Chimpanzees develop their own local cultures and customs by imitating each other, researchers reveal Scientists from the Max Planck Institute studied chimpanzee behavior in Africa They used cameras and site samples from more than 40 different locations They found many locations had their own local customs These included different methods of ‘termite fishing’ to get … Read more
Whole towns could face ‘local lockdowns’ if they have a flare-up of coronavirus cases, Matt Hancock confirms The Health Secretary confirmed individual regions may be put under lockdown Figures show that some parts of the UK have far more cases than other regions The so-called ‘local lockdowns’ could affect schools, businesses or whole towns Here’s … Read more
Robbie Allen is founder of The Thriving Box Co, which was launched on 28 April Freelance marketing consultant Robbie Allen has helped keep a number of small businesses moving through lockdown by launching a gift box service allowing them to keep selling their products. While many independent stores still face the pressures that have come with … Read more
CEO Ali Rafi co-founded the bgX app with Paria Ghorashi A delivery app, initially created to service the beauty industry, has been adapted to deliver essential pharmaceuticals during lockdown and to help the most vulnerable. The founder of bgX claims the app – which he describes as the ‘Deliveroo of medicine’ – could also be … Read more
Amazon is circling the troubled owner of Odeon Cinemas, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Sources said the online shopping and technology giant, run by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has run the rule over America’s AMC Theatres, the world’s largest cinema chain, which also owns Odeon in the UK. The duo are thought to have held … Read more
Let’s use local shops and save our vital national champions, says boss of software giant Sage By Steve Hare For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:28 BST, 9 May 2020 | Updated: 10:20 BST, 10 May 2020 Steve Hare is the chief executive of Sage The Covid-19 pandemic is, first and foremost, a human crisis. … Read more
Around half of all councils hope to begin opening their rubbish tips by the end of next week as the country starts to ease its lockdown guidelines, a survey of local authorities has revealed. The survey, commissioned by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (Adept), found more than four in five … Read more
Local government groups are urging Britons not to rush to their nearest dump when it finally reopens because they fear huge queues of traffic forming outside the nation’s tips. Organisations which represent district and county councils in England fear a huge surge in demand when household waste and recycling centre finally reopen. Many were closed … Read more
Local tips will reopen in some parts of England this weekend but others will remain closed despite a surge in fly-tipping. Some councils said they won’t open refuse sites until there is sufficient staffing and PPE for workers amid the coronavirus crisis. Speaking to the BBC on Friday morning, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick, confirmed that … Read more
A local council is seen spending £150,000 removing three football pitches worth of waste left by fly-tippers in a North London suburb, on tonight’s ITV documentary ‘Fly Tipping: Britain’s Lockdown Problem’. This week the government told councils to prepare to reopen tips after seeing an increase in fly-tipping since the lockdown, a problem highlighted after … Read more