Britain’s £38bn Covid loans TIME BOMB: Government’s rescue schemes leave taxpayer facing huge bill By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 23:21 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:21 BST, 16 June 2020 Struggling firms have received more than £38billion in emergency money – fuelling fears that taxpayers will foot the bill for huge … Read more
Global Stocks rally as UK scientists hail ‘major breakthrough’ in the battle against Covid-19 By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 23:22 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:22 BST, 16 June 2020 Shares around the world stormed higher as investors cheered signs of life in the US economy and a ‘major breakthrough’ in … Read more
Thousands of over-50s have had their dreams of giving up work dashed after the Covid-19 crisis wrecked their retirement plans. Many say they can no longer afford to stop working because the value of their pension savings has plummeted. Others have had to suspend pension contributions after their income was hit by lockdown and they … Read more
Across the country, many small businesses have had to adapt to survive and ride out the coronavirus pandemic. Top of the agenda for most has been gravitating to selling items online and getting them delivered to doorsteps. While this sounds easy in theory, it brings all sorts of challenges. Professional websites to be built, photography … Read more
Number of workers on payroll falls by 600,000 between March and May as Lord Hague demands the two-metre rule be ditched NOW to avert ‘disaster’ Former Conservative leader has brandished lockdown a ‘disaster for society’ He has backed former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair’s calls for mass testing Lord Hague’s comments in Telegraph come ahead … Read more
Fertility clinics’ covid test rip-off: Couples face paying up to £400 for coronavirus tests at IVF centres Couples wanting a baby are being asked to pay up to £400 for COVID-19 tests Private clinics have been condemned for charging ‘add-on’ fertility treatments Women’s partners are also being asked to take COVID-19 tests – at £150 … Read more
Fertility clinics’ covid test rip-off: Couples face paying up to £400 for coronavirus tests at IVF centres Couples wanting a baby are being asked to pay up to £400 for COVID-19 tests Private clinics have been condemned for charging ‘add-on’ fertility treatments Women’s partners are also being asked to take COVID-19 tests – at £150 … Read more
Diabetes puts people at a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 because it makes the immune system weaker, scientists say. The illness, which affects more than four million people in the UK, is caused by abnormal levels of sugar in the blood. For most people this takes the form of Type 2 diabetes, in which … Read more
Italy’s prime minister has stayed ‘totally calm’ after a three-hour grilling on his response to the coronavirus pandemic – saying ‘I have nothing to fear’. Prosecutors are looking to launch a probe into the Italian government’s handling of the deadly virus after it killed 34,223 people in the country. ‘I explained everything to prosecutors. I … Read more
The Burundian president died from the coronavirus, according to medics at the hospital where he was flown to following his death. The country’s government had announced Pierre Nkurunziza’s cause of death as from a heart attack. A medical source at the Karusi hospital where Nkurunziza died, has confirmed the president was in ‘respiratory distress’ before his … Read more