Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Downing Street was panicked into a full national lockdown after its scientific advisers Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance were given doomsday mortality projections by Imperial College’s Neil Ferguson, an explosive new biography of Boris Johnson by investigative author Tom Bower reveals. Bower tells how a critical meeting of the Scientific …

A member of staff at Royal Mail’s Grimsby delivery office has tested positive for Covid-19. Royal Mail said the member of staff is now recuperating at home, and that everything is being done to keep people as safe as possible. The building has also been extensively cleaned since the positive …

Four postal workers have tested positive for coronavirus at a Merseyside delivery office, Royal Mail has confirmed. The staff members, who were all working at the Woolton delivery office on Woolton Street, are ‘recuperating’ after testing positive for the virus. A spokesperson for Royal Mail confirmed the office had undergone …

A coronavirus outbreak at a Greater Manchester Royal Mail sorting office has left posties at recovering at home. In the last week alone, ‘a number of employees’ at the Bury Delivery Office in Wellington Street tested positive for the virus and were sent home to recuperate, Royal Mail has revealed. …

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 …

The founder of Pret and current boss of Itsu has savaged Boris Johnson for ‘spouting Churchillian nonsense’ and blasted him over his ‘criminal’ six-month work from home call – as businesses said billions of pounds and millions of jobs would be lost by his plans.  Entrepreneur Julian Metcalfe – who …

Royal Navy’s new £3.1bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth finally sets sail from Portsmouth to join a dozen US and UK F-35B fighter jets in the North Sea for final battle-ready tests – after Covid outbreak among crew delayed mission 65,000-tonne warship sailed out in glorious sunshine on Monday to …

Rail franchising has been ‘ended’ by extending measures introduced to keep trains running after the coronavirus outbreak, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. Operators have been moved to ‘transitional contracts’ ahead of the creation of a ‘simpler and more effective structure’ which will be developed over the coming months, …

Kate Middleton’s favourite handbag designer Aspinal of London looks to shut all UK stores – so why couldn’t a brand that trades on Britishness find success at home? Aspinal of London is looking at plans to shut all 10 city centre stores in the UK Brand is loved by Kate …

A Royal Mail delivery driver has been sacked for drink driving after he was called in to work on his week off because the office was ‘really busy’.  Daniel Austin had already drunk a large amount of strong cider when he received the call from bosses asking him to work …