MPs demand ministers protect UK businesses from pandemic plundering

Ministers MUST stand up for British businesses: MPs on both sides demand action amid fears workers will pay price for pandemic plundering By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 July 2021 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 12 July 2021 Ministers were under pressure last night from MPs on both sides of the … Read more

Are fears over rising inflation hot air? How to protect your savings

After a rather stormy year for the stock market, a new threat has arrived to plague investors — inflation. Britain expects a spending boom as lockdown restrictions ease. Last week, Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane predicted the economy will grow at its fastest since World War II. But experts warn that a surge … Read more

Feeling younger can protect adults against health decline, study finds

Simply feeling younger can protect middle-aged and older adults against health decline by buffering against stress, an astonishing new study reveals.  Researchers in Germany investigated whether people’s ‘subjective age’ – feeling younger than we actually are – had an effect on the detrimental effects of stress.  Specifically, the experts looked into the effects of stress … Read more

Protect your portfolio from threat of rising prices

Until the numbers get big, inflation usually hovers below the radar. When it soared to 25 per cent in 1975, it dominated conversation in homes and Parliament.  Recently, there has been more chat about the rising cost of living among economists, and some analysts are describing the short-term risk of higher inflation as ‘scary’.  The … Read more

Dan Osborne reveals he’s bought security dog to protect Jacqueline Jossa at their new Essex mansion

Dan Osborne has bought a security dog to protect his wife Jacqueline Jossa and young family at their new £1.2million Essex mansion after fearing they could be targeted. The former TOWIE star, 29, told MailOnline having the ‘big trained dog’ will help to put his mind at ease when he’s at work and actress Jacqueline, … Read more

Minister slams foot-dragging over law to protect Troubles veterans from historic prosecutions 

Minister slams foot-dragging over law to protect Troubles veterans from historic prosecutions Johnny Mercer openly criticised the Government’s ‘pace of progress’ over promised legislation to protect soldiers who served in Northern Ireland Veterans are unhappy with ministers’ failure to fulfil Tory manifesto pledge to protect them from ‘vexatious’ historical prosecutions Soldiers fear being hauled to … Read more

Will the Covid vaccine protect people who had to shield?

Actress Sheila Hancock, 88, recently revealed that she has been warned that the treatment she receives for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may affect the efficacy of her Covid-19 vaccine More than half of the UK adult population has received the first dose of the Covid vaccine and, for the vast majority, that spells a passport to freedom … Read more

‘Out-dated’ social distancing measures will not protect you from Covid-19

Floor tiles, signs and posters urge us to ‘KEEP A SOCIAL DISTANCE’, while arcane one-way systems stop us from passing one another. Sinks have been taped up, just in case we get too close while carrying out all-important hand-washing, as have some of the urinals in the men’s loo, presumably to mitigate the Covid risk of … Read more

Coronavirus: Pfizer vaccine ‘WILL protect against the Brazilian and South African Covid variants’

Pfizer’s Covid vaccine still works against the South African and Brazilian variants of the virus, studies suggested today. The jab prevented 100 per cent of infections in a study run by Pfizer in South Africa and UK lab tests on the P1 Brazilian strain of the virus found it worked against that. Scientists had been … Read more

British troops are forced to fit nets to protect vehicles from missile attacks

British troops are forced to fit nets to protect vehicles from missile attacks during mission to promote peace in West Africa Soldiers are now using ‘rocket defusing netting’ after attacks on troops in Mali  The netting prevents a missile warhead from detonating on impact with vehicle One defence source says UN Mali mission is more … Read more