Road safety experts were calling for an investigation on Saturday night as it was revealed motorists are three times more likely to die in hybrids than in petrol cars. A total of 122 people died in hybrid car crashes last year, compared with 777 in accidents involving petrol cars, according to Department for Transport figures analysed byContinue reading “Hybrids Kill Three Times More Than Petrol Cars”
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Pension Should Be Affordable, Says Reeves
Rachel Reeves has warned that the state pension must be ‘affordable’ amid concerns that the younger generation may not receive it until they are 74. The Chancellor said increases in life expectancy have to be taken into account after ministers launched a review. Concern has been raised about the sustainability of the triple lock, which meansContinue reading “Pension Should Be Affordable, Says Reeves”
Putin, 71, Calls For Handover Of Anti-Ageing Research
Russian scientists have been ordered to hand over details of their latest research into anti-ageing remedies in a suspected bid to keep alive Vladimir Putin and his circle of Kremlin cronies. According to one source, the proclamation came from the ‘biggest boss’ and led to officials scrambling to fulfil the 71-year-old dictator’s supposed instructions. Putin has longContinue reading “Putin, 71, Calls For Handover Of Anti-Ageing Research”
Analysts Warn That Coutts’ Plans To Move £2 Billion From UK Funds Into Overseas Investments Are Part Of A ‘Vicious Circle’ Causing London-Listed Firms To Lose Value
Royal bank Coutts has been accused of ‘abandoning’ Britain as it plans to shift billions of pounds of clients’ cash out of the UK. In a blow to the City, the 332-year-old lender, where King Charles is a client, will transfer £2 billion from British funds into overseas investments. Analysts said Coutts’ decision to join a ‘foreignContinue reading “Analysts Warn That Coutts’ Plans To Move £2 Billion From UK Funds Into Overseas Investments Are Part Of A ‘Vicious Circle’ Causing London-Listed Firms To Lose Value”
Listed For Sale
It was hailed as Britain’s flagship ‘megalab’, a £1.1 billion cutting-edge diagnostic centre to counter COVID-19 and protect the country against future epidemics. Announcing the project in November 2020, then-health secretary Matt Hancock said the laboratory ‘confirms the UK as a world leader in diagnostics’, capable of carrying out 300,000 tests a day. However, threeContinue reading “Listed For Sale”
Before The Outbreak Officially Began In Mid-November 2019, China Began Developing COVID-19 Vaccines
A new report claims that China started developing COVID-19 vaccines before the official start of the outbreak. A 300-page document, compiled by the US Senate, suggests Chinese researchers started to work on a vaccine programme in mid-November of 2019. It adds to evidence that the country tried to cover up early infections before the WorldContinue reading “Before The Outbreak Officially Began In Mid-November 2019, China Began Developing COVID-19 Vaccines”
The Birth Rate In Britain Is In Danger
A study has discovered that almost half of UK adults aged between 18 and 50 are not intending on having children, with the birth rate set to plummet. Some 46 per cent of those polled by Ipsos said they’d settled against children or didn’t plan to have any more. More than half said this wasContinue reading “The Birth Rate In Britain Is In Danger”