Health

[ad_1] A young father who died after being immobilized by staff hired by Metrolink in Manchester city center was illegally murdered, a coroner concluded. Jack Barnes, 29, said ‘I can’t breathe’ five times and ‘let me breathe’ twice when he was pinned head-on after getting involved in an altercation. While …

[ad_1] VisitBritain has announced that UK tourism companies registered in the ‘We are well to go’ program, which ensured visitors a safe visit last year, will now automatically receive an international award ‘Safe travel‘seal of World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The seal signifies that the destinations comply with international …

[ad_1] There is a great demand to go back to the movies, says an industry leader. People will make their personal decisions as to whether or not they are ready to re-enter theaters, an industry chief executive said, adding: “There is really a high demand to get back into theaters, …

[ad_1] A Briton has been jailed for two weeks for sneaking out of his quarantine hotel room in Singapore to visit his fiancee. Nigel Skea was also fined 1,000 Singapore dollars (£ 540) for breaking coronavirus rules in the city-state. Skea, 52, left his room at the five-star Ritz-Carlton Millenia …

[ad_1] TThe schools minister said teachers would have to show evidence of the grades they give, as part of checks against grade inflation. Nick Gibb told BBC Breakfast: “Teachers will be required to submit evidence and the second layer of quality assurance is verification by examination boards.” “So if the …

[ad_1] Almost half of people believe that those who lost their jobs during the pandemic likely performed poorly, according to a survey. In findings that will raise fears about inequalities in Britain, an attitudes study by researchers from Kings College London showed that a significant minority thought that a widening …

[ad_1] Facebook was “over-enforcing wrong” by removing links to hundreds of non-media organizations in Australia, Nick Clegg admitted, in a blog post advocating the company’s ban on short news stories from social media there. The former UK deputy prime minister, now Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and communications, said …

[ad_1] The NHS faces legal challenge over its data deal with the controversial Silicon Valley firm Palantir, Sky News can reveal. Palantir, who has become famous for his close ties to security services and immigration agencies in the United States, struck his first deal to handle NHS data in March …

[ad_1] I“It will take us many years to get back on top” of tackling the waiting lists, which are now longer than they have been for about 20 years, according to NHS Confederation Executive Director Danny Mortimer. He told Times Radio that once the impacts of the virus spike in …

[ad_1] People could use a revamped NHS app to prove their Covid status when entering pubs or theaters in England based on plans ministers are considering, as a major care provider said staff have two months to get hit or to lose his job. The ministers are expected to give …