Huge increase in UK Personal Protective Equipment production

Large stockpiles in place for items such as face masks, visors and gowns Almost three quarters of expected demand for PPE to be met by UK manufacturers from December Health and social care workers treating COVID-19 patients have access to an uninterrupted supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the Government …

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Sir David Attenborough gifts Prince George a fossilised shark tooth

Sir David Attenborough has given Prince George a fossilised giant shark’s tooth to mark their first meeting at Kensington Palace, after discovering the young royal was a ‘massive fan’. The young prince, seven, was photographed looking intrigued as he handled the fossilised tooth from an extinct Carcharocles megalodon – one of …

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Ex-Mail editor Paul Dacre tipped to lead Ofcom

A former editor of the Daily Mail has been tipped to become chairman of the broadcast regulator Ofcom. Paul Dacre, who stepped down from the helm of the newspaper in 2018, is said to be Boris Johnson’s preferred candidate for the job. The Sunday Times reported that Mr Dacre was …

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People Before Profit launch emergency jobs programme

People Before Profit NHS campaign Labour MPs, trade unionists, campaigners and socialists have joined forces to call for a “fightback across workplaces and communities to demand ordinary people won’t pay for the crisis”. The People Before Profit group will launch its emergency programme for jobs, services and safety on Tuesday. …

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