M&S considers ‘temporary’ closures and moving staff to food stores with clothing sales set to take a big hit from the coronavirus outbreak Marks and Spencer is preparing to ‘temporarily’ close some stores It also plans to slash capital investment, dividend and defer staff pay rises M&S does not expect trading to come back to normal … Read more
Norwegian Air to lay off around half of its staff and cancel 4,000 flights as it struggles to stay afloat By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:17 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 00:30 GMT, 13 March 2020 Norwegian Air will lay off around half of its staff and cancel 4,000 flights as … Read more
South Korea South Korea has the capacity to test around 20,000 people each day – more than any other country in the world. Officials gave permission to four companies to make kits, with the country desperate to stop the killer virus spreading. It also uses drive-through testing centres. Figures show the country has now tested … Read more
Nurses and their loved ones have taken to social media to share pride in their profession and to urge people to do more to help them in their fight against coronavirus by staying at home. Doctors and nurses from around the world joined forces to promote a Stay Safe online campaign. Taking to TikTok, two nurses … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
Boris Johnson vowed a dramatic escalation of the UK’s coronavirus testing capacity today amid warnings that the country cannot fight the epidemic ‘blindfolded’. The PM said the number of tests a day will be increased from the current level of around 5,000 to 25,000, and NHS staff will be prioritised. The announcement came amid mounting … Read more
One of the top cancer hospitals in the US is running low on masks as eight patients and staff members are diagnosed with coronavirus. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City hast just one week’s supply of masks left, according to BuzzFeed News. Politicians and health experts have been asking the general public … Read more
American Airlines unveils new ‘aviation blue’ uniforms that will be worn by 50,000 of its flight attendants and frontline staff Carrier has worked with its staff and union representatives to design the new uniforms, made by Lands’ End A group of 1,000 airline workers tested the new uniforms for six months before they went into … Read more
Boris Johnson’s call to ramp up the production of ventilators for coronavirus patients is ‘pointless’ without more staff and extra equipment, leading medics have warned. The Prime Minister issued an appeal to manufacturers over the weekend to switch their production lines and help manufacture the life-saving breathing machines. But experts warned there were not enough fully qualified … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN’S LEGACY by Nicholas Milton (Pen & Sword £25, 279pp) The wheel had turned, and, in a matter of a few weeks, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had gone from the hero promising ‘peace in our time’ to the villain whose attempted appeasement of the rapacious Adolf Hitler had failed. He … Read more