Parents will be told to test their teenage children for Covid TWICE a week when schools reopen

Parents will be told to test their teenage children for Covid TWICE a week when schools reopen – and pupils will need to wear masks in school corridors The government is expected to launch plan amid phased return to the classroom Education unions have agreed for schools to mass test once – at the start … Read more

Ready, test, go! New Government slogan unveiled as PM plans to send testing kits to millions

The government is set to unveil a new slogan as the Prime Minister plans to send testing kits to millions of homes and businesses as lockdown is eased. ‘Are you ready? Get testing. Go’ will reportedly be a new campaign launched ahead of the reopening of schools next month. Ministers are hoping well-known faces will … Read more

One in four Americans say there were unable to get a coronavirus test when they wanted to

About one quarter of Americans say they could not get a coronavirus test when they wanted, a new survey finds. Conducted by STAT News and The Harris Poll, 24 percent of respondents said they were unable to get tested for COVID-19 for various reasons. The most common reason was that the wait was too long, … Read more

Nearly 4,000 Amazon workers wrongly told they had Covid by NHS Test and Trace

Nearly 4,000 Amazon staff were incorrectly told they had Covid with many sent home to self-isolate after £22bn ‘world beating’ NHS Test and Trace system sent them WRONG alert Amazon uses PCR tests on staff at work as part of its own private scheme  Staff told by firm they tested negative before Amazon passed data … Read more

Border force chief accused of causing delays at Heathrow will start new role at NHS Test and Trace

The Border Force chief who was last night accused of causing huge delays at Heathrow Airport by splitting the workforce into ‘rigid and inflexible’ bubbles has landed a senior role with NHS Test and Trace. It is understood that Chief Operating Officer Emma Moore instructed Border Force agents to work in 12-person bubbles at the West … Read more

Cadbury’s new Mini Egg Easter Egg named 2021’s must-have treat in Good Housekeeping blind taste test

Cadbury’s new Mini Egg Easter Egg is named 2021’s must-have chocolate treat in Good Housekeeping’s blind taste test – while Aldi pips M&S to win best supermarket hot cross buns The Good Housekeeping Institute has revealed the results of its blind taste test  Cadbury Mini Eggs Easter Egg, £12 for 507g was chosen as the … Read more

Margaret Thatcher’s old Oxford college makes all students take an ‘unconscious bias’ test

Every student at Margaret Thatcher’s old Oxford college was ordered to take a course in ‘unconscious bias’ to expose innate ‘racism, homophobia, transphobia and disability discrimination’. Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, principal of Somerville College, instructed students to complete the online class by this Friday, and told them they must ‘achieve a mark of 100 per … Read more

Spin on the sofa: Fiat’s Abarth launches world’s first ‘virtual test drives’

Going for a spin on your sofa: Fiat offshoot launches world’s first VIRTUAL test drives in lockdown to experience an Abarth before buying Italian car firm Abarth has launched a trial of lockdown virtual reality test drives Customers are sent a VR headset to their home with a pre-recorded test route The aim is for … Read more

Andy Lee reveals how he put girlfriend Rebecca Lee to the ultimate test

They began dating in 2014 and were the subject of engagement rumours last month. And speaking to The Binge Guide for the Herald Sun on Saturday, Andy Lee, 39, revealed how he put his model girlfriend Rebecca Harding, 30, to the ultimate test. The comedian, who is the host of Channel 10’s new game show … Read more

Joe-Warren Plant and Vanessa Bauer ‘to quarantine in a hotel for 10-days’ after Covid positive test

Dancing On Ice’s Joe-Warren Plant and Vanessa Bauer have been forced to quarantine in a hotel for 10-days after testing positive for Covid-19, it was reported in The Sun on Friday.   The Emmerdale actor, 18, and his professional skating partner, 24, received their positive test results during rehearsals on Thursday evening and were required to … Read more