Banks urged to ramp up lending as just 12,000 small firms get crucial loans to survive the coronavirus crisis By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 Britain’s banks are under mounting pressure to come clean over what they are doing to help … Read more
Matt Hancock vows to ramp up coronavirus testing in care homes to cover ALL staff and residents who have fallen ill The UK Health Secretary promised to test care home residents with symptoms Matt Hancock added that social care staff who need a test will now have access Only 505 care staff have been tested … Read more
Chief science adviser Patrick Vallance FINALLY admits that Britain failed to ramp up coronavirus testing numbers fast enough Sir Patrick Vallance has admitted testing numbers have not risen fast enough Chief science adviser said initial response was good but need to achieve scale Government facing mounting backlash over slow progress on mass screening Learn more … Read more
Feckless businesses are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis in the NHS by ramping up the price of gloves, masks and aprons up by up to 1,000 per cent, it was revealed today. Care homes say they could go to the wall because they are being ‘ripped off’ in order to properly protect their workers. … Read more
Genedrive shot up more than 150 per cent this week after it said it could ‘quickly’ ramp up production of its coronavirus test. The diagnostics firm has been discussing with suppliers its plans to increase output to 10,000 new kits per hour. This would make the product ‘a material revenue generator for the company and … Read more
Police ram SECOND moped rider off the road in two days in ‘get tough’ tactics on London’s moped muggers Man, 25, was arrested by Metropolitan Police on Thursday for dangerous driving He mounted and drove up a pavement in an attempt to avoid police in London The male was eventually detained after found hiding in … Read more
Pressure is mounting on Boris Johnson to ramp up Britain’s response to the coronavirus crisis today after the US barred all travellers from mainland Europe. The PM is chairing the emergency Cobra committee later where the UK’s tactics will shift from ‘containing’ the killer disease to merely ‘delaying’ its inevitable spread. The UK death toll … Read more
Online market place sellers looking to cash in on the coronavirus outbreak in the UK are selling hand sanitiser products for more than 5000 per cent their recommended retail price. Own brand products from retailers such as Lidl and Asda are being listed for a huge mark up on eBay. It comes as the competition … Read more
Skateboarder does a soaring somersault from the top of a ramp while spinning nunchuks Cristian Ballesteros, 25, front flips off his skateboard while using nunchucks He perfectly spins through air and lands while moving the martial arts weapon Skater completes cool move by bouncing off fence at Garvanza Skatepark in LA By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline … Read more