 2021  This is compared to the 61% predicted pre-pandemic Many are still averse to having a meter fitted at home   … Read more

US Supreme Court halts execution of Texas death row inmate ONE hour before he was scheduled to die

The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of a Texas death row inmate one hour before he was scheduled to die Tuesday.  Ruben Gutierrez, 43, had been set to die at 6 p.m. CDT at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1998 murder of an elderly mobile-home park owner during a robbery.  But he … Read more

Jaguar halts production of electric I-Pace due to shortage of batteries

Jaguar halts production of popular award-winning £61,000 electric I-Pace… due to SHORTAGE of batteries JLR confirmed it has been forced to ‘adjusted’ production schedules for I-Pace It blamed a ‘temporary’ supply problem with Korean battery provider LG Chem The car maker told us it is working to ‘minimise impact on customers’ Comes within a week … Read more

Steph McGovern halts her Channel 4 chat show after annoyed neighbours complain – The Sun

STEPH McGovern has decided to halt filming her Channel 4 talk show, admitting she didn’t expect the lockdown to “go on this long”. The Steph Show has been airing from her home in Yorkshire in recent weeks, with guests appearing via video call and cameras taking over the property. 4 The Steph Show is on … Read more

Arcadia halts £2m pension top-ups as it tries to cling on to cash in face of coronavirus lockdown

Sir Philip Green’s retail empire suspending payments to pension scheme as it tries to cling on to cash in face of coronavirus lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 29 March 2020 Sir Philip Green’s retail empire is suspending payments to its pension scheme … Read more

Australian soap Neighbours halts production AGAIN due to coronavirus

Australian soap Neighbours halts production AGAIN… after the soap was forced to shut down just last week due to a coronavirus scare By Jessamy Tredinnick and Alisha Buaya For The Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:44 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 14:44 GMT, 27 March 2020 Neighbours ceased filming on Friday night, just days after … Read more

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff after Government reveals coronavirus job retention scheme G1 will reexamine their planned dismissals in light of the government’s package Staff had already been told their were to be fired before Sunak’s announcement A spokesman for the hospitality group called the coronavirus pandemic the:  ‘most difficult … Read more

Every major UK car maker halts or slashes production  

Every major UK car maker halts or slashes production because of the coronavirus crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:54 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 20 March 2020 Every major car maker in the UK has halted or slashed production because of the coronavirus crisis.  Jaguar Land Rover became … Read more

Diggers giant JCB halts production for first time in its history because of coronavirus pandemic

Diggers giant JCB halts production for first time in its history because of coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 Diggers giant JCB has halted production for the first time in its history because of the pandemic.  The British company … Read more

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK halts filming of its second season amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK halts filming of its hotly-anticipated second season amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 20:46 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 20:46 GMT, 18 March 2020 The second season for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has been put on hold amid the coronavirus crisis, it was revealed by … Read more