Covid jobs carnage continues with London’s Southbank Centre planning to shed TWO-THIRDS of staff

London’s Southbank Centre says it may have to cut two-thirds of its staff and Canterbury Cathedral are asking workers to take voluntary redundancy after they lost £3million during lockdown.   The Southbank, which is the biggest arts complex in Europe, warns that 400 of the 600 jobs at the centre in Waterloo are at risk, despite the … Read more

Putin ‘almost certainly’ knew about Covid hacking, says former intelligence chair

Vladimir Putin must have known his spies were trying to steal groundbreaking British research into a coronavirus vaccine, a former chair of UK joint intelligence committee said today. Lady Neville Jones told the BBC she is ‘almost certain’ that the Russian President will have been aware that his operatives launched cyber attacks on Oxford University and … Read more

Rishi Sunak is pictured wearing face mask that ‘acts like a jet’ to SPREAD Covid

Rishi Sunak has been ridiculed online for wearing a face mask that acts like a ‘jet’ to spread coronavirus.  The Chancellor posted an image of himself wearing a grey mask fitted with a valve carrying a Pret a Manger bag, telling his followers he was ‘making the most’ of the coffee chain’s price cut.  But … Read more

Borrowers to get new help if they can’t meet payments due to Covid

Borrowers using payday loans, buy-now-pay-later deals, car finance and pawnbrokers get new help if they can’t meet payments due to Covid Guidance comes in force on Friday and covers rent-to-own business customers For customers yet to request payment freeze, they can apply up to October 31   A ban on repossessions for motor finance and RTO … Read more

Covid jobs bloodbath: Luxury fashion firm Burberry signals plan to lay off workers

Luxury fashion firm Burberry has today signalled plans to lay off workers in a bid to save £55million after the coronavirus lockdown slashed its revenues by half.  It is not clear how many of the firm’s 1,000 employees will be let go as retail sales plunged 45 per cent in the three months to June … Read more

Covid jobs bloodbath: Luxury fashion firm Burberry signals plan to lay off workers

Luxury fashion firm Burberry has today signalled plans to lay off workers in a bid to save £55million after the coronavirus lockdown slashed its revenues by half.  It is not clear how many of the firm’s 1,000 employees will be let go as retail sales plunged 45 per cent in the three months to June … Read more

Oliver Stone slams Hollywood and says you need a ‘sensitivity counselor’ or ‘Covid adviser’ now

Movie director Oliver Stone has criticized modern Hollywood for being ‘politically correct’ and and feels the industry has gone ‘mad’. Stone, 73, who won Academy Awards for his 1986 movie Platoon, feels ‘worn out’ after making 20 motion pictures with major studios, and the current industry standards amid the coronavirus pandemic have put him off projects … Read more

Oliver Stone slams Hollywood and says you need a ‘sensitivity counselor’ or ‘Covid adviser’ now

Movie director Oliver Stone has criticized modern Hollywood for being ‘politically correct’ and and feels the industry has gone ‘mad’. Stone, 73, who won Academy Awards for his 1986 movie Platoon, feels ‘worn out’ after making 20 motion pictures with major studios, and the current industry standards amid the coronavirus pandemic have put him off projects … Read more

Why experts think MMR jab may save adults from Covid: Childhood vaccine at heart of dramatic trial

Think of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab and one image might spring to mind — a mother cradling an infant as a nurse injects the potentially life-saving vaccine into their arm. It could soon be the mother receiving the vaccine too — to protect against Covid-19. Some evidence suggests the triple jab, given … Read more