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Covid pandemic could drag world back to the 1930s as countries throw up nationalist barriers, Britain’s military chief General Sir Nick Carter warns The Chief of the Defence Staff fears global tensions and nationalism will rise He said the ensuing economic crisis could lead to global security challenges The 1930s saw the Great Depression, leading … Read more
The rapid rollout of the vaccination programme across the UK means a decisive corner has been turned in the battle against Covid. A decisive corner is about to be turned for the economy too, with enormous amounts of pent-up financial energy waiting to be released, like a coiled spring. With 13 million of the most … Read more
Britain’s economy will bounce back like a ‘coiled spring’ once liberated from lockdown, a Bank of England boss says today. In an exclusive article for the Daily Mail, chief economist Andy Haldane insists the public are ‘desperate to get their lives back’. He believes a ‘decisive corner has been turned’ thanks to the Covid-19 vaccine … Read more
Former CBI chief Dame Carolyn Fairbairn joins board of defence giant BAE By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 11 February 2021 The CBI’s former boss has joined the board of BAE. Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, who was director general of the business lobby group for … Read more
Valentine’s cards that joke about STALKING should be banned because they risk ‘normalising’ the creepy crime, police chief says Police commissioner Katy Bourne says Valentine’s Day cards that joke about stalkers ‘normalise’ a crime which destroys lives The police chief called on online market places such as Etsy to remove designs She criticised artworks based … Read more
WHO chief claims it is morally wrong for wealthy countries to buy up vaccine supplies as he urges them to share and says he ‘can’t rule out’ the theory that coronavirus escaped from a Wuhan lab WHO special envoy on Covid-19 Dr David Nabarro said vaccines must be shared Dr Nabarro said the ‘world should … Read more
Boris Johnson’s hotel quarantine plans have been savaged by an industry boss who claimed his firm is yet to hear from the Government on how the policy will actually work. Rob Paterson, the UK chief executive of Best Western Hotels, said his company is being ‘kept in the dark’ by ministers and ‘we simply haven’t … Read more
The head of the Tokyo Olympics apologised today for saying that ‘annoying’ women speak too much in meetings – in the latest headache for organisers ahead of the postponed Games. Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister of Japan, said he felt ‘deep remorse’ for his sexist comments but refused to resign as head of the … Read more
The head of the Tokyo Olympics apologised today for saying that ‘annoying’ women speak too much in meetings – in the latest headache for organisers ahead of the postponed Games. Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister of Japan, said he felt ‘deep remorse’ for his sexist comments but refused to resign as head of the … Read more
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos names Andy Jassy as his successor as quarterly sales hit $100bn By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:55 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:55 GMT, 2 February 2021 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos last night anointed his successor – as quarterly sales flew past $100billion for the first time. … Read more