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Brazil became the second country to reach four million cases of coronavirus last night amid hopes that infections are starting to slow. The latest rise of 43,773 cases brought the total to 4.04million, while another 834 fatalities took the death toll to more than 124,000. On Monday, average daily cases fell below 37,000 for the … Read more
Britain slipped down the global broadband speed table, going from 34th place in 2019 to 47th this year – a result of a slow pure fibre network rollout, experts say. The Worldwide Broadband Speed League gathers data from more than 570 million speed tests in 221 countries or territories around the world to create a … Read more
Britain’s high streets are rebounding at a slower rate than shopping centres, according to new figures which show how the reluctance of staff to return to workplaces is harming businesses. Footfall in town and city centre streets has stagnated in recent weeks, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed this morning. At the … Read more
Round two of results in our house, and this morning my GCSE son will receive his grades. There will be no algorithm, no complex ranking of classmates, no computer saying no. Just the teachers from his state school, with full knowledge of his ability, deciding what he might have achieved in the exam hall. It … Read more
France will make masks compulsory in French offices from next month to slow down a coronavirus second wave. People returning from their summer holidays will be required to cover their faces throughout all enclosed work spaces, including in corridors and lobbies. It comes as cases have spiked in France, particularly among those aged 25 to … Read more
Revealed: How to make a mouthwatering three-ingredient Nutella cake in a slow cooker A home baker has shared her simplistic Nutella cake recipe on Facebook To make the cake, she only used Nutella spread, self-raising flour and eggs Rather than baking the cake in the oven, she decided to use the slow cooker By using … Read more
Grammy winner Justin Bieber passionately kissed his wife Hailey while slow dancing to R&B singer Pink Sweat$’ new track titled, 17. The 26-year-old pop star – who boasts 409.8M social media followers – captioned his romantic Instastory on Sunday: ‘Go get @pinksweats song 17 on all platforms.’ Justin then tenderly embraced the 23-year-old IMG Model … Read more
Now Pret asks staff to slash their hours by a fifth as workers’ slow return to the office hampers its recovery Pret a Manger ask staff to slash their working hours by as much as 20 per cent Bosses hope that by cutting hours they will able to reduce total job losses The chain has … Read more
Will this diabetes drug slash the risk of dementia? Daily jab could become the first treatment to slow the illness’ advance, trial suggests The jab, called liraglutide, may cut the chance of developing dementia by half Semaglutide, a similar drug taken as a pill, had same effect, according to study Two treatments are already widely … Read more
Twitter has said sorry for being slow to react over Wiley’s anti-Semitic posts as the grime star insisted he’s not racist and the row was with his Jewish manager. The musician, whose real name is Richard Cowie, was widely condemned for a series of posts on the social media platform starting on Friday, and was initially … Read more