Traffic-calming measures trigger spike in fire service delays

Emergency service vehicles are being delayed hundreds of times every month because of Sadiq Khan’s controversial low-traffic zones.  Newly-released data shows The London Fire Brigade was delayed to call outs more than 330 times a month between June and November 2020 – up 18 per cent from the previous year – due to new traffic … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delays decision on online sales tax

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delays decision on online sales tax until autumn amid hope of global tax reform By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delayed a decision on an online sales tax until the autumn amid hope of … Read more

Channel 10 ‘delays MasterChef Australia’s premiere’ until after Married At First Sight finale airs

Channel Ten ‘delays MasterChef Australia premiere’ until after Married At First Sight finale airs to avoid ratings clash By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:56 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 13:57 GMT, 19 March 2021 Married At First Sight is no doubt a ratings juggernaut for Channel Nine, consistently out-performing its competition … Read more

Indian CEO producing UK Astra vaccines warned of delays a month ago

The flashy CEO of an Indian drug company due to supply the UK with AstraZeneca vaccines warned almost a month ago that deliveries would be cut short. Adar Poonawalla, a billionaire who owns a fleet of luxury cars including a batmobile, tweeted on February 21 that countries needed to be ‘patient’ as his firm – … Read more

Ambulance delays are ‘forcing heart attack patients to wait up to three hours for treatment’

Ambulance delays are forcing heart attack patients to wait up to three hours for treatment, NHS watchdog says Long waits are risking the lives and recoveries of those suffering heart attacks  Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch found 1 in 10 patients waiting 3 hours Some patients are being sent paramedic cars in place of ambulance   By Kate … Read more

EU faces more Covid vaccine delays amid Johnson & Johnson supply shortage

European drug chiefs today approved Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine — but the continent may face delivery delays because of a supply shortage at the company. Regulators at the European Medicines Agency have green-lighted the jab – the first to only require a single dose – for use on over-18s in the general public. It … Read more

Commuter is targeted in fraud probe after receiving £1,100 payout for repeated train delays

Miscarriage of justice: Commuter is targeted in fraud probe after receiving £1,100 payout for repeated train delays Greater Anglia accepted Karen Ward’s claims were genuine and paid out £1,100 But volume of claims raised eyebrows at train company and ‘inconsistencies’ Company may ask her to ‘repay any claims proved to have been fraudulent’  By Richard … Read more

Commuter is targeted in fraud probe after receiving £1,100 payout for repeated train delays

Miscarriage of justice: Commuter is targeted in fraud probe after receiving £1,100 payout for repeated train delays Greater Anglia accepted Karen Ward’s claims were genuine and paid out £1,100 But volume of claims raised eyebrows at train company and ‘inconsistencies’ Company may ask her to ‘repay any claims proved to have been fraudulent’  By Richard … Read more

‘Secondary victims of Covid’: Doctors say ambulances delays led to people dying of other illnesses

Ambulance delays during the surge in coronavirus cases before Christmas led to people dying of other illnesses such as heart attacks and strokes, doctors have said. Dr Adrian Boyle, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said ambulances waiting outside hospitals over the festive period led to ‘secondary Covid victims’. Figures show the … Read more

‘Secondary victims of Covid’: Doctors say ambulances delays led to people dying of other illnesses

Ambulance delays during the surge in coronavirus cases before Christmas led to people dying of other illnesses such as heart attacks and strokes, doctors have said. Dr Adrian Boyle, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said ambulances waiting outside hospitals over the festive period led to ‘secondary Covid victims’. Figures show the … Read more