TONY HETHERINGTON: Useless double glazing ‘guarantees’

Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below.  P.B.G. writes: In April last year, I paid Sash Home Improvements £9,600 to replace all the double glazing … Read more

Keith Urban admits he’s useless at helping his daughters with homeschooling after failing music

Keith Urban admits he’s useless at helping his two daughters with their homeschooling and says the job falls to wife Nicole Kidman By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:53 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 04:53 BST, 23 May 2020 He’s been isolating at his Nashville home with wife Nicole Kidman and their … Read more

Leaving anti-virus hand sanitiser in your car in hot weather can render it useless

Warning: Hand santitiser could EXPLODE if left in hot cars – and the heat will almost certainly render it useless Hot temperatures could make the alcohol in the hand sanitiser evaporate Warning came from Dr Greg Boyce, professor at Florida Gold Coast University  The type of alcohol – ethanol – could also damage your car’s … Read more

400,000 emergency PPE gowns flown to the UK from Turkey are USELESS and are sitting in a warehouse

The 400,000 gowns ordered by the government from Turkey last month are sitting in a warehouse near Heathrow Airport after inspectors discovered they were ‘useless’ and fell short of UK standards, it has emerged. The shipment was announced by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick on April 18 to much fanfare, with the minster claiming that 84 … Read more

Senior Government adviser says screening at airports would be useless as most won’t have symptoms

Screening passengers at airports would be useless because most who travelled with coronavirus wouldn’t be showing symptoms, says Government advisor England’s deputy chief medical officer defended the Government’s decision not to screen  Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said checks would miss cases with no symptoms  Tourists have criticised the ‘shocking’ lack of testing when arriving in the … Read more

Coronavirus: UK ‘paid £16m’ for useless China antibody tests

Britain ‘paid £16m’ for two million coronavirus antibody tests from China that DON’T WORK as officials now scramble to try to get the money back UK government is said to have bought the tests from two Chinese companies The price was $20 million but tests then proved not to be sufficiently accurate UK now trying … Read more

WARNING: Anti-virus sanitisers are useless – IF you don’t use them properly! 

Such is the fear over the spread of coronavirus in the UK that panic-buying of sanitising hand gels has forced some retailers to ration supplies. Boots is reportedly restricting sales to two bottles per customer, while most supermarkets have sold out online and are rationing stock in-store. In fact, hand washing is always better for … Read more