Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it could axe a further 1,150 jobs from across the company taking the total number of job losses to 4,700 during the coronavirus crisis. The company has said they are ‘working closely with unions Unite and BALPA’ and that a company-wide consultation period of 45 days …

At least seven schools in England have sent pupils home to self-isolate due to students catching coronavirus within days of the start of term.  Primary and secondary schools in Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire and Buckinghamshire have all been stricken by the virus – seven sending pupils home and another …

An NHS worker who admitted she did ‘f*** all’ during the pandemic and claimed coronavirus was a ‘load of b******s’ is now being investigated.  Care UK employee Louise Hampton, who yesterday rallied in London with 10,000 other anti-lockdown protesters, said that ‘our service was dead’ in a Facebook video post. ‘This …

Love Island stars were reportedly given taxpayers’ money to tell their Instagram followers that the Covid-19 Test and Trace scheme is ‘free, quick and vital to stop the spread’.   The ITV2 reality stars, including Shaughna Phillips, 26, Josh Denzel, 29, and Chris Hughes, 27, are said to have been paid to …

Queensland will extend its coronavirus restrictions to two new regions despite recording just four new cases linked to a correctional training academy.    One trainee from the Queensland Corrective Services Academy at Wacol, in the state’s south-east, and three household contacts of trainees tested positive on Friday. A senior trainer at …

From Darth Vader to an Oompa Loompa, postman Stewart McGeoch has donned a whole host of outfits throughout lockdown . But now, as life returns to normal, he has decided to say goodbye to the eclectic outfits and return to work in his usual rig. At the beginning of lockdown …

Boris Johnson’s Britain and the Donald Trump administration in the US have handled the Covid-19 pandemic the worst, according to a study.  Just 46 per cent of Britons and 47 per cent of Americans think their government has coped well with the coronavirus. In comparison, 95 per cent of people in …

No10 said the claim the PM (pictured today in Devon) would quit was ‘total nonsense’ Downing Street was today forced to deny an extraordinary claim that Boris Johnson is planning to quit as Prime Minister in six months time due to his health – made by Dominic Cummings’ father-in-law. Sir Humphry Wakefield is …

The figures of those admitted to hospital for coronavirus during the peak of the pandemic were over-reported, it was revealed last night. Britons who were suffering from other illnesses were included in data collected to monitor the virus outbreak, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Government’s Science Advisory Group for …

Published Aug 20, 2020 at 3:47 pm (Updated Aug 20, 2020 at 3:47 pm) The United States Postal Service is to restart service to Bermuda from tomorrow, the US Consul General has announced. Lee Rizzuto said: “Thank you to the …