The FTSE 100 has suffered its worst month since March as fears of a second wave shook investor confidence. Britain’s index of leading companies has slid by 282 points throughout October – most notably over the last week, as coronavirus cases have shot up and countries around Europe have begun to impose strict new lockdowns. … Read more
Reunited with a kiss: Couple aged 90 who had been unable to cuddle since being split up by lockdown celebrate 66th wedding anniversary at candlelit care home dinner-for-two Derek and Phyllis Mapes had been apart for the last eight months in lockdown Staff at Laurel Lodge care home in Norwich made them a special dinner … Read more
Stocks tumbled again Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing 157 points lower and posting its biggest weekly losses since March. Wall Street is closing out a punishing week with all three major indexes in the red, dragged down by a slide in shares of tech heavyweights following their quarterly results. The Dow had earlier … Read more
Facebook rejected more than 2 MILLION ads since March for trying to ‘obstruct voting’ in the upcoming US presidential election Facebook and Instagram rejected 2.2 million ads for trying to ‘obstruct voting’ An additional 150 million posts were slapped with warnings, Facebook said AI allows ‘billions of posts and fake accounts’ to be killed before … Read more
Theatres could reopen in the spring: Oliver Dowden pushes for ‘not before’ date in March or April to give producers time to plan Oliver Dowden told MPs it was not possible to give a firm date for reopening He defended the London Palladium over controversy about recent performances The plan is to organise theatre so that … Read more
Theatres could reopen in the spring: Oliver Dowden pushes for ‘not before’ date in March or April to give producers time to plan Oliver Dowden told MPs it was not possible to give a firm date for reopening He defended the London Palladium over controversy about recent performances The plan is to organise theatre so that … Read more
Ewan McGregor reveals much-delayed Disney series telling the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi will finally start filming in March 2021 By Nick Ferris For Mailonline Published: 14:50 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 15:00 BST, 11 October 2020 It hit a big stumbling block earlier this year, when problems with the script caused production to be … Read more
Hundreds of maskless anti-lockdown protesters including conspiracy theorists today marched on Edinburgh on the first weekend of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus clampdown on pubs across Scotland. Demonstrators brandished placards which screamed ‘Purge the Sturge’ and ‘Truth not Fear’ as they gathered outside the Scottish Parliament in defiance of tough restrictions on mass gatherings. Police patrolled the protest … Read more
Hundreds of maskless anti-lockdown protesters including conspiracy theorists today marched on Edinburgh on the first weekend of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus clampdown on pubs across Scotland. Demonstrators brandished placards which screamed ‘Purge the Sturge’ and ‘Truth not Fear’ as they gathered outside the Scottish Parliament in defiance of tough restrictions on mass gatherings. Police patrolled the protest … Read more
More than 19,800 Amazon employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since March, company reveals Amazon revealed 19,816 of its employees have tested positive since March The company analyzed data on 1.37million workers at the e-commerce site and Whole Foods Market across the US from March 1 to September 19 It found 1.4% of its total … Read more