Covid: Pre-departure travel tests have outlived their usefulness
Transport secretary says day two PCRs will be replaced by lateral flow tests The current Covid testing system for people travelling to England has “outlived its usefulness”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says, as Omicron is now “widespread and worldwide”. Ahead of a rule change later this week, he said the system – introduced to slow […]
Ex-UKFast boss Lawrence Jones drugged and raped women, jury hears
Other Lawrence Jones is accused of rape and four counts of sexual assault A hotel bar piano player-turned-tech entrepreneur drugged and raped two women, a court has heard. It is alleged Lawrence Jones, 55, attacked the women decades before he entered the public eye due to his successes at UKFast Limited, a tech company he […]
Clare Connor: England women’s cricket boss rules out applying to be men’s chief
England women’s cricket boss Clare Connor has ruled out applying to become men’s chief because the women’s game is “on the eve of something special”. Andrew Strauss stepped down as England’s director of cricket in October, with Andy Flower in an interim role until a replacement is found. But Connor, 42, says she already has […]
Hull hospital uses VR headsets to give parents pregnancy insight
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust The VR headsets allow new parents to feel what it is like “to be in the birth centre, on the labour ward or in the operating theatre” An NHS trust is using virtual reality to give pregnant mothers and their partners an insight into giving birth. Hull and […]
Meet the stylist who makes vegan food for your hair
You might get a coffee and a biscuit at most salons, but at one hairdressers in Waterlooville, Hampshire, it is your hair that can a get a whole meal. Claire Alker freshly prepares all her dyes, shampoos and conditioners for her customers, and they are all vegan. Claire says it is a return to our […]
The fading glamour of hustle culture
Getty Images The #grindset mentality has long endured – but some people are finding hustle culture is losing its lustre. Waking at 0400, necking a Bulletproof coffee and a green juice, hooking into a multi-screen desk set-up for back-to-back calls and strategy sessions: you’re hustling to build a mission-driven empire, and harness the #grindset. Who […]
Rugby World Cup: What next for England and the women’s game?
None of the Red Roses have announced their retirement since the final, but 37-year-old Hunter has already confirmed she will stop playing before a home World Cup in 2025. Abbie Ward – a key player in England’s formidable line-out – says she will “100%” continue until the next World Cup, while star centre Emily Scarratt, […]
Donald Trump calls Bitcoin ‘a scam against the dollar’
Getty Images Former US President Donald Trump has told Fox Business that he sees Bitcoin as a “scam” affecting the value of the US dollar. “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam,” Mr Trump said. “I don’t like it because it’s another currency competing against the dollar.” He added that he wanted the dollar to […]
Why lion cubs are turning up across Europe
Getty Images Experts say buyers are drawn in by the cute looks of lion cubs Police officers are used to finding people hiding in unusual places for unusual reasons. But one man gave law enforcement a shock in Paris earlier this week. Police found another lion cub in a flat in the city last year […]
Are pay transparency laws working?
The laws requiring companies to post salary ranges help level pay disparities in some ways. But these steps may not go far enough. Now that several months have passed since some of the most far-reaching legislation has come into effect, human resource experts and employees are taking stock of its effects. The verdicts are mixed. […]