L&G threatens firms in bid to avoid ‘climate catastrophe’: Asset manager will sell their shares if they fail to hit green targets By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Britain’s biggest asset manager has stepped up its war on climate change, warning … Read more
EVGENY LEBEDEV: Coronavirus is creating a catastrophe for our wildlife as illegal wildlife trade sees rhinos, lions and giraffes poached By Evgeny Lebedev For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:55 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 19 July 2020 One night in central Kenya, I accompanied rangers on a patrol around the Ol … Read more
Treat family of dementia patients like key workers: Charities call for relatives to get regular Covid tests so they can see vulnerable care home residents and prevent a ‘hidden catastrophe’ Seven charities, including Alzheimer’s Society, have written to Matt Hancock Their letter urges the Health Secretary to allow more family to visit care homes They … Read more
Aerospace giant Airbus is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic causes ‘the gravest crisis’ the aviation industry has ever faced. The company is cutting nearly 15,000 jobs across its global operations to stay afloat as the coronavirus crisis rocks the air travel industry. In a statement released today, CEO Guillaume … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have to make the most of limited fiscal capacity if a jobs catastrophe is to be averted There are 9m employees on furlough The formal data we have so far on the Covid-19 shows a peak to trough fall of a whopping 25 per cent By Alex Brummer for … Read more
The first five months of SAGE meeting notes have revealed how scientists and health officials initially wrote-off coronavirus as another Swine flu before realising the error and desperately trying to catch up. The minutes, which cover 34 meetings held by the country’s top scientists and used in the government’s response to covid, were published for … Read more
Gatwick Airport has furloughed 90 per cent of its staff leaving nearby Crawley in crisis with reports that half of the town’s population facing being laid off. The airport employs 3,500 people directly, although a further 21,000 people work for 250 different firms based at the campus. Also, the airport supports a further 12,000 jobs … Read more
Among the most shocking aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the unprecedented impact on global economic conditions. A day which started with a degree of optimism due to a surge in a Chinese manufacturing index in March, suggesting there could be a sharp ‘V’ shaped recovery from global lockdowns, ended with more alarming data. In … Read more
Swedes really don’t like to stand out. They much prefer to blend in. They even have their own word for it: ‘Jantelagen’, the Scandinavian answer to Australia and New Zealand’s ‘tall poppy syndrome’. It roughly translates as: ‘Don’t think you’re better than anyone else.’ And so it’s quite understandable that its government’s maverick response to … Read more
The situation in New York City grew increasingly dire early on Saturday, as coronavirus cases continued to explode in the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak and the healthcare system was threatened with imminent collapse. Across the city, sirens wailed late into the night Friday as ambulance crews raced through empty streets from one call to … Read more