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The desperate parents of a seven-year-old boy say they were forced to wait an hour for an ambulance while he was having a seizure, due to an influx of coronavirus calls. Noah Stevenson has Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia, a condition which means his brain stems are underdeveloped, leaving him unable to walk, talk or move on his … Read more
Supermarkets warn shoppers could wait more than a week for deliveries as Ocado takes its app offline and Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons are forced to drop rivalries and share vans and depots A surge of panic-buying and large orders means online shops are ill-prepared Leading supermarkets will work together to ensure shopping is delivered But … Read more
Americans stranded on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship have revealed they are confined to their rooms as they anxiously await test results while held off the coast of San Francisco. The Grand Princess with some 2,300 passengers on board, mostly Americans, and another 1,000 crew members, was ordered to stay at sea on Thursday. It follows … Read more
Sirius Minerals on a cliff edge as investors wait on £405million Anglo American deal By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:46 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 07:42 GMT, 2 March 2020 Sirius Minerals shareholders face a do-or-die vote tomorrow on the £405million takeover by Anglo American. The Yorkshire-based firm, which is developing a huge … Read more
JOE BIDEN Age on Inauguration Day 2021: 78 Entered race: April 25, 2019 Career: No current role. A University of Delaware and Syracuse Law graduate, he was first elected to Newcastle City Council in 1969, then won upset election to Senate in 1972, aged 29. Was talked out of quitting before being sworn in when … Read more
Plane revolting! Disgusted passenger films seat neighbour clipping his finger nails as they wait for take off Footage was shared by Instagram user David Kim, from San Francisco, California The passengers were on board a two-and-a-half-hour flight to Mallorca Posted with caption that read: ‘No, go ahead. Please clip your nails on the plane’ By … Read more
Waiting on the taxman: Hundreds of thousands of people being forced to wait more than ten minutes to speak to HMRC By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 00:24 GMT, 26 February 2020 On hold: HMRC aims to pick up the phone within five minutes Hundreds of … Read more
Millennials are more likely to become agitated and aggressive when forced to wait without their smartphone, study shows Experts explored how concrete and abstract thinking changes our perception They made people wait various lengths for a delayed meeting with a person Those prompted to think about something concrete passed the time more easily However, the team … Read more
From Rebecca Wait’s ‘outstanding’ Our Fathers to the evocative Low by Jeet Thayil and Agency by William Gibson, this week’s best new fiction By Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and Anthony Gardner and Jeffrey Burke Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 January 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 11 January 2020 Our Fathers Rebecca Wait … Read more
Twelve-hour trolley waits in A&E have quadrupled in a single year, NHS England figures show. The number of patients waiting on trolleys in hospital corridors reached 2,846 in January 2020, compared with 627 in the previous year. This is the highest level recorded since data collection began in 2010 – even though this winter flu … Read more