Silver looks a golden bet in Champion Hurdle March 15, 2021 ONLY the 10 runners have been declared for the Unibet Champion Hurdle (3.05pm), but a genuine case can be made for all of them. Not So Sleepy is the rank outsider of the field at 66/1 but could run well if given an uncontested soft lead. The obvious starting point is with the two mares [...]
Two Pfizer doses give 95 per cent protection against Covid-19 infection, illness and death: first nationwide study May 8, 2021 Two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech can provide more than 95 per cent protection against infection, severe illness and death, according to the first nation-wide data from Israel. A single dose of the jab, meanwhile, is associated with 58 per cent protection against infection, 76 per cent against hospital admission, [...]
Capital Punishment: London to enter Tier 3 on Wednesday December 14, 2020 London is set to enter Tier 3 from midnight tomorrow, as the government scrambles to contain a sharp spike in coronavirus cases in the capital. The capital will enter the highest level of restrictions at 0.01am on Wednesday morning, the health secretary has announced. Parts of Essex and Hertfordshire including Basildon, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Epping Forest [...]
High street suffers worst December retail sales on record as online growth slumps January 8, 2021 December retail sales were negative for the first time on record in 2020, with online purchases slumping to the lowest level since the pandemic began, in the latest blow to the beleaguered UK high street. Online sales were at their lowest level since March, increasing by 62 per cent on the previous year, and were [...]
Ethereum drives through $4,000 – but can it hold ground? May 10, 2021 The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency moved into fresh territory with some conviction as it barely hesitated to cross the $4k line and claim a new all-time high at $4,176.
The Government scientists’ credibility is shot to pieces December 24, 2020 Imagine. No, not the silly childish song by John Lennon. Imagine there were no vaccines available. What would Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health, do? He might ask people to pay more attention to the scientific advice. But the plain fact is that the credibility of Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, and [...]
Boris Johnson urges caution over Pfizer Covid vaccine breakthrough November 9, 2020 Boris Johnson has urged the nation to not start celebrating the news of a potential effective Covid vaccine and that the “distant bugle of the scientific cavalry” was still “some way off”. Johnson said at a press conference this afternoon that the UK would wait until Pfizer and BioNTech release the safety data around the vaccine [...]
Internet bride murdered wealthy British businessman in Ukraine, inquest hears July 19, 2021 An inquest was told today that a wealthy English businessman died in a hit-and-run in Ukraine while celebrating his first wedding anniversary. Barry Pring, 47, suffered fatal injuries when he was hit by a vehicle – possibly a lorry – while waiting for a taxi outside a restaurant in Kiev with his wife, Ganna Ziuzina, [...]
High-flying business figures exempted from travel quarantine rules December 4, 2020 Business travellers who arrive back into England will no longer have to self-isolate if they come in from a country not on the government's travel corridor list.
Amazon to give frontline staff $500m in bonuses amid safety concerns November 26, 2020 Amazon will give its frontline staff working over the holiday period combined bonuses worth $500m, the firm confirmed today. The bonus comes at the end of a year in which the e-commerce giant has come under intense scrutiny over working practices for employees amid the coronavirus pandemic. Sales at the tech firm have soared this [...]