Qatar Airways and Edinburgh Airport get high Covid-19 safety ratings

Qatar Airways has become the world’s first long-haul airline to receive a maximum five-star ‘Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating’ from Skytrax. The respected UK-based air transport rating agency found the carrier had ‘adopted a broad and robust range of safety and hygiene measures to accommodate customers’ after assessing standards on its flights and at its home … Read more

Qatar Airways gets five-star Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax, Edinburgh Airport gets four stars

Qatar Airways has become the world’s first long-haul airline to receive a maximum five-star ‘Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating’ from Skytrax. The respected UK-based air transport rating agency found the carrier had ‘adopted a broad and robust range of safety and hygiene measures to accommodate customers’ after assessing standards on its flights and at its home … Read more

Safety measures on smart motorways to be fast-tracked after road bosses ordered to ramp up rollout 

Safety measures on smart motorways will be fast-tracked after road bosses were ordered to ramp up the rollout Road bosses ordered to draw up plans to ramp up rollout of smart motorway safety measures It comes after a coroner rules this week that smart motorways present an ‘ongoing risk of future deaths’ after the deaths … Read more

Only 37 miles of UK’s smart motorways have vital safety tech

Just 37 miles of smart motorway have been fitted with vital safety technology to rapidly detect broken-down vehicles, it emerged today. The radar system, which can spot stationary cars in 20 seconds, has been installed on only four of the 24 sections of motorway in England with no hard shoulder. This is despite Transport secretary … Read more

Yelp adds feature that lets customers report businesses for not following COVID safety measurements

Yelp is giving customers the power to report whether or not a business is following coronavirus precautions. Companies observed following guidelines on masks and social distancing will receive a green check, while those not following protocol will get an orange question mark. Ratings will only be assigned to businesses when a consensus is reached from … Read more

Seal pup who was found severely injured on a beach is transported to safety in 400-mile mercy dash 

Signed, sealed… delivered! Seal pup who was found severely injured on a beach is transported to safety in 400-mile mercy dash Baby harbour seal was found on a beach by dog walkers in Roker, Sunderland She was a forlorn sight and weighed just 27lb – half the weight she should be The sanctuary that she was … Read more

Samira Ahmed’s Newswatch show off air amid BBC Covid safety review

Samira Ahmed reveals BBC have taken her Newswatch show off air for two weeks while bosses review Covid safety at New Broadcasting House Presenter Samira Ahmed takes to Twitter to announce temporary cancellation BBC confirm lockdown will see increased precautions in London headquarters  Along with John Neal, show host is ‘pressing to return as soon … Read more

TV presenter Samira Ahmed reveals BBC have taken her Newswatch show off air for Covid safety review

Samira Ahmed reveals BBC have taken her Newswatch show off air for two weeks while bosses review Covid safety at New Broadcasting House Presenter Samira Ahmed takes to Twitter to announce temporary cancellation BBC confirm lockdown will see increased precautions in London headquarters  Along with John Neal, show host is ‘pressing to return as soon … Read more

Moment dog saves blind 14-year-old blind pit bull from drowning in pool and pulls her out to safety 

Sweet moment dog saves her 14-year-old blind pit bull sister from drowning after she falls into swimming pool Surveillance video from a home’s backyard in Argentina captured the moment a family dog saved their blind pit bull after she fell into their pool December 19 Luna, who is 14-years-old and happens to be blind and … Read more

Tom Cruise’s on-set outburst over COVID-19 safety was due to his ‘perfectionist’ streak

He shocked crew members and even fans with his rant about coronavirus safety procedures on the set of his upcoming Mission: Impossible sequel. And now a UK production source close to Tom Cruise, 58, has revealed that his outburst was an example of his ‘perfectionist’ streak and the pressure he’s feeling to deliver a blockbuster … Read more