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Geneva will introduce ‘the world’s highest minimum wage’ of £41,430 a year – around £3,500 a month – after two-thirds backed it in referendum Swiss city held a referendum across the voter population of around 500,000 New wage, which equates to around £19.50 an hour, introduced from October 17 The alterations had been rejected by … Read more
Union chiefs have called on the government to create ‘Nightingale classes’ amid a drop in the number of schools able to fully open due to Covid-19. The latest government figures revealed one in six state secondary schools could not fully open last week – with most unable to do so because of coronavirus. Schools are … Read more
A total social lockdown for London and parts of the North could be on the cards if Covid infection rates do not fall. Pubs, restaurants and bars would be forced to shut for at least two weeks and households would be banned from meeting each other in any indoor location under the new emergency plan. … Read more
Governments should introduce RATIONING to prevent panic buying of groceries and electronics in future pandemics, researchers suggest Researchers from Durham modelled the impact of pandemics on key markets These included groceries, electronic goods, clothing and automotive products They found that earlier lockdowns lead to higher excess demands for key items Governments should stockpile essentials before lockdown … Read more
Tony Blair today warned the UK is ‘running out of time’ to roll out a mass coronavirus testing programme as he said a second wave of the disease would force ministers to choose between the economy and people’s lives. The former prime minister has long advocated routine testing of the whole population – even people … Read more
Matt Hancock today vowed to bring in population-wide mass coronavirus testing – but failed to offer a time frame and referred to the project as a ‘moonshot’. The Health Secretary told the BBC’s Today programme that the government would bring in mass testing and ministers were working as ‘fast as we can’ on the scheme … Read more
Airlines BA, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and TUI plead with Boris Johnson to introduce airport Covid tests to allow arrivals from ‘high risk’ nations like the US to bypass quarantine – as Greece and Croatia ‘are on the brink of being added to the red list’ They urged the Government to adopt a system similar to … Read more
Fanny flutters, a penguin girl and one who asks if Locky wants ‘to get Lei’d’: Meet the outrageous girls of The Bachelor as they introduce themselves to hunky Locklan Gilbert By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:32 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 11:32 BST, 12 August 2020 The Bachelor’s Locklan ‘Locky’ Gilbert … Read more
Nicole Kidman ‘can’t wait’ to introduce viewers to her new $100M series Nine Perfect Strangers as she shares a photo with author Liane Moriarty By Kristy Johnson and Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:29 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 11:34 BST, 8 August 2020 Nicole Kidman has been given the green light … Read more
Government could introduce ‘regional’ air bridges to allow travel to specific parts of banned countries like Portugal with low coronavirus infection rates Review of current list of banned countries expected to be published on Monday So-called ‘regional’ air bridges could be introduced to ease existing restrictions Would allow people to go to parts of banned … Read more