JEFF PRESTRIDGE: MPs must ramp up pressure to help victims of scams

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: MPs must grill bank bosses over why they are refusing to help many customers who have lost life-changing sums of money to scams By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 12 June 2021 I trust members of the Treasury Select Committee will … Read more

Ministers must ramp up protection for Jewish students at Bristol University, MPs say 

The universities minister has faced calls to take tougher action to ensure Jewish students are protected from anti-Semitism on campus, with one senior MP comparing the situation to ‘1930s Germany’. MPs pressed Michelle Donelan to adopt a more heavy-handed approach – such as cutting off their funding or sacking university bosses – when the institutions … Read more

UK ‘super covid’ has spread to EVERY US state as expert warns CDC needs to ramp up genome sequencing

The coronavirus variant that was first identified in the UK has now spread to every single state in the U.S. As of Tuesday, Oklahoma became the final state to confirm infections linked to the strain, known as B 1.1.7. There are currently at least 15,511 cases of the variant across the country, including in the … Read more

Shocking moment truck falls 70ft over Wisconsin interchange ramp and lands upright driver survives

Shocking moment truck flips as it falls 70-feet over Wisconsin interchange ramp landing upright and the driver survives A video captured the moment a truck flew off a ramp and plunged 70 feet onto a Wisconsin interstate The driver lost control of a pickup truck on an elevated ramp and skidded over snow piled against … Read more

British drug giants ramp up battle against Covid-19 with a race for vaccine approvals 

British drug giants ramp up battle against Covid-19 with new treatments and a race for vaccine approvals Glaxosmithkline has joined an NHS study to test an antibody treatment The drug – known as Vir-7832 – could be a game changer  Meanwhile, Astrazeneca submitted its Covid-19 vaccine to European regulators Astra and Oxford University have applied … Read more

Garda World ready to ramp up £3.8bn fight for G4S

Garda World ready to ramp up £3.8bn fight for G4S after the security giant accepts rival’s offer By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 22:25 GMT, 9 December 2020 The bidding war for security giant G4S reignited yesterday as brokers predicted Garda World would outbid the £3.8billion … Read more

Boris Johnson’s plan to ramp up hydrogen reliance ‘may not be viable’

Boris Johnson’s plan to ramp up Britain’s reliance on hydrogen to heat homes faces concerns from experts who fear it ‘may not be viable,’ if rolled-out across the country – amid concerns fossil fuel companies are ‘overselling,’ the energy. The Prime Minister announced a 10-point ‘green industrial revolution, which he says will create 250,000 jobs … Read more

Teaching unions ramp up strike threats over demands to SHUT schools

Teaching unions are ramping up strike threats over their demands for the Government to close schools during the second national coronavirus lockdown.  Boris Johnson has insisted schools will remain open during the shutdown, which will start on Thursday, but union bosses are adamant they should close, labelling them an ‘engine for virus transmission’.  They claim … Read more

Sir Rod Stewart adds a skate ramp, indoor swimming pool and trampoline to his £4.7million mansion

Do ya think I’m sporty? Sir Rod Stewart adds a skate ramp, indoor swimming pool and trampoline to his £4.7million Essex mansion Sir Rod Stewart, 75, and wife Penny Lancaster, 49, finally have their dream home  The property boasts ten bedrooms and sits on a sprawling 46 acres of land  He has put an indoor … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Chinese ramp up stake in HSBC

MARKET REPORT: HSBC shares enjoy their best daily surge for more than a decade after Chinese investor ramps up stake in embattled bank By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:21 BST, 28 September 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 28 September 2020 HSBC shares enjoyed their best daily surge for more than a decade … Read more