Covid-19 Symptom Checker ‘failed to pick up serious illness’

The NHS’s 111 Covid-19 Symptom Checker fails to pick up symptoms of severe Covid-19, as well as bacterial pneumonia and sepsis, a new report reveals.  Researchers tested symptom checkers from four countries – the UK, the US, Japan and Singapore – by simulating all three conditions, which can be life-threatening. They found the UK’s was … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Watchdogs failed to bark over Greensill’s demise

The fall into insolvency of London-based Greensill Capital provides an object lesson in how hype overcomes judgment. The spread-out structure, with a registered office in Queensland, headquarters in London and ownership of a bank in Germany makes for regulatory chaos. The most recent accounts, filed at Companies House on January 31, 2020, pose more questions … Read more

Government ‘unlawfully’ failed to publish details of 500 Covid-related contracts, court hears

The Government unlawfully failed to publish details of more than 500 coronavirus-related contracts on time, a High Court judge has today said. Government officials have 30 days to publish online details of contracts for public goods or services worth more than £120,000. But a High Court judge today said the Department of Health and Social … Read more

‘Chaotic’ care home fined £40,000 as judge rules they failed to protect patient who hanged herself

A healthcare charity has been fined £40,000 after failing to protect a vulnerable teenager who took her own life whilst in their care. Sophie Bennett, 19, was found hanged in a bathroom in Lancaster Lodge, a residential care home in Richmond, west London, in May 2016 – just over a year after she was admitted … Read more

‘Chaotic’ care home fined £40,000 as judge rules they failed to protect patient who hanged herself

A healthcare charity has been fined £40,000 after failing to protect a vulnerable teenager who took her own life whilst in their care. Sophie Bennett, 19, was found hanged in a bathroom in Lancaster Lodge, a residential care home in Richmond, west London, in May 2016 – just over a year after she was admitted … Read more

Pete Wicks says he is ready to settle down after string of failed romances

Pete Wicks has revealed that he is finally ready to settle down after a string of failed relationships.    The TOWIE star, 32, reflected on his love life on FUBAR Radio’s The Dating Show on Friday, claiming that he’s only ever had ‘one proper relationship’.  Pete’s previous girlfriends include Megan McKenna, Shelby Tribble and more recently Chloe Sims with … Read more

Almost a QUARTER of London’s frontline healthcare workers have failed to accept the Covid jab

Almost a quarter of frontline NHS staff in London, including some doctors and nurses, have failed to accept the Covid jab, shock Government figures reveal. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday today exposes how the drive to inoculate health workers has stalled amid an alarming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among some ethnic minority employees. More … Read more

Almost a QUARTER of London’s frontline healthcare workers have failed to accept the Covid jab

Almost a quarter of frontline NHS staff in London, including some doctors and nurses, have failed to accept the Covid jab, shock Government figures reveal. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday today exposes how the drive to inoculate health workers has stalled amid an alarming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among some ethnic minority employees. More … Read more

Kanye West ‘spent $12.5M of his OWN money’ for failed presidential campaign in 2020

Kanye West’s 2020 presidential campaign cost the rapper/fashion designer nearly $12.5million of his own money, according to a report released by the Federal Election Commission.  The celebrity/political outsider self-funded a majority of his run, which didn’t begin until four-months before voting day, only raising $2million for outside contributors.  That lack of enthusiasm transferred to the … Read more

Engine on Boeing 777 flight failed over Japan in December [Video]

A passenger has re-shared footage of the moment the engine of a Boeing 777 blew just moments after take-off in Japan back in December – in eerily similar circumstances to a frightening mid-air engine explosion in Denver on Saturday. The footage captured by Naru Kurokawa, 40, has resurfaced amid calls from Boeing to ground its … Read more