Arise Sir Tom: Colonel Tom Moore to get knighthood May 19, 2020 Colonel Tom Moore will be awarded a knighthood after being nominated for the honour by Boris Johnson in light of his fundraising efforts. Moore, who has become a much loved national figure after raising £33m for the NHS, will be honoured in the coming months, after the knighthood was approved by the Queen. The 100-year-old [...]
HS2’s new west London mega-hub gets planning go-ahead May 19, 2020 HS2’s west London rail hub at Old Oak Common has this evening received planning approval from the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation. The green light means that work can progress on building what will be the largest new railway station ever built in the UK. The station will have 14 platforms, a mix [...]
Facebook launches new shopping feature to help small firms move online May 19, 2020 Small businesses will be able to open a single online store selling products through Facebook and Instagram thanks to a new feature launched by the tech giant today. Facebook Shops, which will be rolled out over the coming months, allows customers to buy products through a firm’s business Facebook page or Instagram profile, or through [...]
Brexit: Minister won’t rule out prospect of City losing EU access over fishing policy row May 19, 2020 A senior minister has refused to rule out the prospect of the UK’s financial services industry losing access to EU markets over a row with Brussels over fishing policy. Environment secretary George Eustice at today’s press briefing said the government would not “get into saying you have to sacrifice one industry in order to give [...]
UK government scientists looking at how to ease coronavirus lockdown faster for remote areas May 19, 2020 The government’s top scientists are looking at ways of lifting the lockdown at a faster rate in remote parts of the UK that have very few or no coronavirus cases. The chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence Dame Angela Maclean today said location “was a huge focus” for government scientists when looking at [...]
Lufthansa says hundreds of planes will remain grounded until 2023 May 19, 2020 German state airline Lufthansa has said that hundreds of its aircraft will remain grounded until 2023 due to the prolonged impact of coronavirus on global aviation. In a letter to staff seen by Reuters, the flag carrier said that next year would see 300 of its 763 planes grounded, with the number falling to 200 [...]
UK coronavirus death toll rises by 545 as official total passes 35,000 May 19, 2020 A further 545 people have died from coronavirus in the UK as the official total death toll passed 35,000. Speaking at the government’s daily briefing, environment secretary George Eustice said the country’s death toll now stood at 35,341. Another 2,412 people have tested positive for coronavirus since yesterday, he added. The figure is a sharp [...]
Pizza Express to reopen 13 London restaurants for delivery May 19, 2020 Casual dining chain Pizza Express will reopen 13 of its London sites for delivery from next week. The Italian restaurant chain is preparing to reopen sites across the capital including in Balham, Fulham and Notting Hill where it has typically seen high customer demand. Pizza Express will launch with a “slightly edited” menu and with [...]
Michael Gove: Brexit deal can be struck if EU loses its ‘ideological fastness’ May 19, 2020 Michael Gove has said a zero tariff, zero quota trade deal can be done with the EU if its negotiators shed their “ideological fastness” during talks. The Cabinet Office Minister updated MPs today on Brexit trade negotiations, claiming the EU “wants us to obey the rules of their club, essentially, even though we are no [...]
Rishi Sunak warns swift economic recovery ‘not obvious’ May 19, 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has poured cold water on hopes that the UK economy will make a rapid recovery from the sharp economic downturn caused by Covid-19. Speaking in front of the Lords economic committee today, Sunak warned it was “not obvious that there will be an immediate bounce back”. “It takes time to get back [...]
