March of the tech titans: Compared to newcomers like Just Eat, the Silicon Valley giants don’t look overvalued at all, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 12 August 2020 The biggest winners from the pandemic have proved to be companies with … Read more
Thousands of NHS workers are taking to the streets of the UK to protest against their exclusion from a recent public sector pay rise announcement. Anger is mounting as NHS workers were overlooked in the latest round of public sector pay rises – despite more than 500 NHS and social care staff dying from Covid-19. Unite, … Read more
Dozens of demonstrators brought Brixton to a halt as they marched through London to mark Afrikan Emancipation Day. The coalition of action groups – led by Stop The Maangamizi: We Charge Genocide/Ecocide and the Afrikan Emancipation Day reparations march committee – took the drastic action to ‘make themselves heard’ in a bid for reparations from the UK … Read more
Piggy bank raid: Nearly £2m of withdrawals made by hard-up savers holding Help to Save accounts in just three months Help to Save is a government scheme which pays out a bonus to eligible savers It is designed to encourage new savers to build up a fund over a four-year period Nearly £2m was withdrawn … Read more
The ball sped down to the Oval boundary, hit the rope and flew over the fence into the first crowd assembled at any sports event since lockdown. Middlesex paceman Toby Roland-Jones was in hot pursuit. ‘Don’t touch it!’ he shouted with mock melodrama, much to the amusement of those within earshot. County cricket, with all … Read more
A manufacturer of a high-performing Covid-19 antibody test has still not managed to get it approved by officials for use in England — despite submitting proof months ago that it works better than others on the market. Derby-based SureScreen Diagnostics first created its rapid antibody test, which tests blood to see whether someone has had … Read more
Crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters march on Marble Arch in London six weeks after death of George Floyd in the US Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched in central London today The protest started at Marble Arch at 2pm where a speech was given Demonstrators then made their way through the city to … Read more
Crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters march on Marble Arch in London six weeks after death of George Floyd in the US Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched in central London today The protest started at Marble Arch at 2pm where a speech was given Demonstrators then made their way through the city to … Read more
Number of people dying in England and Wales drops BELOW average for the first time since coronavirus spiralled out of control in March, official statistics show By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 09:44 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 10:04 BST, 30 June 2020 The number of people dying each week in … Read more
Two marches are taking place in London today on the day the official Pride in London parade was to occur before it was postponed due to coronavirus. Human rights activist Peter Tatchell and former Gay Liberation Front members marched from 1pm this afternoon to celebrate the organisation’s 50th anniversary. The small group of activists, some … Read more