Exclusive: ‘Allow yourself to f*** up once in a while’, says Speak2Impact founder and TED talk writer Susie Ashfield June 9, 2021 Susie Ashfield started out as the voice of middle-class products on day time television; everything from Channing Tatum’s latest blockbuster to Jersey Royal Potatoes. Alongside her voiceover work, she worked as an insurance broker in the City, managing a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, including celebrities and business high flyers. Seeing a gap in the market [...]
Young people set a record-breaking day of coronavirus vaccine bookings June 9, 2021 More than a million people booked a coronavirus jab on the NHS website on Tuesday, as bookings went live for 25-29 year olds. A total of 1,082,596 first and second dose slots were snapped up across the day, passing the million mark for the first time. To put this in perspective, 279,678 doses were booked [...]
Government broke the law with Covid contract for Cummings-linked polling firm, court rules June 9, 2021 Government broke the law with Covid contract for Cummings-linked polling firm
80 per cent of adults in the UK are likely to have Covid antibodies June 9, 2021 Around eight in 10 adults in most parts of the UK now have Covid-19 antibodies, according to new estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In England, sample blood test results for the week beginning 17 May suggest that 80.3 per cent of the adult population have coronavirus antibodies, either from a vaccine or [...]
So much for the pandemic exodus: Home sellers’ confidence grows while WFH drives suburb popularity June 9, 2021 London has brushed off fears its population plan to leave en-masse, however home working has influenced where workers would like to live in the capital. Much has been made of the ‘London exodus’; the idea being that professionals who are no longer obligated to sit at a desk for five days per week would rather [...]
Time off work for mental health surges during UK coronavirus lockdowns June 9, 2021 The number of fit to work notes issued by doctors for mental health reasons spiked during both UK lockdowns in 2020, according to a new analysis of NHS data. In the midst of the first lockdown in May 2020, 42 per cent of fit notes issued by doctors were for mental health reasons, up from [...]
Surge testing deployed in Kingston to combat Delta variant June 9, 2021 Surge testing has begun in Kingston today to combat rising cases of the Delta variant, with those older than 11 advised to get tested even without symptoms. NHS Test and Trace has teamed up with local authorities to launch the additional testing and genomic sequencing in the area. A small number of confirmed cases of [...]
NHS coping with new Covid-19 admissions well, says hospitals boss June 9, 2021 NHS coping with new Covid-19 admissions well, says hospitals boss
Michael Gove ‘would bet on’ lockdown restrictions ending on 21 June June 9, 2021 Michael Gove has said he would bet on a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions on 21 June in line with the government’s roadmap out of lockdown. If he were a betting man, he would gamble that restrictions will be eased in just under two weeks’ times, Gove told a meeting of ministers on Monday, the Huffington [...]
Twenty-somethings join thousands-long vaccine queue, with 500,000 jabs booked June 8, 2021 Over 25s have hopped onto the back of a thousands-long vaccine queue, after health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed yesterday that the age group was able to get jabbed. The NHS said half a million COVID jabs had been booked by 12pm today, likening the rush for bookings to the annual scramble for Glastonbury tickets. The [...]