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HG Wells fans have slammed a special-issue Royal Mint coin commemorating the science fiction novelist after his iconic tripod war machines were illustrated with an additional leg. Eagle-eyed readers questioned how the new £2 coin, which marks the 75th anniversary of the writers’ death and is inspired by The War of the Worlds and The … Read more
The Equality and Human Right Commission today outlined numerous examples of anti-Semitism within Labour ranks and the failure of the party leadership to deal with it. The 130-page report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found ‘significant failings in the way the Labour Party has handled anti-Semitism complaints over the last four years’ with ‘specific … Read more
Covid-induced stress on doctors and nurses could leave them more prone to making medical errors, top expert suggests Professor Michael West said doctors face ‘very high levels’ of stress daily He warned this can raise the risk of serious medical errors occurring The NHS has about one in ten positions free – or 100,000 vacancies … Read more
Pubs and restaurants are turning away customers who don’t have the Government’s ‘pathetic’ tracing app,’ – despite glaring errors that stopped thousands from logging their test results. The beleaguered app’s latest fiasco came last night when it blocked up to 70,000 users from logging their test results. The app relies on Bluetooth to determine if … Read more
5G mobile networks could interfere with signals from weather satellites in the neighbouring frequency band leading to forecasting errors, study warns US researchers modelled the impact that ‘5G leakage’ would have on forecasting They used a tornado outbreak from February 2008 as a case study for modelling Interference would have thrown off precipitation forecasts by … Read more
Care homes ‘thrown to the wolves’: ‘Appalling’ errors by ministers saw the coronavirus crisis worsen as patients suffered, MPs warn Commons committee report claims care home were ‘thrown to the wolves’ Social care crisis exacerbated further by ‘reckless’ and ‘appalling’ policy errors MPs said failure to protect staff with adequate PPE impacted ‘morale and confidence’ … Read more
Payments to benefit cheats and state welfare paid in error soars to a record £4.5BILLION in a 20 percent rise on the previous year National Audit Office said one pound in every ten claimed in Universal Credit shouldn’t have been paid £1.4billion was overpayed to claimants who under-declared their income Between March and May the … Read more
Catalogue of errors led to Britain’s £12million plans for contact-tracing app being shelved, insiders say Contact tracing app costing £12million ditched days ago after error ‘catalogue’ Testing showed it detected four per cent of iPhones it was in close contact with Decision to avoid ‘off-the-shelf’ platform means app had to be built from scratch By Stephen … Read more
Watchdog exposes Galliford’s £94m accounting errors sending shares crashing 18% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:27 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 12 March 2020 Accounting errors by Galliford Try inflated its net assets by more than £94million. The construction business’s mistakes were uncovered by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), … Read more
Pull your finger out and tell parents child benefit errors can hit their state pension, NICKY MORGAN MP warns the Government By Nicky Morgan Mp For This Is Money Published: 13:44 GMT, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 14:09 GMT, 7 June 2019 Nicky Morgan MP, chair of the Treasury Committee: ‘The problem was wholly foreseeable … Read more