Businesses urge government to go from two- to one-metre rule

Business leaders warn No 10 that two-metre social distancing rule is NOT viable and is destroying economy Industry leaders said sectors will not be able to operate with the two-metre rule    Sage is worried reducing the distance will cause higher infection and death rates Number 10 is actively looking to see how the social distance … Read more

Ex-chancellors urge Rishi Sunak to CUT taxes during coronavirus ‘recovery’

Ex-chancellors Philip Hammond, George Osborne and Alistair Darling urge Rishi Sunak to CUT taxes over the next two years while the UK is in coronavirus ‘recovery’ – but warn of 1980s-style unemployment levels and austerity to come later Three former chancellors gave evidence to the Commons Treasury Committee Philip Hammond, George Osborne, and Alistair Darling … Read more

Lawmakers urge FDA to pull ‘Puff Bar’ e-cigarettes  from the market

Puff Bar e-cigarettes have taken advantage of the pandemic to market their single use vapes to teenagers, lawmakers claim.  Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to demand Puff Bars pull its products from the market.  The company, which sells the … Read more

SARAH VINE: I am cured of the urge to join the shopping zombies…

There is a scene in George A. Romero’s 1978 cult zombie classic Dawn Of The Dead, where survivors arrive at a post-apocalyptic shopping mall to discover it teeming with the infected, stumbling around closed shops, blindly riding the escalators in a grimly comedic ballet of gore. ‘But what are they all doing?’ asks the heroine.  … Read more

Kate Beckinsale wears scrubs and gets her cat Clive to wear a mask to urge followers to help the NHS

Kate Beckinsale models scrubs and gets her cat Clive to wear a mask as she urges followers to volunteer to help make clothing for the NHS By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 16:20 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 16:20 BST, 23 May 2020  She has been keeping the nation entertained with her quirky Instagram … Read more

Kate Middleton will urge ‘struggling’ listeners to ‘talk about it’ in radio message

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will urge people to speak out about their mental health in a radio message to be broadcast this morning. As part of a minute-long broadcast, Kate Middleton, 38, will tell listeners it is ‘okay to ask’ about a loved one’s well-being if you notice them ‘acting differently’. Prince William, 37, … Read more

Selena Gomez serves gorgeous look in Rare Beauty as she has ‘urge to put my make up on’

Selena Gomez serves gorgeous look in Rare Beauty as she has ‘urge to put my make up on’ during quarantine with family By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 02:05 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 02:05 BST, 18 May 2020 Selena Gomez recently made her musical comeback with Rare, her first studio album in five … Read more

Chinese nationalists urge President Xi to seize Taiwan

Life goes on almost as normal in Taiwan. The schools are full of children, the streets thronged with shoppers, the bars busy.  Even the national sport of baseball has resumed – albeit with no more than 1,000 fans in the stadium. This makes the island nation of 23million people almost unique among locked down developed … Read more

The Bachelor’s Laura Byrne and Matty Johnson urge to adopt a rescue dog

The Bachelor’s Matty ‘J’ Johnson worried that Laura Byrne’s beloved three-legged pooch Buster would be ‘aggressive’ due to being a rescue dog – as he encourages pet adoption By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:52 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 14:57 BST, 15 May 2020 She adopted a three-legged rescue dog named … Read more

Army generals urge Chancellor to reward frontline NHS workers with cash bonuses

Ex-Army generals have urged the Chancellor to reward frontline NHS workers with cash bonuses as a thank you for risking their lives in the war against Covid-19. General Lord Richard Dannatt and ex-chief of the Defence Staff General Lord David Richards backed calls for nurses, doctors and care workers to be granted a tax-free allowance, … Read more