Transport for London announces car-free roads central London

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he will create one of the world’s largest car-free areas of any capital city by closing swathes of central London to motorists. Mr Khan and Transport for London today announced the London Streetspace programme, which will transform the capital’s streets to have a focus on walking and cycling as people … Read more

UK announces more coronavirus victims

UK announces 256 more coronavirus victims taking the nation’s total death toll to 33,870 The death of a 15-year-old marks the 13th victim under 20 in English hospitals Government statisticians predict around 148,000 people are currently infected Separate statistics today revealed 27,764 people died of COVID-19 in April It became the biggest cause of death … Read more

Britain announces hundreds more coronavirus deaths

Britain has announced another 346 coronavirus deaths today in a nearly 50 per cent drop in fatalities announced last Saturday, taking the UK’s official death toll to 31,587.  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed the figures, which include fatalities in all settings, at tonight’s Downing Street press briefing, where he also announced public transport will be shrunk … Read more

UK announces 494 more coronavirus deaths

UK announces 494 more coronavirus deaths taking official fatality count to 33,186 – but the REAL number of victims is still thousands higher Office for National Statistics data yesterday suggested that the true number of dead may be 50,000 already Care home deaths are believed to be significantly underestimated and hospital figures are not yet … Read more

UK announces 494 more coronavirus deaths

UK announces 494 more coronavirus deaths taking official fatality count to 33,186 – but the REAL number of victims is still thousands higher Office for National Statistics data yesterday suggested that the true number of dead may be 50,000 already Care home deaths are believed to be significantly underestimated and hospital figures are not yet … Read more

Britain announces 269 more coronavirus deaths – the lowest daily tally in six weeks

Britain has suffered a further 269 coronavirus deaths – the lowest figure in six weeks since March 29 (214). A total of 31,855 have now died of COVID-19 across the UK. However, there is always a dip in daily deaths at the weekend and the true toll is likely to be higher in reality due to a … Read more

FDA announces new food labels that have nutritional information for eating the whole package

FDA’s new nutritional labels require food packaging to say how many calories, fats, sugars and carbs are in a ‘serving’ AND the whole container The new food labels will have dual columns, one will nutritional information for one serving and another for the whole packages Manufacturers will also be required to include added sugars on the … Read more

Apple announces its Worldwide Developers Conference is set for June 22 and will be entirely online

Apple announces its Worldwide Developers Conference is set for June 22 and will be entirely online due to the coronavirus that has canceled hundreds of events around the globe Apple revealed it would host WWDC online  back in March due to the coronavirus Now, the tech giant has set June 22 for the date of … Read more

Wizz Air announces launch of SIX more routes serving Luton Airport including flights to Faro

Wizz Air has announced the launch of six new routes serving Luton Airport from next month after resuming flights to European destinations for the first time since lockdown. The budget airline said the new routes would include flights to Faro in Portugal on June 18, four Greek islands from early July and Morocco in late … Read more

Best current accounts: Santander announces 123 interest rate cut

Santander unleashes another 123 current account rate cut on the SAME DAY another one bites, costing customers hundreds of pounds in lost interest Santander today cut the interest rate on 123 accounts from 1.5% to 1% It has handed savers more bad news with a cut to 0.6% in August Savers with £20,000 in the … Read more