British Gymnastics chief Jane Allen will retire from role in December after allegations of abuse and bullying in her organisation British Gymnastics has been hit by allegations from British Olympic athletes The Whyte Review has been set up to address claims of abuse and bullying CEO Jane Allen described recent developments as ‘extremely difficult’ Becky … Read more
‘The days of interest on your current account are pretty much finished’: TSB won’t pay customers ANYTHING from December TSB’s Classic Plus account paid 5% on up to £1,500 as recently as June 2019 From December it will pay nothing as banks slash account perks It has launched a new current account and blamed record low … Read more
This is the British grandfather whose death has sparked calls for China to face an inquiry into the truth behind the outbreak of the coronavirus. A post-mortem found Peter Attwood died of the virus in January in the UK, having first suffered symptoms on December 28 – three days before the Chinese government reported the … Read more
Amigo Loans gets another extension until December from its own lenders on £250m finance deal The new deal will reduce the facility’s size from £300m to £250m Amigo says the waiver extension will help it understand the impact of Covid-19 Amigo must clear thousands of complaints before watchdog’s October deadline By Angelique Ruzicka For Thisismoney.co.uk … Read more
Aspiring homeowners thrown a lifeline as Government extends the Help to Buy build deadline beyond December New builds will now have to be finished by February to be eligible for the scheme This pushes the deadline back by two months, giving house builders more time The move comes as coronavirus hampers construction delivery times By … Read more
NIH officials announce plan to ramp coronavirus testing up to 6 million a DAY by December by building ‘mega-labs’ and developing breathalyzers to detect COVID-19 The National Institutes of Health released a plan on Wednesday to increase coronavirus testing to six million Americans per day by December Currently, about 1.7 million people are tested for … Read more
‘The moment for extension has now passed’: Michael Gove says he has ‘formally’ told the EU that transition WILL end in December despite Nicola Sturgeon demanding a delay to ‘extraordinarily reckless’ plan The Cabinet Office Minister made the announcement on Twitter today Came as Sturgeon and Welsh leader Mark Drakeford demanded an extension In a … Read more
Coronavirus could have been circulating in the UK in early December – almost two months before the first British case was diagnosed, experts have admitted. China’s official submission to the World Health Organization (WHO) claims the first coronavirus cases occurred on December 8. But leaked Government data, seen by the South China Morning Post, suggests … Read more
Mystery of the UK choir whose members had virus symptoms in DECEMBER… after singer’s partner returned from Wuhan Coronavirus may have been in Britain from December after Choir had symptoms One member of the British choir fell ill after her husband returned from Wuhan The first confirmed cases in the UK were in February this … Read more
A 43-year-old Frenchman has revealed himself as the country’s potential ‘patient zero’ who was infected with coronavirus last December. Amirouche Hammar came forward after a hospital near Paris revealed it had re-tested old flu samples and found a positive test for coronavirus on December 27. The result suggests that the virus was spreading in France … Read more