The UK government is setting aside £2.6 million for new satellite and drone technology that could deliver essential supplies during the coronavirus lockdown. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is funding new solutions to deliver equipment such as test kits, masks, gowns and goggles for frontline NHS staff. The joint initiative with the European Space Agency could … Read more
The UK government is setting aside £2.6 million for new satellite and drone technology that could deliver essential supplies during the coronavirus lockdown. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is funding new solutions to deliver equipment such as test kits, masks, gowns and goggles for frontline NHS staff. The joint initiative with the European Space Agency could … Read more
Police forces deliver Easter eggs to the homes of children who have put up rainbows to thank emergency workers on the coronavirus frontline The Chocolate Society donated chocolate eggs to NHS staff and raised £3,000 for Heroes, an organisation that supports the NHS and will distribute the eggs Police have been delivering donated eggs to children … Read more
Ellen DeGeneres recently sparked backlash for a joke she made about quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. But it appears the 32-time Emmy winner and wife Portia de Rossi are continuing to use their means to help fight the global crisis. She and de Rossi were spotted Saturday unloading boxes at a fire department in Santa … Read more
Why are we still paying them if traffic is 80% down? Parking wardens are being kept on full wages despite fewer cars on the roads and parking rules scaled back across the country Traffic wardens in Kent stopped issuing parking tickets to deliver food parcels Traffic is down 80 per cent so wardens can get supplies … Read more
Why are we still paying them if traffic is 80% down? Parking wardens are being kept on full wages despite fewer cars on the road and car park and street parking costs suspended Traffic wardens in Kent stopped issuing parking tickets to deliver food parcels Traffic is down 80 per cent so wardens can get supplies … Read more
Employees who deliver ‘service with a smile’ are more likely to drink heavily because ‘faking a grin is draining’ People in public-facing jobs who fake a smile or resist an eye-roll are at risk Forced to ‘control’ their emotions at work and then ‘let loose’ when home May be worse for people in ‘unrewarding’ jobs … Read more
The Queen will tonight deliver a rallying cry to the nation in which she expresses hope that the ‘quiet, good-humoured resolve’ of the British people will help to overcome the coronavirus crisis. Invoking the spirit of the Second World War, the 93-year-old monarch will tell tens of millions of TV viewers: ‘I hope in the … Read more
Britain’s ‘quiet, good-humoured resolve’ can see us through this crisis’: Queen invokes the spirit of the Second World War in her rousing message to the nation Queen Elizabeth II will make an address to the nation on Sunday night Monarch will say our ‘quiet, good-humoured resolve’ can see us through crisis Broadcast has been brought … Read more
Decades in the grocery industry were not enough to prepare Steve Murrells for the past few weeks. ‘I’ve never seen its like,’ says the chief executive of the Co-operative Group, clearly in awe of the way his 60,000 staff and more than 2,500 grocery shops have dealt with the chaos of the past few weeks. … Read more