‘World’s biggest’ video game cheating operation that made £55million selling hacks for games such as Call Of Duty is smashed by Chinese police The so-called Chicken Drumstick ring offered gaming cheats around the world Gamers paid up to £145 a month to get access to the specially-designed hacks Chinese police say they busted the ring … Read more
Germany and France were negotiating with Vladimir Putin to supply Russia’s coronavirus vaccine to the EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron were on a video call with the Russian president on Tuesday night. The leaders discussed ‘cooperation’, which would see the Sputnik jab made used in the European Union once regulators give … Read more
Airlines call for rapid Covid tests to be used to allow international travel this summer ‘because they work just as well as hotel quarantine’ International Air Transport Association warns airlines will keep suffering in 2021 Governments insisting on people getting expensive lab tests will hit demand Commissioned research finds rapid tests are just as effective … Read more
Tax cigarette giants to stub out littering: MPs call for tobacco companies to pick up the tab for cleaning butt-strewn streets New platic tax on cigarettes being considered to tackle scourge of littered butts It is made possible by a new power currently being legislated in Environment Bill Scourge so widespread that estimated cost of … Read more
Boris Johnson faced calls to lift lockdown faster last night as Covid infections, hospital cases and deaths hit a six-month low. Four NHS regions – covering 29million people across southern England – reported no deaths on Sunday. Just 23 fatalities were logged elsewhere. The average daily death toll is now 63 – 95 per cent below … Read more
We must learn lessons of Greensill debacle: Call for firms to become more transparent in major shakeup of supply chain financing By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 29 March 2021 It is the common thread running through the disastrous collapses of Carillion, NMC Health … Read more
Now it’s ‘Shop Out to Help Out’: Business call for scheme similar to last year’s restaurant discount drive to encourage shoppers back to the High Street as Covid restrictions are eased Save the Street is campaign group backed by Mary Portas and Charlotte Tilbury Shop Out to Help Out would give customers 50% off independent … Read more
Lockdown is ending… but we STILL need laptops: Call for renewed donations to Mail Force drive as school with pupils of 42 nationalities receives much-needed computers Headteacher Wendy Cotterill said many families struggled with remote learning Mrs Cotterill and pupils were delighted to receive delivery of boxes of laptops Thanks to Mail Force which she said … Read more
US ‘deliberately let China eavesdrop on a call to Dominic Raab to send a message to the Communist Party in Beijing’ Call was used to suggest coronavirus leaked from Wuhan Institute of Virology Washington source said Mr Raab had been ‘very supportive’ during phone call Source said: ‘We did it on an open phone to … Read more
Call centre giant will use webcams to ensure staff working from home are not eating, looking at their phones or leaving their desks while on duty France-based Teleperformance told workers to expect the specialist equipment Webcams will be used for training but will also see if workers are using keyboard Firm says it does not … Read more