Business minister defends dodgy data showing 30% of Covid patients may catch the disease in pubs

A business minister today defended the Government’s claim that 30 per cent of all coronavirus transmissions are occurring in pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants after furious MPs accused ministers of ‘cobbling together’ numbers to ‘justify’ their point of view based on flimsy data from fewer than 100 pubs. Nadhim Zahawi MP argued the sample was … Read more

Chancellor’s Green Homes Grant must not go to dodgy cavity wall insulation firms, ministers warn

Ministers are calling on the government to protect homeowners after it was revealed that at least 800,000 homes have had faulty cavity wall insulation installed at their properties.   Following the government’s announcement of a new energy efficiency scheme this month, MPs and campaigners have expressed their concerns about how property owners will be protected from suppliers who fail to … Read more

Hot tub scams: Watch out for dodgy listings and payment requests

Hot tub crime machine: Purchase scams involving plug-in pools up 400% as crooks take advantage of sunshine loving Britons Hot tub sales have surged since the lockdown as Britons splash out on luxuries NatWest said purchase scams went up five-fold between April and May Hot tubs involved in third-most purchase scams after Nintendo Switch and … Read more

Haven’t they heard of sun-screen? Scorched Britons share snaps of their red skin and dodgy tan lines

With the recent spell of warm, sunny weather coming to an end, some scorched Britons will be glad of the respite. Many will be nursing reddened skin and awkward tan lines after catching a few too many rays over the past few days – with some sharing their sun-screen fails on social media. Lewis Reed, … Read more

ROSS CLARK: Neil Ferguson’s lockdown predictions are very dodgy

A chastened Neil Ferguson this week admitted his ‘error of judgement’ in allowing his married lover to visit him at home, in a flagrant breach of the lockdown rules that stem, in large part, from his own research. Flesh is frail, and if the 51-year-old professor’s trysts with blonde Antonia Staats, 38, were his only … Read more

Official list of Covid symptoms is ‘dodgy and inadequate’: Top scientific adviser

The official list of COVID symptoms has been branded ‘dodgy’ and ‘inadequate’ by a top scientific advisor. Dr Nick Summerton called for tiredness, breathlessness and loss of appetite to be included in key symptom list. Currently the NHS only notes a persistent cough and fever as the main signs, and says these are the only … Read more

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire duped out of £5million by dodgy quiz gang

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire duped out of £5million by dodgy quiz gang: How a consortium secretly provided contestants with the answers and played the system to plant their members on to the ITV show Applicants who paid a fee would be slipped the answers to the questions  Producers believe the gang netted ‘at … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Dodgy Duke Alexander Montagu is searching for a woman to have his baby

He’s been married three times, imprisoned in both the U.S. and Australia, deported from Canada and exposed as a bigamist in the High Court in London. But none of that has diminished the confidence of Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester, who, at the age of 57, has declared his desire to start breeding again. … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus raises the potentially explosive problem of dodgy corporate debt

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus raises the potentially explosive problem of dodgy corporate debt By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 15 March 2020 Charting the right economic course through the coronavirus is almost as difficult as calibrating the right medical response. The two, of course, are … Read more

The social media stars who promote dodgy diets, vaping and push drug use as aspirational 

The body is impressive — a tiny waist, ample curves under a sports bra, slim hips. But then ‘influencer’ Georgia Harrison knows how to hook a casual scroller on Instagram and hold their attention. That’s her ‘job’. In her hand she holds a bag of strawberry-flavoured diet aids. ‘Gummies are great helping you loose [sic] … Read more