As outsourcer is accused of bagging £37bn from controversial scheme to tackle Covid, Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace Jeremy Corbyn and leading Labour MPs wrongly suggested it had bagged £37billion from the scheme The outsourcing group has faced criticism over the controversial programme The firm said it had been awarded contracts … Read more
Souvenir firm selling £75 bottles of ‘Cornish AIR’ is accused of false marketing after it emerged the ‘fresh coastal’ breeze was captured in DEVON Coast Capture Air sells bottles of sea air from locations around the UK The firm claims air was bottled at Hartland Point, which is close to Devon The blunder has sparked … Read more
Souvenir firm selling £75 bottles of ‘Cornish AIR’ is accused of false marketing after it emerged the ‘fresh coastal’ breeze was captured in DEVON Coast Capture Air sells bottles of sea air from locations around the UK The firm claims air was bottled at Hartland Point, which is close to Devon The blunder has sparked … Read more
Serco is not among Britain’s best-loved companies, in spite of the mammoth effort by Rupert Soames to restore its standing. The outsourcer’s reputation was badly scorched in 2019 when it paid £23million to the Serious Fraud Office as part settlement over cheating on its electronic tagging contracts. For all its faults, though, it does not … Read more
Robert F Kennedy Jr has been banned from Instagram for what the company said was repeatedly sharing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. The son of the former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy is a prominent vaccine skeptic who set up his own advocacy group called Children’s Health Defense in 2016. … Read more
Bargain Hunt was censured by the BBC complaints watchdog after an antique dealer said false on-air claims that a ring he sold to contestants wasn’t a Victorian original tarnished his name. The jeweller said the programme had damaged his reputation in the industry when it suggested a ring he sold was made in the 1950s, … Read more
Bargain Hunt was censured by the BBC complaints watchdog after an antique dealer said false on-air claims that a ring he sold to contestants wasn’t a Victorian original tarnished his name. The jeweller said the programme had damaged his reputation in the industry when it suggested a ring he sold was made in the 1950s, … Read more
Thermal screening to spot people infected with coronavirus is more reliable when scanning the eyeball and fingertip than taking body or forehead measurements. Experts in human physiology published a scientific article on the usefulness of thermometers which scan a person’s skin to detect a fever. They say the current process is fundamentally flawed and produces … Read more
Using temperature scanners as a screening mechanism in offices, restaurants and at airports is unreliable and inaccurate, researchers have stated. Experts in human physiology published a scientific article on the usefulness of thermometers which scan a person’s skin, mostly often the forehead, to detect a fever. They say this process is fundamentally flawed as the … Read more
Macron says Brexit is the product of ‘lies and false promises’ in annual address delivered hours after his father denounced him as a ‘self-serving’ politician Emmanuel Macron has told how Brexit is the product of ‘lies and false promises’ Macron questioned the strength of Britain’s sovereignty following its departure His father Jean-Michel Macron, 70, spoke publicly … Read more