The Furlough scheme will be extended until the end of March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced. The scheme in which employees receive four-fifths of their current salary up to maximum of £2, 500 of hours not worked was originally scheduled to end last month, but was extended when Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a…
Andrew Bailey the Governor of Bank of England has vowed to do “everything we can” to support the economy amid a resurgence of Covid-19 and said It was important that policymakers acted “quickly and strongly”, as the Bank announced a further £150bn of support, as lockdown could lead to a slower and bumpier recovery. The…
Sainsbury has announced 3, 500 job losses mainly from the Argos chain it bought in 2016 and close 420 Argos stores by March 2024, but open new 150 outlets in Sainsbury’s stores. Job losses are also in the supermarkets with the closure of its delicatessens and fresh fish and meat counters. Sainsbury’s said that the120…
Boris Johnson told PMQs the new lockdown would “expire automatically” on 2 December 2020. There are 11, 000 severely sick Covid-19 patients in English hospitals according to NHS England chief Sir Simon Stevens. Some shops extend opening hours for the second day after long queues on Tuesday evening. On Thursday, England will be going back…
THE HAT – a 5 min short film with Jude Law and Raff Law starring. Raindance Film Festival 2020. Https://cinema.raindance.org free of charge and donations welcome. Inject your own interpretation into this fast-paced short. This is the first film together of father and actor Jude Law – 47 and son and actor Raff Law –…
“ A herd of elephants from the Chattisgarh, in Uttar Pradesh, India, lost its way to the Jarha forest on Sunday night and inadvertently attacked a house, and trampled an 8-year-old girl” according to Mohammed Zaheer Mirza, a divisional forest officer.
Anton Nguyen an Australian from Brisbane, Queensland, was saved by his pet parrot who woke him up from his bed as his two-storey house caught fire on Wednesday. “ I heard a bang and Eric my parrot – he started to yell so I woke up and I smelled a bit of smoke. I grabbed…
Every year on 1st November Vegans around the world celebrate their vegan lifestyle, which is beneficial for the health of human beings and fosters environmental protection as well as the lives of animals. The movement decries all acts of cruelty and violence against our animal brethren. World Vegan Day was introduced in 1994 by Louise…
100 million Americans voted early in the US presidential election triggering the highest turnout in more than a century after the keenly contested and heated race for the White House. In 2016 a record of 139 million votes was cast which represented 59.2 per cent of the eligible American voting population. Mr Biden visited his…
“He Dreams of Giants” – Darwin Films and Low Key Pictures Production. This covers Terry Gilliam’s making of the film “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”. Raindance 28th Film Festival 2020. Whetting your appetite for a truly sumptuous story? Making films at the top end of the market in terms of actors and actresses,…