A review into the UK government’s handling of the pandemic is set to be published today and will accuse ministers of “gambling with the UK’s future” by relaxing restrictions over Christmas. In a scathing review, cross-party MPs have made over 40 recommendations to the government “so that its preparedness and response may be improved in
Google employees at the tech giant’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, walk off the job to protest the company’s handling of sexual misconduct claims. Mason Trinca | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Google and its parent company Alphabet, accusing the tech juggernaut of
Three of the UK’s ‘big four’ supermarket chains have now confirmed plans to return a total of almost £1.3bn in coronavirus aid to the public purse. Sainsbury’s revealed on Thursday morning it was to discuss with officials how it could hand back an expected £440m – following in the footsteps of rivals Tesco and Morrisons
Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing has died aged 94 after contracting coronavirus, his office has said. He led the country from 1974 to 1981 and became a champion of European integration. Mr Giscard d’Estaing died at home in the Loir-et-Cher region and had recently been in hospital in the town of Tours. A foundation
The US has recorded its biggest daily death toll of the pandemic so far, on the same day it also reached a record number of COVID-19 patients in hospital. More than 2,670 coronavirus deaths were reported on Wednesday – the equivalent of nearly two deaths a minute – according to Johns Hopkins University. The widely-respected
FuntCase’s DPMO brand has lived effortlessly on Circus Records since its inception in 2017 with all the devilish dubstep and raucous riddim we could stand. Now, FuntCase is branching out and launching the official DPMO label with a brand new Corruption EP. FuntCase has teamed up with some of the stars of DPMO, Versa fresh from
Collectively, our approach to fashion has changed a lot over the past year. Whereas in seasons before we’ve been quick to embrace trend after trend, we now find ourselves drawn to the classics—pieces that offer the comfort and practicality we look for in a time of scaled-back outings, but also exude the quality and timelessness
Breaking News Taylor Swift is teasing her first rerecorded hit song … in a hilarious new ad starring Ryan Reynolds as the devil. Taylor and Ryan teamed up to pimp the dating site Match, and the commercial features the singer’s redo of her 2008 track, “Love Story.” It’s the first time fans are getting to
It will take “some months” for the UK’s most vulnerable people to be vaccinated against coronavirus, the prime minister has said. Speaking at a Downing Street news conference, Boris Johnson acknowledged there will be “immense logistical challenges” in distributing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which has approved for use in the UK. Live updates on coronavirus from
A massive radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, one of the world’s largest, collapsed on Tuesday after sustaining severe damage since August, officials said, following 57 years of astronomical discoveries. The deteriorating telescope’s 900-ton instrument platform, suspended by cables 450 feet (137 metres) above a 1,000-foot-wide (305 metres) bowl-shaped reflector dish, fell on Tuesday morning, the
Marc Benioff, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks at an Economic Club of Washington luncheon in Washington on October 18, 2019. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Salesforce’s market value topped Oracle’s earlier this year, another sign that primacy in software had swapped hands. That was months before Salesforce made its biggest acquisition
Tesco’s decision to return £585m in business rates relief immediately created waves in the City. Within minutes of the announcement hitting screens at 7am, the chief financial officer of another FTSE 100 retailer was contacting an adviser in the Square Mile to ask whether his business should do the same. He was told: “There are
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has faced a backlash after claiming Brexit helped the UK become the first country in the world to have a clinically authorised coronavirus vaccine. The Pfizer/ BioNTech jab has been approved by Britain’s medicines regulator – but the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has yet to do the same for the EU.
A captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last year has been charged with 34 counts of manslaughter. All the passengers on board and one crew member – a total of 21 women and 13 men ranging in age from 16 to 62 years old –
Andy Kay Jumps in To Help Community Find Culprits Who Killed “Spirit Moose” on Flying Post First Nation territory in Ontario Canada Poaching is illegal, but when a sacred animal to a local indigenous population is poached it is taken as an especially serious matter. After reading the distressing headlines, Andy Kay, Owner of Kay &
A new Gang of Four tribute album has been announced. The double album, titled The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four, will arrive in May 2021 and feature covers of Gang of Four and Andy Gill songs by a number of artists. The first single will be released on