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The NHS has unveiled its ‘blueprint’ to improve coronavirus vaccine uptake among ethnic minority groups. Local faith and community leaders team up with doctors to host online virtual events where they will answer questions and address concerns people have about the jabs. They will also distribute leaflets in 20 languages – including Arabic, Punjabi and … Read more
Leisure businesses may not return to ‘broadly normal’ until July under a roadmap out of lockdown. The blueprint being discussed by ministers and industry leaders would allow restrictions to be eased only at four-weekly intervals. The gradual approach means traders will have to wait until at least Easter – early April – for a limited … Read more
After choosing to quit the royal family early last year, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set for a very different experience as they become parents for the second time in sunny California rather than Windsor, with a backdrop of big-money deals with Netflix and Spotify, rather than staid royal duties. But while their new … Read more
The Government’s tax gurus have drawn up a blueprint to raise a ‘substantial’ amount from the wealthiest taxpayers with a capital gains tax overhaul that would hit stock market investments, second homes and buy-to-lets. A report into how sales are taxed floats a number of ways to rake in extra cash, including hiking capital gain … Read more
An embryo-like model researchers created from stem cells can provide a ‘blueprint’ of the human body as it forms, a study has reported. The development by researchers from the University of Cambridge will allow experts to study the so-called ‘black box’ period of human development, gastrulation. Scientists are unable to directly observe this time in … Read more
Air passengers face the biggest changes to travel since the 9/11 terror attacks – with everyone on board planes having to wear face masks, told not to queue up for toilets and facing limited duty-free sales in airports. Masks, health checks and a limit to on-board movements made up part of the industry guidelines, which … Read more
Cars may be banished from town centres under plans to reopen high streets. Town halls have been ordered to overhaul busy shopping areas before retailers resume trading in a fortnight. Suggestions include ‘queue zones’ outside stores with spray markings and temporary barriers. The guidance from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government also recommends that … Read more
The boss of one of Britain’s biggest car dealers is preparing to make drastic changes to its business model after the coronavirus crisis slammed the brakes on the industry. Bill Berman, who became chief executive of troubled Pendragon in February, is drawing up plans that may include refinancing and the closure of showrooms across the … Read more
She’s the feminist pioneer and author who famously told women that life was ‘too short to stuff a mushroom’. Now Shirley Conran, who launched the Daily Mail’s Femail section in 1968, is applying that same no-nonsense approach to life in lockdown. Like some 3.8 million other over 65s, Shirley lives alone, and has now endured … Read more
Millions of Britons face a grim return to work in which all normal social contact remains heavily restricted, a leaked Government blueprint revealed yesterday. Ministers are preparing to publish a back-to-work dossier for seven sectors of the economy at the end of this week. But draft guidance seen by the Daily Mail suggested there will be … Read more