Uncle Ben’s rice announces it’s ‘evolving’ its brand after Aunt Jemima name is scrapped

Uncle Ben’s rice has announced it is ‘evolving’ its brand and will redesign its packaging in response to concerns about racial stereotyping – hours after Quaker revealed it was scrapping the Aunt Jemima name.   Parent company Mars, Inc on Wednesday revealed it was following suit in ‘helping to put an end to racial bias and injustices’, … Read more

Uncle Ben’s rice announces it’s ‘evolving’ its brand after Aunt Jemima name is scrapped

Uncle Ben’s rice has announced it is ‘evolving’ its brand and will redesign its packaging in response to concerns about racial stereotyping – hours after Quaker revealed it was scrapping the Aunt Jemima name.   Parent company Mars, Inc on Wednesday revealed it was following suit in ‘helping to put an end to racial bias and injustices’, … Read more

Boris Johnson scrapped pandemic team before coronavirus hit UK

Revealed: Boris Johnson scrapped Cabinet Ministers pandemic team six months before coronavirus hit Britain The PM abolished the Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingency Committee  MPs such as Michael Gove and Matt Hancock were part of the pandemic team  The group was scrapped by Mr Johnson just days after he entered No10 last July  COVID-19 hit … Read more

Boris Johnson scrapped pandemic team before coronavirus hit UK

Revealed: Boris Johnson scrapped Cabinet Ministers pandemic team six months before coronavirus hit Britain The PM abolished the Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingency Committee  MPs such as Michael Gove and Matt Hancock were part of the pandemic team  The group was scrapped by Mr Johnson just days after he entered No10 last July  COVID-19 hit … Read more

Quarantine plan for tourists may be scrapped by July if travel industry can devise safe alternative

Quarantine plan for holidaymakers could be scrapped by July if travel industry bosses can devise safe alternative within three weeks Priti Patel asked bosses to come up with ‘innovative solutions’ in a video meeting It opened up a slim prospect of foreign holidays re-starting as early as June 29  Travel firms have condemned the quarantine … Read more

Quarantine plan for tourists may be scrapped by July if travel industry can devise safe alternative

Quarantine plan for holidaymakers could be scrapped by July if travel industry bosses can devise safe alternative within three weeks Priti Patel asked bosses to come up with ‘innovative solutions’ in a video meeting It opened up a slim prospect of foreign holidays re-starting as early as June 29  Travel firms have condemned the quarantine … Read more

Ex-Ofsted boss says school summer holidays should be scrapped

The former boss of Ofsted has said school summer holidays should be scrapped to help pupils catch up and prevent a ‘lost generation’ of children. Michael Wilshaw said children being taken out of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic has been a great tragedy. He believes the priority for educators as the lockdown eases across Britain … Read more

Ex-Ofsted boss says school summer holidays should be scrapped

The former boss of Ofsted has said school summer holidays should be scrapped to help pupils catch up and prevent a ‘lost generation’ of children. Michael Wilshaw said children being taken out of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic has been a great tragedy. He believes the priority for educators as the lockdown eases across Britain … Read more

Two Broadway benefit  specials will be streamed live in lieu of the scrapped Tony Awards celebration

After CBS came under fire for replacing the scrapped Tony Awards broadcast with a Grease sing-along, Broadway fans now have a fitting alternative on Tony night. Broadway On Demand, a newly-launched Broadway streaming service, announced Wednesday they will air a one-hour event on Sunday, June 7 at 6 PM ET, when the Tony Awards would … Read more

James Dyson reveals ‘risky’ scrapped £500m electric car

British billionaire Sir James Dyson has unveiled the sole prototype of his company’s electric car that was cancelled for being ‘too risky’. The aborted ‘N526’ Dyson electric car, which Dyson piled £500 million of his own money into before pulling the plug, is a 16-foot-long seven-seater, electric SUV. The 2.6 tonne-vehicle features an aluminium body, … Read more