Calls for children’s TV to turn on the subtitles in a bid to raise literacy levels among youngsters missing school due to coronavirus quarantine The campaign to add subtitles to children’s TV hopes to raise the reading age Research shows 94 per cent of children engage with subtitles if they are shown Presenter Stephen Fry … Read more
The Mafia is handing out food to Italy’s needy and offering interest-free loans to impose control over people’s lives and capitalise on the country’s coronavirus crisis. Anti-mafia author Roberto Saviano, who wrote the script for Italian crime drama Gomorrah, told journalists yesterday that at the most basic level, the mob is handing out groceries to … Read more
China abandons bid to seize control of chip maker Imagination Technologies after Westminster backlash By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:57 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 7 April 2020 Chinese investors have abandoned an attempt to seize control of a British technology star after a furious backlash in Westminster. A … Read more
Lender’s court bid tips troubled private hospital group NMC Health towards collapse By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 6 April 2020 A major lender to troubled NMC Health has filed to have the company put into administration. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB), which is … Read more
Online supermarket Ocado has removed bottled water from its deliveries to make space for other products. The grocer said banning the heavy and bulky item from home deliveries will allow them to deliver to up to 6,000 extra homes a week. The company said: ‘During the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve stopped selling bulky, heavy bottled water. … Read more
Ocado bans bottled water from its deliveries that will allow them to deliver to up to 6,000 extra homes a week The move comes as many retailers desperately try to adapt to feed the public The online supermarket delivered to 250,000 homes across the UK last week Ocado has also stopped selling flowers as they … Read more
Millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks loses bid to use European human rights law to overturn £160,000 tax bill on his donations to UKIP Arron Banks owed over £160,000 on almost £1 million in donations to Ukip between October 2014 and March 2015 Donations to political parties which had two MPs elected at the last general … Read more
Firms that ARE doing the right thing by slashing pay in bid to save cash and survive the coronavirus pandemic By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 April 2020 Growing numbers of companies are slashing bosses’ pay in a bid to save cash and … Read more
The House on Friday passed a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package, defeating a move by a rogue lawmaker to hold up a vote on the legislation, which now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature. The threat from Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky united President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House GOP Leader Kevin … Read more
Alex Salmond is tipped to make a dramatic SNP leadership comeback bid after he was cleared of sex assault charges this week. Well-placed sources say he thinks Scottish independence is ‘going nowhere’ under Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and wants to lead a ‘re-energised drive’ to break away from the rest of the UK. Mr … Read more