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Prison chiefs are slammed for spending £12m on flatscreen TVs for inmates in just four years Some 128,037 televisions were bought at an average cost of £96 each Freedom of Information request revealed £12.5million has been spent on sets Prisoners provided with televisions between February 2017 and December 2020 By Emer Scully For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio face grillings from MPs over HBOS scandal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 Andrew Bailey and Antonio Horta-Osorio face a grilling from MPs over the aftermath of the HBOS Reading … Read more
So, when WILL we learn truth about bank chiefs? Another year and still no sign of key HBOS probe By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 31 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 31 December 2020 Five years after the City watchdog launched a probe into banking bosses following the near-collapse of … Read more
Department of Health figures show the daily number of deaths is up 31 per cent in a week, with 744 added to the tally last Wednesday.
Britain’s deadliest day since April: Health chiefs record 981 Covid victims and another 50,000 cases as second wave continues to grow and 20million more people in England are sentenced to Tier 4 lockdowns By Stephen Matthews Health Editor and Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:18 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 16:34 … Read more
Britain records 53,135 Covid cases in record daily high and another 414 deaths Department of Health figures reveal the infection toll is the largest yet recorded in Britain By Luke Andrews For Mailonline Published: 16:49 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 17:07 GMT, 29 December 2020 Advertisement Britain today recorded 53,135 cases of coronavirus in … Read more
Defence chiefs fired more than a THIRD of their Afghan translators – without right to appeal, figures show More than 1,000 interpreters had contracts ‘terminated’ without right to appeal No fired translator gets a relocation even if they claim to be Taliban targets Some say they’re only finding out terminations when applying to come to … Read more
Did MI6 and GCHQ allow spies to commit crimes in the UK? Intelligence chiefs may have illegally authorised British agents to carry out acts that were unlawful, tribunal hears MI6 is able to authorise spies it recruits overseas to commit crimes The Investigatory Powers Tribunal say MI6 and GCHQ may have acted illegally They cannot … Read more
There is ‘not enough evidence’ that taking vitamin D can prevent or treat Covid-19, according to a UK Government review. But officials are still recommending Britons take the immune-boosting nutrient over the winter. Health Secretary Matt Hancock ordered a rapid review into the vitamin’s effect on Covid in October, after coming under fire for writing it … Read more
Sometimes you have to wonder about the ambition and vision of Britain’s captains of industry. Admittedly G4S, the world’s biggest security outfit, has a chequered back story.