Sunak set to overhaul Covid loan programme: Bounce back scheme to close at end of March By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 The Chancellor is set to shake up the Government’s emergency Covid loan programme in next week’s Budget. Rishi Sunak … Read more
Never miss an episode again! Netflix is testing a ‘watch timer’ that pauses a TV programme or film if you fall asleep The feature lets you pick a period of time that Netflix will run before pausing Users can choose to pause after 15, 20 or 45 minutes, or at the end of an episode … Read more
Covid-19 conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn has been slammed for a ‘disgraceful’ leaflet comparing Britain’s vaccination programme to Auschwitz. The brother of former-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, 76, came up with the ‘concept’ for a pamphlet which features a cartoon drawing of Nazi concentration camp. Above the gates leading into Auschwitz – where 1.2million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust – … Read more
If one more person texts me the good news they’ve had a jab, I’ll scream. Over 400,000 people were vaccinated yesterday, and centres are opening apace in high street pharmacies, and even a mosque. But scoring an appointment for vaccination remains a lottery depending on where you live. In the North East over two thirds … Read more
Myleene Klass today reveals she suffered a miscarriage while presenting a live radio programme – yet found the strength to finish the show. In a moving interview with You magazine, the singer-turned-broadcaster describes how she went to the toilet during a break and realised she had lost her child. ‘I was on air. I went to … Read more
Just two per cent of all suspected terrorists flagged with security services last year are still being monitored by the Government’s controversial anti-radicalisation programme Prevent. Security services were handed a list of 6,287 terrorist suspects in 2019 – but just 147 are still part of Prevent. Of the 6,287 people – including radical Islamists and far-right … Read more
Eton College tried to report its dismissed Master to the anti-terrorism Prevent programme for allegedly advocating male supremacy and the glorification of violence. The elite £42,500-a-year public school reported their concerns to their local authority over teacher Will Knowland’s lecture. School chiefs dismissed Mr Knowland after he refused to take down an online lecture tackling … Read more
Eton College reported its dismissed Master to the anti-terrorism Prevent programme for allegedly advocating male supremacy and the glorification of violence. The elite £42,500-a-year public school reported their concerns to their local authority over teacher Will Knowland’s lecture. School chiefs dismissed Mr Knowland after he refused to take down an online lecture tackling radical feminism … Read more
Britain is to replace Erasmus with a new exchange programme that will see students giving the chance to study at universities all over the world, Boris Johnson has announced. Students from the UK will not be able to use the EU Commission scheme from next year after the Prime Minister made a ‘tough decision’ to pull … Read more
The coronavirus vaccine programme must be speeded up, politicians and business leaders said on Wednesday night. Jeremy Hunt led calls to accelerate the roll-out as the pandemic tightened its grip with a fast-spreading new variant. ‘Time is against us with this new strain so we now need a great national effort to turbocharge the vaccination … Read more