Coronavirus UK: Serco reinstates dividend after earning £350m from Covid contracts

Controversial NHS Test and Trace contractor Serco has today revealed it was paid £350million for Covid contracts last year. The scandal-hit firm reported a surge in profits in 2020, despite the contact tracing scheme it runs being chaotic and having ‘little impact’. The outsourcing giant published its financial report for the year today, showing its … Read more

Morrisons reinstates door marshals to limit shoppers in stores amid fears of Covid panic buying

Morrisons has reinstated door marshals at its stores to limit the number of shoppers amid fears of Covid-19 panic buying – as supermarkets double their delivery slots to prepare for a second wave. Staff will be stationed at all 494 of Morrisons supermarkets to monitor shoppers and remind them to wear face masks. It comes … Read more

Morrisons reinstates door marshals to limit shoppers in stores amid fears of Covid panic buying

Morrisons has reinstated door marshals at its stores to limit the number of shoppers amid fears of Covid-19 panic buying – as supermarkets double their delivery slots to prepare for a second wave.  Staff will be stationed at all 494 of Morrisons supermarkets to monitor shoppers and remind them to wear face masks.  It comes … Read more

Furious parents demand primary school reinstates star head teacher who was suspended

Furious parents have demanded a school reinstates its star head teacher who was suspended for saying some teachers were ‘sat at home doing nothing’ during lockdown. Pauline Wood, from Grange Park in Sunderland, is under investigation after accusing her staff of bragging that they were spending ‘more time watching Netflix’ at home than they were working … Read more

Furious parents demand primary school reinstates star head teacher who was suspended

Pauline Wood, from Grange Park in Sunderland, is under investigation for comments she made on a BBC radio station Furious parents have demanded a school reinstates its star head teacher who was suspended for saying some teachers were ‘sat at home doing nothing’ during lockdown. Pauline Wood, from Grange Park in Sunderland, is under investigation … Read more