Small firms still waiting for vital loans with £18.5bn already lent through government’s emergency schemes By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 27 May 2020 Small businesses desperate for cash are still missing out on emergency loans, despite banks having lent £18.5billion. Lenders have been … Read more
MIDAS UPDATE: Vital signs are healthy for our medical tip LiDCO By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 There are strong signs that the Covid-19 is becoming less virulent in Britain but thousands of people are still falling ill with the … Read more
When it comes to the Covid-19 pandemic, every day is a school day – and that isn’t just because many parents (myself included) are having to teach our children about fronted adverbials at the same time as working from home. As we scan the news for information, we are all learning a great deal about … Read more
More than one in three nurses are caring for coronavirus patients with inadequate PPE, survey reveals amid fears ‘chaos’ at warehouse could have delayed £400m of kit getting to frontline Drivers raise questions over Movianto’s ability to manage deliveries of PPE ‘It became more chaotic as time went on,’ says former policeman Asif Hussain British … Read more
Vital PPE may have been delayed on way to NHS Covid-19 frontline by ‘chaos’ at warehouse containing £400m of kit that was hit by fire and treated for asbestos Drivers raise questions over Movianto’s ability to manage deliveries of PPE ‘It became more chaotic as time went on,’ says former policeman Asif Hussain British Army … Read more
Swathes of Britain’s critical infrastructure are at the mercy of Chinese imports, according to a think tank urging the government to row back its reliance on the authoritarian regime. Medical stockpiles are particularly dependent on Beijing, which manufactures 95 per cent of the UK’s paracetamol component drugs. The Henry Jackson Society warns this so-called ‘strategic … Read more
At this time of Covid-19 and the heightened stress that most of us are experiencing, our internal body clocks and ability to sleep may be disrupted just when we most need them to stay healthy. New research has shown that our response to infection changes over the course of each day, and — even more … Read more
The dividend drought has begun. For people who rely on dividends for their income, either directly or indirectly through their pensions, the past three or four weeks have been a catastrophe. Share prices may have clambered back some 20 per cent from their lows of March 23, when the FTSE100 index dipped below 5,000 – … Read more
Lady Cobham has blasted the planned US takeover of the British defence company bearing her name – saying it puts the UK’s national security at risk and should be stopped by the Government. The widow of Sir Michael Cobham, who built up the firm over 25 years – said the proposed £4billion takeover by private … Read more
The Prince of Wales has praised the contribution of British Asians to the national coronavirus pandemic effort as he helped launch a Covid-19 fundraising appeal for families struggling in South Asia. Speaking from his Aberdeenshire home of Birkhall, Prince Charles, 71, said whether working in the NHS or running ‘wonderful’ local projects, the UK’s Asian communities were … Read more