The Office of National Statistics said there had been a record fall in the number of job vacancies and as much as 600, 000 workers on UK payrolls lost between March and May, after six weeks of lockdown in the UK. Over nine million workers have been furloughed. “The slowdown in the economy is now…
A US Air Force Pilot is missing after the F-15C Eagle, from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, crashed into the North Sea, shortly after 09:40BST while on a training mission. The cause of the crash is currently not known but the US Air Force confirmed only one pilot was on board.…
. Several non-essential shops were forced to open their doors early this morning to avoid huge queues threatening social distancing rules. UK coronavirus death toll rises by 181 to a total of 41, 662. Primark in London and Birmingham was meant to open at 8 am for the first time in almost three months, but allowed…
“The Stalker” – A “short” Saturn Herald Short Story June 2020 by Penny Nair Price Natalie had moved out of London to a town near where she was born, to get away from the so-called but many of us might wonder why so called?…to get away from – “the rat race”. It wasn’t without…
Charli Lello, 29, from Hertfordshire, put the three Clarence Court eggs she bought in Waitrose in an incubator as an experiment to pass the time after being furloughed. She said the ducklings called Beep, Peep and Meep would live a very happy life with her pet chickens. A Waitrose spokesman said fertilised eggs were safe…
Brazil’s death toll becomes second highest in the world surpassing the UK’s with more than 41, 000 victims while far-right President Jair Bolsonaro continues to play down the virus, focusing on the economic damage of lockdown. From today people living alone in England and Northern Ireland will be able to form a support bubble with…
For the first time China by-passes Hong Kong’s parliament to pass laws that hold criminal penalties, after Beijing declared it would implement national security laws in Hong Kong with legislation enacted early this month. Hong Kong burned with anti-government protests sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, which grew into…
In Martin Sandbu’s The Economic of Belonging, a innovative and pervasive new approach to economic policy that addresses the symptoms and causes of inequality in Western society fuelled by populism and the frustrations of the disenfranchised, make a case to win back the left behind -those abandoned as economic jetsam by the rising tide of…
The UK economy The UK economy is likely to slump by 11.5 per cent in 2020, outstripping falls in Germany, Spain, Italy, and France, according to OECD who found that the UK’s largely service-based economy had been badly hit by the government’s lockdown restrictions. The service sector, which includes financial services, hospitality, and tourism…
A soap style drama resurrected with more than a touch of class. Review of Jane Clegg now available on The Finborough Theatre ( Earls Court) – described as Probably the most influential fringe theatre in the world by Time Out. WEBSITE VIEWING DETAILS. Review by Penny Nair Price Viewers can watch Jane Clegg from the…