Footballer Marcus Rashford is celebrating after Boris Johnson agreed to provide free school meals over the winter holidays in another U-Turn. The Prime Minister personally phoned the Manchester United star personally after he played in his team’s Premier League clash against Everton on Saturday to alert him to the decision to give £170 million of … Read more
New York’s new policy comes into force today allowing travelers arriving in the state to isolate for just four days so long as they provide a negative COVID test before entering. People entering the Empire State must provide a negative coronavirus test three days before their arrival, followed by a second negative test four days … Read more
Couple whose wedding has been postponed FOUR times due to Covid-19 reveal they’re using their savings to fund lunches for children during half-term instead Melanie Steer and her partner Ryan Chapple were due to get married this year but have had to repeatedly postpone their wedding because of lockdown Now rescheduled for 2022 and decided … Read more
Allies of the Prime Minister say he will u-turn and provide more funding to feed poor children amid a backlash of Tory MPs threatening to join forces with Labour. Boris Johnson has been battling with the prospect of a major revolt over the refusal to extend free school meals over the holidays – as a petition … Read more
Prince William has said that it’s time to ‘stop talking’ and instead ‘take action on climate change’ as the science is ‘irrefutable’. The royal, 38, will appear on Outrage + Optimism podcast tomorrow to discuss his newly launched Earthshot Prize, which has been dubbed ‘a green Nobel Prize’. In the episode, the Duke of Cambridge … Read more
Census will ask public to provide details about their sexual orientation and gender identity for first time in bid to compile reliable data on Britain’s LGBT population Questions will be voluntary and for people aged 16 and over, ONS said ONS deputy national statistician said decision makes are ‘operating in a vacuum’ Chief executive of … Read more
Serco announces £25m profits boost after landing contract extensions to provide Test and Trace sites and call handlers – a day after anti-Covid system’s worst ever week Outsourcing giant Serco said it expects a trading profit of £160m to £165m Bosses said this was ‘an indication of customer’s satisfaction with quality work’ Before the extension to … Read more
We wrote to you in May this year setting out the financial crisis facing football clubs, and particularly those in the English Football League (EFL), because of the loss of match-day revenue resulting from the government’s policies to combat COVID-19. We also detailed a game plan that could be put in place to prevent this. … Read more
AI could help tackle an ‘infodemic’ in scientific literature that’s making it difficult to separate fact from misinformation, scientists claim. Two American AI experts have blamed the coronavirus pandemic for an intense flurry of scientific studies in the rush to make information available. But this wealth of material is hard for anyone to digest and … Read more
Hope for a universal flu vaccine? Scientists discover which immune cells a shot MUST target to provide ‘long-lasting’ protection Flu shots are only about 40 to 60 percent effective in any given year Scientists think prior exposures to flu strains or vaccines trigger a partial response to vaccines, weakening a shot’s protection against new strains … Read more