Bosses at Sports Direct have said all stores will remain open because selling sporting and fitness equipment makes the company a vital asset during a national shutdown. Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, which includes Sports Direct and Evans Cycles, wrote to all workers within 30 minutes of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down all … Read more
Parents have today been urged to keep their children at home unless ‘absolutely necessary’ as schools were threatened with litigation after rejecting applications and the row over Boris Johnson’s ‘vague’ key workers list rumbled on. Headteachers have been ‘overwhelmed’ with demand for emergency places with education experts estimating that two million pupils – a quarter of … Read more
Tube users were forced to cram into carriages after reduced services for key workers left London transport packed once again amid coronavirus chaos. Mayor Sadiq Khan previously said that the Underground, Overground and Docklands Light Railway Service could be ‘scaled down’ as thousands of commuters work from home. But passengers have been urging him to reconsider as … Read more
Pharmacies are running critically low on key drugs including Paracetamol as Boots warns staff stocks will run out by the end of trading next week The company expects stocks to have run out by the 28th March next week Company memo has warned staff of dwindling supplies in their warehouses Boots will limit sale of all products … Read more
Families and schools are split over who qualifies as key workers during the Pandemic Crisis as headteachers urge parents to keep children away from schools. The Government has published a sweeping list of key workers who are required to keep crucial public services and sectors of Britain’s economy afloat. Divided into eight categories, the list … Read more
Most schools and nurseries will now be open on Monday because the Government’s list of coronavirus key workers is so long with critics questioning why Boris Johnson is shutting them at all today. Experts had predicted that one in ten pupils and nursery children would need places until the Autumn – but experts claim the numbers will … Read more
Confusion over who qualifies as a key worker whose children can stay in school during the coronavirus crisis intensified last night as the government published a list of jobs ranging from doctors to sewerage workers – but then told them to ask their bosses if they were indispensable. Less than 12 hours before schools close … Read more
Confusion over who qualifies as a key worker whose children can stay in school during the coronavirus crisis intensified last night as the government published a list of jobs ranging from doctors to sewerage workers – but then told them to ask their bosses if they were indispensable. Less than 12 hours before schools close … Read more
Boris Johnson’s pledge to give all children of key workers a school place during the coronavirus crisis descended into chaos and confusion today as parents helping to keep the country running were rejected from the emergency scheme. The children of any parent who works for the NHS or has a crucial role such as a supermarket delivery … Read more
Passengers demand a full refund as Asia cruise misses out key stops By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 Hundreds of angry passengers are demanding a full refund from Norwegian Cruise Line after its tour of South-East Asia on its Jade cruise ship visited … Read more