Thousands of care home and NHS staff may have to stay home in Government’s test-and-trace programme

Thousands of care home and NHS staff could be forced to stay home due to the Government’s test-and-trace programme, health bosses warn People who have come into contact with a coronavirus victim will have to isolate Under the programme, they will receive a text or email telling them to stay home Officials are considering if … Read more

App chaos as mainlanders try to download trial programme from Isle of Wight

NHS contact tracing app in chaos before June deadline: Advisers complain about mainlanders downloading it in Isle of Wight trial and only one inhabitant has reported getting an alert Mail on Sunday found just one person on Isle of Wight who had received warning The Government has already admitted the app won’t be ready for … Read more

Fitness guru behind world-famous running programme Couch To 5K reveals how to jog through lockdown

Gyms are no-go areas and home exercise equipment is sold out. So millions of Britons, possibly going slightly stir-crazy in the lockdown, are using the only tool left at their disposal – their feet. You might think that running is simply not for you, or that now is not the time to take up a new … Read more

Culture in Quarantine: BBC unveils programme of classical music for ‘virtual festival of the arts’

Culture In Quarantine: BBC unveils programme of classical music as part of ‘virtual festival of the arts’ to be broadcast on TV, radio and online amid coronavirus lockdown Highlights include broadcast of Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’, an 8-hour orchestral work BBC said it will encourage listeners to ‘relax and sleep’ overnight on April 11-12 TV concert … Read more

Investment firm M&G launches voluntary redundancy programme to slash costs as profits slump

Investment firm M&G launches voluntary redundancy programme to slash costs as profits slump M&G said the redundancies should help it cut costs by 10% It saw investors withdraw £7.5bn from its fund management arm last year  That has helped send the firm’s profits tumbling 29 per cent to £1.15bn  This is its first full set of … Read more

£1 billion government-backed programme to tackle 4G ‘not-spots’

The UK’s four largest mobile networks have agreed on a £1 billion deal with the government to make patchy internet coverage in rural areas ‘a thing of the past’.  The Shared Rural Network (SRN) will see EE, O2, Three and Vodafone work together to bring 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the UK by … Read more

A review of the Alpina Gstaad hotel in Switzerland and its Tibetan healing programme

Are you ‘bile’, ‘phlegm’ or ‘wind’? Discovering at a luxury Swiss spa the benefits of knowing your Tibetan energy type The Alpina Gstaad has 56 rooms, Michelin-starred food and an extensive spa A history of glamorous celebrities and winter sports surrounds Gstaad Thanks to the Tibetan therapies, Kate Johnson found it a restorative retreat By Kate … Read more