Britain’s deadliest day since April: Health chiefs record 981 Covid victims

Britain’s deadliest day since April: Health chiefs record 981 Covid victims and another 50,000 cases as second wave continues to grow and 20million more people in England are sentenced to Tier 4 lockdowns By Stephen Matthews Health Editor and Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:18 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 16:24 … Read more

How did global equities fare in 2020?

David Buik is a financial commentator and a consultant for Aquis Exchange In September 2019, disturbing rumours started to permeate out of a city little-known outside of China, Wuhan.  It was purported that Wuhan was being savaged by an unknown virus, eventually to be known as Covid-19. The world just watched out of interest. Little … Read more

Covid vaccine from Oxford University and Astrazeneca is APPROVED

Britain could vaccinate 24million people against coronavirus by Easter after the game-changing Oxford University/ AstraZeneca jab was approved this morning and its makers promised to deliver 2million doses a week. In a massive boost to ending the pandemic within months, the UK medical regulator green-lit the vaccine, which is cheap, easy to transport to care homes … Read more

Jonathan Pollard kisses the ground as he lands in Israel and is met on the tarmac by Netanyahu

Jonathan Pollard, who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel, arrived in the country early Wednesday with his wife, triumphantly kissing the ground as he exited the aircraft in the culmination of a decades-long affair that had long strained relations between the two close allies. Pollard was welcomed at Israel’s international airport … Read more

Police patrol Welsh beauty spot after turning away hundreds of visitors

Police are carrying out ‘high visibility patrols’ in the Brecon Beacons after hundreds of visitors descended onto the Welsh beauty spot in defiance of the strict Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions. Dyfed-Powys Police have been turning visitors away from the busy Pen y Fan, the highest peak in south Wales, after hundreds of vehicles arrived at the … Read more

BAME hospitality workers suffer ‘pay penalties,’ says report

British black and Asian workers suffering disproportionately from hospitality shutdown, says think-tank One in twelve ethnic minority workers are employed in the hospitality industry Report notes there are differences between individual BAME ethnic groups Indian workers had the highest average earnings of any group at £8.96 By Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 15:30 … Read more

Amazon rainforest will die by 2064, scientist predicts

South America’s Amazon rainforest will be wiped out by 2064 due to deforestation and prolonged droughts from climate change, a scientist predicts in a new paper.  At about 2.3 million square miles, the Amazon is the largest tropical forest on Earth.  As well as reducing air pollution and regulating the world’s oxygen and carbon cycles, … Read more