Uber’s new safety feature lets riders and drivers text 911 during an emergency

Uber riders and drivers will soon have the ability to text 911 in the event of an emergency when calling is not an option. The ride sharing giant launched a new in-app feature in more than two dozen cities in the US that lets users select a text option that populates key information such as … Read more

Pret a Manger spends £20m on food safety following allergy death 

Pret a Manger spends £20m on food safety overhaul following teenager’s allergy death By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 March 2020 Pret a Manger has spent £20million on a food safety overhaul Pret a Manger has spent £20million on a food safety overhaul … Read more

Fire safety experts warned Grenfell Tower refurbishment was making ‘c**p condition worse’

Fire safety experts warned refurbishment of Grenfell Tower was ‘making a c**p condition worse’ five years before blaze which killed 72, inquiry hears Exova warned of designs for refurbishment of Grenfell Tower as far back as 2012 The design was described by fire safety experts as ‘not great’, the inquiry heard Conversations with architect Bruce … Read more

Tinder tells users coronavirus safety is ‘more important’ than dating

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,200 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 94,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Pilot ignores safety warnings and ice cracks to land plane on frozen surface of deepest lake 

Moment pilot ignores safety warnings and huge ice cracks to land plane on the frozen surface of the world’s deepest lake Vadim Makhorov and Andrey Melnikov travelled across the Lake Baikal in Russia Footage shows their Cessna 172 aircraft narrowly skimming the frozen surface Comes after Russia’s emergency ministry warned drivers to take extreme care By Will … Read more

Prince William visits Tarmac Safety Park in Nottinghamshire

Prince William looked the part in a bright orange high-vis jacket as he visited the Tarmac National Skills and Safety Park in Nottinghamshire today.  The Duke of Cambridge, 38, was photographed operating an excavator simulator, before heading out on site and trying out the real deal.  During his visit, the father-of-three met with bosses and young … Read more

Diplo rushed to safety by security after two revelers shot during his show at Sao Paolo carnival

Dramatic moment Diplo runs for cover after two revelers are shot during his show at Sao Paolo street party Two party-goers were shot during a street party carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil Diplo was about to introduce himself on stage when the gunshots rang out Man was shot in the stomach and a woman was hit … Read more