Waiting times at pedestrian crossings will be HALVED after lockdown

Waiting times at pedestrian crossings will be HALVED after lockdown to 15 seconds so people aren’t forced to queue together before the green man appears Manchester was the first city to introduce the measures at 1,000 of its crossings  The average waiting time in the city is now 87 seconds from 106 seconds before  Wiltshire … Read more

Record 93,000 people on waiting list for anti-ageing serum hailed as a ‘cosmetic breakthrough’

The miracle wrinkle cream – for just £34! Record 93,000 people are on waiting list for anti-ageing serum hailed as a ‘cosmetic breakthrough’ Boots No7 cream gently resurfaces the skin and reduces appearance of fine lines 93,000 women on waiting list for Advanced Retinol 1.5 per cent Complex cream Most sign-ups for a new product, … Read more

The day Dominic Cummings’s (many) enemies have ALL been waiting for

Somehow it was inevitable that Dominic Cummings would turn up at Downing Street on a Sunday.  The man seen as a sinister hybrid of Rasputin and a ‘career psychopath’ doesn’t take much notice of the niceties of the Sabbath.  In much the same way he wears every damning soubriquet – and perhaps no one in … Read more

Back to Benidorm in JULY! Spanish PM tells tourists ‘we’re waiting for you’

Back to Benidorm in JULY! Spanish PM tells tourists ‘we’re waiting for you’ as he vows to ‘safely’ reopen hotspots ahead of more lockdown easing on Monday Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says his country will be open from July He asked foreign tourists to start planning their holidays to the country now PSOE party … Read more

Holiday price STILL most important for Brits – just 5 per cent waiting for vaccine before travelling

Revealed: Price is STILL more important than safety standards for British travellers – and just five per cent are waiting for a coronavirus vaccine before travelling again In a poll of UK adults 29 per cent named price as the number one factor  In comparison, only 19 per cent said safety of destination was the … Read more

Eight million patients will be on routine surgery NHS waiting lists by autumn due to coronavirus

More than eight million people will be stuck on NHS surgery waiting lists by autumn because of treatment delays caused by the coronavirus outbreak, experts say. Last August there were a record 4.41million patients in England on waiting lists for routine operations, a rise of 250,000 from the same month a year earlier. But that number … Read more

PAUL THOMAS on… Parents waiting for their children to go back to school after lockdown 

PAUL THOMAS on… Parents waiting for their children to go back to school after lockdown By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 01:17 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 16 May 2020 Advertisement ‘The thought of me not going back to school on June 1st tipped her over the edge’. To order a … Read more

More than 47,000 British Airways passengers are waiting for refunds

Almost 50,000 British Airways customers are still owed refunds despite the airline suspending most flights in March, it was revealed today. Willie Walsh, boss of its Spanish parent company, has also revealed that 921,000 tickets for 2.1million flights were refunded in cash – but 346,000 customers accepted a credit voucher for a future flight.     But there are … Read more

Barclays offers compensation to customers left waiting for Covid loans

Barclays £100 compensation offer to small business owners left waiting for Bounce Back loans branded ‘insulting’ By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 Barclays has begun to offer compensation to customers who were left waiting over a week for their lifeline Bounce … Read more

Small firms still waiting for Barclays coronavirus loan payout

Barclays’ coronavirus lending meltdown continues into a second week, leaving cash-strapped businesses in despair By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 12 May 2020 Barclays’ coronavirus lending meltdown has continued into its second week, leaving cash-strapped customers in despair.  A week after the launch of … Read more