Ford is set to 3D print 100,000 face shields each week to help protect health care workers during the coronavirus outbreak After a request for help from the Mayo Clinic, Ford designed a plastic face shield The design was made in consultation with local health care workers in Detroit The shield is assembled from components … Read more
Among the big undeclared losers from overseas takeovers are Britain’s taxpayers. The nation’s research universities, supported by public funds, are the source of dozens of commercial spin-offs, the result of work done in labs and research institutes. When the companies fall into overseas hands, the UK corporate tax base is eroded and the patents and … Read more
I’m desperate not to lose my £480k pension pot, but it’s down thousands – what can I do? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 07:31 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 07:31 GMT, 26 March 2020 I have a Self-Invested Personal Pension worth £480,000. The majority of this was from … Read more
Downing Street fury over ‘let OAPs die’ accusation: No 10 angrily denies claims that Dominic Cummings said pensioners should be sacrificed to coronavirus to protect the economy By Larisa Brown Political Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 00:25 GMT, 23 March 2020 Downing Street last night angrily denied claims … Read more
‘I’m staying home for you, and your parents, and your grandparents’: Teresa Palmer urges fans to stay home and protect their loved ones amid coronavirus pandemic – as she reaches day six of self-isolation By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:38 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 10:39 GMT, 22 March 2020 Teresa … Read more
Nurses have been pictured wearing clinical waste bags on their heads and feet at an NHS hospital that has been overwhelmed by coronavirus. Northwick Park hospital, in Harrow, London, declared an emergency situation on Thursday after all of its critical care beds were filled with patients. It took 24 hours for the hospital to stand … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Ulster veterans will NOT be covered by new law to halt witch-hunts against military veterans accuse of wrongdoing on battlefields abroad New Overseas Operations Bill will protect veterans accused of wrongdoing But the Bill will not apply to soldiers who served in Northern Ireland Dennis Hutchings, 78, accuses of government of ‘discriminatory behaviour’ Hutchings is … Read more
Easyjet bans the sale of nuts on planes to protect passengers with allergies and urges those on board not to eat any they’ve brought with them The change came into force last month across all easyJet flights It followed the ex-aviation minister’s outlined plans to crack down on nuts In 2016 a 15-year-old girl died … Read more
Poor Matt Hancock. I don’t envy him having to tell the nation’s baby boomers that they must self-isolate for the foreseeable future. Most 70-plus-year-olds I know are just as much the life and soul of the party as they were 50 years ago – in some cases more so. It’s like asking Patsy and Edina … Read more