Jonathan Van Tam went out for a curry on the same day Boris Johnson told Londoners to avoid restaurants due to the Covid risk in March. The deputy chief medical officer for England dined alone, spending £21.77 of taxpayer’s money on his meal at Pakhtoon Restaurant in London on March 16. Just hours earlier, Boris Johnson … Read more
Universities in Sheffield and Manchester have become the first to scrap student accommodation fees during lockdown – after furious undergraduates threatened ‘rent strikes’ across the UK. The National Union of Students (NUS) has insisted it is ‘unacceptable’ that little support has been made available for those who travelled home for the holidays and have since … Read more
Daily yoga sessions via Zoom, spare time spent spring cleaning and cracking open an expensive bottle of wine – Sami Lukis shares her tips for surviving Brisbane’s latest lockdown By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:45 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 15:03 GMT, 8 January 2021 Brisbane residents are set to enter … Read more
Students are calling on private landlords to stop charging them rent for accommodation they can’t live in after being stranded at home by the latest Covid lockdown. The National Union of Students (NUS) said it was ‘unacceptable’ that no support is being made available for those who travelled home for the holidays and have since … Read more
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PCR TEST AND A LATERAL FLOW? A PCR test can cost upwards of £180 per person, with the swab needing to be processed in a lab. The UK, on the other hand, favours faster tests which are not lab based and give a result within 15 minutes. These rapid … Read more
Let’s go up, up and away to a tranquil place where we can all get a bit of perspective on life – orbit. These mesmerising pictures were taken by International Space Station astronauts as they whizzed over the globe, over 200 miles up, and have all been deemed by Nasa as the best Earth images of … Read more
‘A rare photo of us’: Tamara Ecclestone shares lovely snap with husband Jay Rutland in Dubai along with sweet pictures of their two daughters By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 10:59 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 14:55 GMT, 8 January 2021 They’ve had their hands full since welcoming their second daughter, Serena, three months … Read more
A major parcel courier halted deliveries to the EU today as firms complained of a ‘perfect storm’ of post-Brexit changes hitting business. DPD UK said today it was pausing its road delivery services into Europe, including Ireland, until at least Wednesday, citing issues resulting from the EU-UK trade deal agreed last month, which came into … Read more
A major parcel courier halted deliveries to the EU today as firms complained of a ‘perfect storm’ of post-Brexit changes hitting business. DPD UK said today it was pausing its road delivery services into Europe, including Ireland, until at least Wednesday, citing issues resulting from the EU-UK trade deal agreed last month, which came into … Read more
Britain’s most hapless motorist spent more than £3,600 on driving theory tests having failed the exam on 157 occasions, according to the latest figures. The male driver, aged 42 and living in England, eventually passed on the 158th attempt, having spent £3,634 on theory tests alone. As for the most blundered practical exams, another male … Read more