Matt Hancock pledges to ‘make it easier’ to access coronavirus tests

Matt Hancock today appeared to admit that some frontline workers who have needed a coronavirus test have struggled to get one as he said the government is piloting a number of schemes to ‘make it easier’ for people to get checked.  The UK currently has the capacity to carry out almost 40,000 tests a day … Read more

Facebook trend of sharing high school graduation photos is giving hackers access to online accounts

Facebook trend of sharing old high school graduation photos is giving hackers answers to the most common security questions for online accounts People are sharing old high school graduation photos on Facebook The trend is to support the senior class that will not experience the ceremony during coronavirus lockdowns However, the images give hackers information needed … Read more

Teachers demand access to PPE before returning to work

Teachers demand access to PPE before returning to work amid fears of being ‘bounced back for the sake of industry’ Speculation has recently circulated that schools could soon be reopened   National Education Union has written to Boris Johnson asking for clarification  Government urged to share modelling, evidence and plans for education system  Learn more about … Read more

Employees of companies that enter administration during coronavirus pandemic could access job scheme

High Court rules companies in administration can get access to the Chancellor’s job retention scheme – after Carluccio’s staff win landmark case Carluccio’s, which has 2,000 employees, went into administration on March 30  Unite took legal action concerned about potential redundancies over Easter A judge directed that a government job retention scheme can be used … Read more

Hackers can use a Safari security vulnerability to gain access to a person’s iPhone camera 

A security flaw in Apple’s Safari web browser could potentially give hackers access your camera on your iPhone or laptop by impersonating familiar websites like Skype A security researcher discovered a flaw in Apple’s Safari browser It lets hackers impersonate familiar websites that have permission to the camera Using a minor variation on a familiar URL, … Read more

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez get VIP access to their regular gym which has a closed sign posted

Jennifer Lopez showed off her incredible body in a tiny red crop top and leggings as she headed out for a workout with Alex Rodriguez in Miami. Although their regular gym is closed to the public amid the coronavirus lockdowns, the couple were still alllowed to go there for a workout. The 50-year-old pop star and her … Read more

British mother Gabrielle Marshall stranded in Goa unable to access food or flight home

A dive-obsessed British family relocated to Thailand a week before coronavirus chaos closed down the country –  and now they are homeless and unemployed.  Lauren Edwards immigrated to Koh Phangan with husband Greg Wiseman, 45, and their two boys Ifor, three, and Gryff, one, on March 2. Having worked on the island as dive instructors … Read more

Access to experimental coronavirus drug touted by Donald Trump is put on hold amid surging demand

Gilead Sciences Inc said on Sunday it was temporarily putting new emergency access to its experimental coronavirus drug on hold. Remdesivir has been touted by Donald Trump and credited with helping in the recovery of a 79-year-old Italian man who had the disease.  But the drugmaker said in a statement there had been an exponential increase … Read more

UK telcos to give customers free access to NHS coronavirus help pages

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more