[ad_1] The employers testing workers include firms in the food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors. Public sector workers including those in job centres and transport networks are also set to be part of the testing programme with 27,000 tested. Business lobbyists welcomed the use of rapid testing for staff who must attend work in person…
[ad_1] Chris Whitty has warned hospitals are facing ‘the worst crisis in living memory’ as Covid-19 cases continue to soar – with 46,000 medical workers now off sick. Britons who don’t take the coronavirus lockdown seriously will cause ‘avoidable deaths’ when critically ill patients are turned away at the hospital door, Professor Chris Whitty warned…
[ad_1] The Queen is determined to ‘get back to business’ and will return to London for Trooping the Colour in June, according to reports. The event, held in honour of the monarch’s 95th birthday, is expected to be a reunion of the Royal Family and the first major national celebration since the pandemic. According to…
[ad_1] 2020 has been an unprecedented year. The effects of Covid-19 will still be being felt in years to come, with the general economy struggling to return to something like normal. Unemployment is likely to rise and the way people work will, no doubt, change substantially. Through all this mayhem, and indeed considerable fear and…
[ad_1] Two golf clubs in the Klang Valley, one in Ipoh and another in Johor Baru, are the latest to be affected by Covid-19. — AFP pic KUALA LUMPUR Jan 10 — Two golf clubs in the Klang Valley, one in Ipoh and another in Johor Baru, are the latest to be affected by Covid-19….
[ad_1] Richard Alexander, executive director of the N.L. Employers Council, says the provincial government’s economic recovery team is going to give Newfoundland and Labrador a bright future. (Bruce Tilley/CBC) Some business leaders remain all in on the provincial government’s economic recovery team, despite union leaders taking a stand against it. On Tuesday, Mary Shortall, president of the Newfoundland…
[ad_1] POLICE have warned of a new ‘Royal Mail’ scam. In an online alert, Forces across the country warned residents that scammers have been sending a ‘huge number’ of fake delivery emails and texts – preying on people waiting for the post after the Christmas rush and parcels ordered online in lockdown. In one of the…
[ad_1] We begin 2021 knowing that vaccines are our way out of this pandemic. Human ingenuity and phenomenal scientific advances make it a case of when, not if, we will return back to normal life. The cavalry is here courtesy of our vaccination programme and we have already protected more people through vaccinations than any…
[ad_1] PLANS to change a grocery shop into a new fast-food restaurant are among the latest planning applications that have been submitted to Oxford City Council. A garage conversion, installation of liquid oxygen tanks at the John Radcliffe Hospital and a Cowley Road restaurant expansion are other plans up for deliberation in the city. Here…
[ad_1] Martine McCutcheon became the latest celebrity to be unmasked on Saturday’s episode of The Masked Singer 2021. The former EastEnders star, 44, was revealed to be the Swan character with judge Jonathan Ross correctly guessing her identity before the unmasking. Martine found herself in a sing-off with Sausage, whose identity is yet to be revealed, and…