Shanghai has laid out plans for a return to more normal life from June 1 and an end to a painful Covid-19 lockdown that lasted more than six weeks and contributed to a sharp slowdown in Chinese economic activity. In the clearest timeline yet, Deputy Mayor Zong Ming said on Monday Shanghai’s reopening would be … Read more
Mitchell, 12, has been permanently banned from school in Yardley Wood (Picture: BPM) A schoolboy has been expelled after bringing a toy gun into McDonald’s where his friend shot other students. Pauline Pollard, 53, says her son has been permanently ruled out of the incident, saying it was ‘unfair’ and ‘over the top’. The freelance … Read more
Not much privacy (Picture: Triangle News) A small studio has come online because it costs over £1,000 a month to rent – but anyone who lives there will have to make big sacrifices on space. The bed is in the kitchen, there’s a giant TV on the wall, and the bathtub is in the living … Read more
Cryptocurrency prices dipped again over the weekend after showing signs of recovery. Bitcoin has once again fallen below $30,000 (£24,500), as the market continues to feel the effects of Terra’s devastating crash coupled with a general cooling in enthusiasm. Here are the prices of major coins as of Monday morning: Bitcoin – $29,650 (£24,250) Ethereum … Read more
Google is being sued for using confidential medical records belonging to 1.6 million people in the UK. The company’s artificial intelligence arm, DeepMind, received the data in 2015 from the Royal Free NHS Trust in London for the purpose of testing a smartphone app called Streams. The complaint is brought by Andrew Prismall in a … Read more
Goldman Sachs staff enjoy unlimited time off: Senior bankers are entitled to as many days off as they want under plans to address complaints about long-hours culture Goldman Sachs told top executives to take as many vacations as they want Partners and general managers will not have a cap on the number of paid vacation … Read more
Exclusive: Holidaymakers who had booked P&O Cruises holidays to the Canary Islands were disappointed when the company isolated them for hours without enough food, heating or seating. Jonathan and Jan Biscoe have been on 20 P&O cruises – but never say again ( Image: Jonathan Biscoe) Up to 50 P&O Cruises customers have been stranded … Read more
A commuter traveling to Manchester from Stoke-on-Trent has suffered an ‘insane’ £800 fare hike caused by a train cancellation. Daniel Wilson regularly uses the 7.45am service, which Avanti West Coast has ‘temporarily’ axed from today (May 16), StokeonTrentLive reports. The rail operator said the decision was linked to staff shortages. Daniel uses the loaded service … Read more
Thieves have had a taste of their own medicine after a driver ‘stole’ their own car using a little-known trick. Battersea’s Jo Coombs woke up one morning to find her Land Rover Discovery was gone and set about trying to retrieve it. 3 Jo found his car parked less than two miles away fitted with … Read more
