Face coverings are to be made mandatory indoors in Northern Ireland after the R number – a crucial measure of how quickly coronavirus is spreading – jumped in the region. The reopening of pubs and bars which do not sell food has also been delayed. The devolved government’s health department said the R number rose
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50 million face masks bought by the UK government will not be used in the NHS due to safety concerns. The personal protective equipment (PPE) ordered from Ayanda Capital have ear loops rather than head loops, and there are concerns over whether they are adequate. The Good Law Project and EveryDoctor, which are suing the
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A BP company logo at a gas station in London, U.K. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Energy giant BP reported a significant loss for the second quarter on Tuesday, after downgrading the value of some of its assets on expectations of lower commodity prices. Second-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, used as a proxy for
YouTube star Jake Paul’s California home has been raided by an armed FBI swat team. Several rifles were seen being taken out of the 23-year-old’s Calabasas mansion as part of an investigation into a looting spree at an Arizona shopping centre in May during George Floyd protests, authorities said. The Las Vegas homes of Paul’s
The Bank of England has said the UK is still set for a record economic slump due to COVID-19 as it left the interest rate unchanged at 0.1% . The central bank’s nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to hold rates as it said it expected Britain’s economy to take longer to get back
Facebook has deleted a post by Donald Trump – which said children are “almost immune” from the coronavirus – for breaking its misinformation rules on the subject. Twitter also temporarily froze his official campaign account @TeamTrump until the same clip was removed. The offending posts contained a Fox News video in which Mr Trump made
Livongo’s founder and early investor on route to the meeting in Dallas. Source: Hemant Teneja The merger of Livongo and Teladoc, two of the largest publicly traded companies in digital health, came together in less than three months and played out against the backdrop of widespread lockdowns and quarantines of the coronavirus pandemic. The deal, announced
Former coronavirus hospital patients are being urged to donate plasma as part of a major trial. Research is being carried out to assess whether convalescent plasma donations can be transfused into patients who are struggling to develop their own immune response. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), which is collecting the plasma for the trial, said
Moves to slash red tape and hand automatic planning permission to some homes – and projects like schools and hospitals – are being unveiled by Boris Johnson. A radical blueprint hailed as a “once-in-a-generation reform” is being published by the government with the aim of sweeping away “slow and complex” planning laws. The shake-up, a
It takes a very hardened sort of individual not to feel and empathise with the pain of new parents sitting outside the Intensive Care Unit where their little one is struggling to live. “She’s only four days old,” her father, George Ajoury, told us. “I was breastfeeding her,” Nelly Ajoury, her mother explained. “I tried
Yamaha recently announced its first ever full-suspension electric mountain bikes, each of which comes with a novel frame design. While the rest of us are riding around here in 2020 on our plain ol’ not-split-in-half bike frames, Yamaha is coming at us straight out of the future with its Yamaha YDX Moro frame using a
An aerial view shows pumpjacks in the South Belridge Oil Field on April 24, 2020 near McKittrick, California. David McNew | Getty Images Oil prices slid on Tuesday amid concerns that a nascent recovery in fuel demand could stall as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns just as major
Meross Direct via Amazon offers a 2-pack of its HomeKit Smart Plugs for $17.50 Prime shipped when promo code MKVB26VJ is applied and the on-page coupon is clipped. As a comparison, you’d typically pay $25 for this bundle. You’ll be able to count on HomeKit compatibility here, making it arguably the most affordable way to
A BP petrol and diesel filling station in Hildenborough, England, on June 15, 2020. BEN STANSALL | AFP | Getty Images The CEO of oil and gas giant BP told CNBC on Wednesday that its decision to “reset” its dividend to 5.25 cents a share was “deeply rooted in strategy.” The newly announced dividend represents
August 5th, 2020 by Johnna Crider Photo by Justin Stumberg/U.S. Navy (public domain). Several energy companies have filed for bankruptcy this year, citing the coronavirus pandemic and all that resulted as the cause. The U.S. has had its lowest energy consumption in 30 years this past spring, according to federal officials. There were sharp drops