UNRELIABLE

Cold War traitor George Blake was flagged as ‘unreliable’ and ‘un-British’ by MI6 superiors 

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An MI6 training officer warned superiors that notorious double agent George Blake was ‘unreliable’, ‘un-british’ and lacked the qualities to work in the field for the Secret Intelligence Service, newly released papers have revealed. The warning came before his treachery began – which is feared to have sent 600 spies to their deaths by betraying them to … Read more

Leading state and private schools joint fight to scrap ‘unfair and unreliable’ GCSE exams

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Leading state and private schools including Eton launch joint fight to scrap ‘unfair and unreliable’ GCSE exams More than 20 top education names have joined together to write an open letter  They claim the system ‘leaves in its wake a trail of stress and unfairness’  Former education secretary who introduced GCSEs in 1988, Lord Baker, … Read more

Expensive Land Rovers and Teslas are the most UNRELIABLE cars, says watchdog

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British car maker Land Rover and US electric vehicle producer Tesla have been named the two most unreliable manufacturers in a poll of thousands of UK drivers. Land Rover, which has for years struggled with reliability issues with its big – and expensive – 4X4s, was named the least dependable brand for cars aged 0 … Read more

HALF of coronavirus antibody finger-prick tests are unreliable, study of nine finds

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HALF of coronavirus antibody finger-prick tests are unreliable, new study finds – including one that said a drop of saline was positive for the virus ABC News and the Mayo Clinic looked at nine coronavirus antibody tests that use a drop of blood from a finger prick Four of the nine failed to meet the … Read more

More than 35,000 Floridians waited up to two weeks to get ‘unreliable’ coronavirus test results

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A Florida-based health care system says the results of more than 35,000 coronavirus tests are ‘unreliable’. According to AdventHealth, it was concerned with one of of its third-party labs, MicroGen DX, which had been processing the tests. The group says scores of patients likely received false positive or negative results. Meanwhile, thousands went at least … Read more

HALF of results from ‘game-changer’ coronavirus home testing kits could be unreliable

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HALF of results from the 17.5m ‘game-changer’ coronavirus home testing kits ordered by the government could be unreliable, scientists checking them reveal Boris Johnson previously said new tests for antibodies could be ‘game-changers’ But experts have warned that they may fail to detect up to half of Covid-19 cases The latest figures show 47,806 confirmed … Read more

NHS test used by GPs to detect adults with autism is UNRELIABLE, academics warn 

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An autism test used by GPs to flag adults with the condition in adults is ‘unreliable’, academics have said. The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ10) screens adults who are suspected of having the condition but do not have learning disabilities. They are asked 10 questions including ‘do you notice small sounds others don’t?’ and ‘do you find … Read more

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch branded ‘thoroughly unreliable witness’

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British tech tycoon Mike Lynch branded ‘thoroughly unreliable witness’ as £4bn Autonomy fraud trial enters final stages By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 12 December 2019 | Updated: 10:47 BST, 13 December 2019 Mike Lynch was accused of telling ‘lie after lie’ in court yesterday as the £4billion Autonomy fraud trial … Read more