Former Hewlett Packard boss denies trying to avert blame for the disastrous takeover of Autonomy By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2019 Former HP boss Meg Whitman was accused of trying to blame the bosses of software firm Autonomy when the … Read more
Care home bosses have blamed the sector’s soaring death toll on government guidance telling hospitals to discharge elderly residents to free up beds. The chilling warning came in the wake of a government document which advises hospitals, ‘to free up NHS capacity via rapid discharge into the community and reducing planned care.’ The plan, drafted … Read more
Supermarket bosses blame stockpilers as cost of a weekly shop soars by £7 under coronavirus lockdown – with shortage of farm workers set to trigger further price hikes Cost of a weekly shop has risen as much as £7 during the coronavirus lockdown Prices have risen at supermarkets like Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose Cost … Read more
Middle classes in south of England were to blame for stockpiling during coronavirus crisis, Tesco boss claims as panic buying sent sales soaring by a third Chief executive says ‘more affluent customers’ were behind the stockpiling Just 10 per cent of customers were buying a third of the retailer’s goods Comes after Iceland boss said … Read more
Few of us give much thought to how we put one foot in front of the other, but scientists are investigating whether changing the way we walk can protect our physical and mental health. One promising focus is on how altering our gait can reduce our risk of knee arthritis. The most common type is … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
The doomed plane which crashed and killed young footballer Emiliano Sala broke up mid-air when the unlicensed pilot flew it too fast and lost control after a carbon monoxide leak, a report has found. The final report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded that the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft suffered an in-flight break … Read more
Millennials are the least likely generation to get a flu shot because they are ‘too busy’ and the majority say they agree with some anti-vaxxer ideas A new survey found 55% of millennials said they didn’t get the flu shot this year Most said it was because they didn’t have time or they’d forgotten to get … Read more
Don’t blame the baby – stretch marks are in your genes! Some women are predisposed to scars, study reveals More than 500 ‘genetic markers’ are linked to stretch marks research shows Women who suffer with stretch marks have lower amounts of certain proteins The rate of stretch marks is far higher in women than in … Read more
Worsening diets could be the reason behind plummeting sperm counts in men, a study has suggested. US researchers found young men who ate a diet full of junk food had significantly less swimmers than those who ate healthily. The team analysed sperm quality of almost 3,000 Danish men, who also reported their typical eating habits. … Read more