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As global efforts to tackle the pandemic intensify, so the spotlight has finally shifted to focus on the potential of small pharma players during the week beginning 27th April. According to Ivan Sedgwick, a director at corporate finance firm LGB & Co, the poor share price performance of major healthcare names has demoralised investors, forcing … Read more
Black and Asian Britons are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from coronavirus than whites, analysis of NHS records has suggested. An Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report found the death rate among Black African Britons was three times that of the white British population. The respected think-tank also revealed fatalities among Pakistanis were 2.7 … Read more
Lloyds Banking Group saw its first quarter profits practically wiped out as the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic mounts. The bank. which is Britain’s biggest lender, saw its first quarter profits plummet by 95 per cent, from £1.6billion to £74million. The lender has been forced to set aside a whopping £1.43billion to cover the … Read more
Choose ten lockdown friends and family: Government considers relaxing strict ‘stay at home’ rules to allow small groups to meet for meals, share childcare and let couples who do not live together see each other Small lists of people drawn from just one or two households could be created But those involved won’t be allowed … Read more
Frazzled parents struggling to homeschool their children during the coronarvirus pandemic are to be offered support through a new national helpline. Named ‘StarLine’, the service will offer advice to families on how to educate their children at homes while schools are closed due to the outbreak of Covid-19. The service, launched by a coalition of … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will no longer respond to enquiries from journalists at four British newspaper groups because they are adopting a ‘zero engagement’ policy – but insist it is not a move aimed at ‘avoiding criticism’. In a letter released to the Guardian on Sunday night, Los Angeles-based Prince … Read more
Frankie and Benny’s parent company Restaurant Group cuts bosses’ pay to help offset losses from closures Non-executive directors at the firm will see their earnings reduced by 40% The Carluccio’s restaurant chain has been an early casualty of the coronavirus Shares in the company rose 4 per cent to 37p following the update By Harry Wise For This … Read more
The world is sleepwalking into a surveillance state during the coronavirus pandemic, rights groups have claimed. Digital surveillance rolled out to curb coronavirus should be limited in time and scope, more than 100 rights groups said on Thursday, warning governments not to use the crisis as cover for pervasive snooping. From facial recognition to phone … Read more
Whooping cranes ‘could be wiped out’ by an outbreak of disease or extreme weather if they carry on migrating in large groups, study warns North America’s tallest bird, the 5ft whooping crane, is critically endangered There are 500 of the birds in the wild after nearly being wiped out in the 1940s But a tendency … Read more
Swedes are flocking to the streets and continuing their lives as normal despite the looming threat of the deadly coronavirus. Pictures from Wednesday show shopping centres were still packed in Stockholm as customers walked past billboards warning about Covid-19. Some 230 people have died from the lethal bug in the Scandinavian country and there are … Read more