on Сверхзвуковые пассажирские лайнеры Concorde и Ту–144 By engineers.d3.ru Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:11:17 GMT Музей техники в Зинсхайме, Германия — единственное место в мире, где можно увидеть рядом два сверхзвуковых лайнера — Concorde и Ту–144.Первый полет Ту–144 совершил 31 декабря 1968–го, Concorde взлетел на три месяца позже — 2 марта 1969–го. Ту–144 стал первым пассажирским самолетом, преодолевшим звуковой барьер в июне того же года. В дальнейшем судьбы самолетов сложились по разному. Ту–144 после долгих лет испытаний и изменений конструкции вышел на линии только в конце 1977 года, а спустя семь месяцев, выполнив всего 55 пассажирских рейсов и перевезя 3,5 тысячи пассажиров, прекратил пассажирские перевозки. Concorde же за 26 лет эксплуатации перевез около 3 млн пассажиров и совершил свой последний рейс в 2003 году.Фото отсюда. Написал xarms на engineers.d3.ru / комментировать Full Article авиация concorde ту–144
on Recovery or cancellations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 23:00:47 GMT Hi, mera gst 2sal se due hai. aur cancelled v ho gaya hai. ab kaya karu? Full Article
on Paying GST for income earned before GST registration By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:17:02 GMT Hello,Newbie here. Summary at the end, feel free to scroll down directly. I am an individual consultant. I would like to understand if I have to pay GST for some invoices raised (and money received) before GST registration date and if so, do I have to pay a penalty since I am doing it Full Article
on Professional Fee to NR By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:28:45 GMT Our comapny is engaged in the business of rice supply. For selling rice in US we have done some certifications from US based certification company. Now we have received an invoice of 1260 USD for Q1 FY 20-21 on pro-rated basis. It is clearly mentioned in invoice that they need full amount without Full Article
on Audit opinion By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:20:55 GMT Greetings to you. I am a new member.I have questions on the auditors' opinion relation to the audit of the financial statements of a first time IFRS adopter. Below are the audit findingsThe first time adopter has departed from the IFRS in the following 1. Full Article
on Invoice address different from the one registered in GST Registration Certificate By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:07:12 GMT My firm is registered with my permanent address (say "X") for getting GST & MSME- Udyog Aadhaar Registration Certificate is also done using address "X" & no other additional address was entered during registration.I reside in Full Article
on Gst registration By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 13:08:14 GMT While registering for gst as proprietor,what I need to fill in detail of existing registration, what I need to fill in that?That cloumn is red marked.please help Full Article
on New registration By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 22:25:42 GMT My GST no is cancelled. can i apply for new GST number in same pan & same state ? Full Article
on Covid-19: Fewer than 100 new deaths in France as hospitalisations continue to fall By www.france24.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:37:03 GMT French health officials on Saturday announced another 80 deaths from the new coronavirus, the lowest figure recorded over 24 hours since early April. Full Article France
on Countries set to lift lockdown measures as world’s Covid-19 cases surpass 4 million By www.france24.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:28:50 GMT The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied Sunday to lift lockdown restrictions, despite concerns about a second wave of infections. Full Article Europe
on Under Trump, American exceptionalism means poverty, misery and death | Robert Reich By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T05:00:16Z No other advanced nation denies healthcare and work protections, or loosens lockdown while fatalities mountNo other nation has endured as much death from Covid-19 nor nearly as a high a death rate as has the United States. Related: Donald Trump's four-step plan to reopen the US economy – and why it will be lethal | Robert Reich Around the world, governments are providing generous income support. Not in the USAmerican workers are far less unionized than workers in other advanced economies Related: Mothers will be hardest hit if the economy reopens too fast | Jessica Zucker Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a columnist for Guardian US Continue reading... Full Article US healthcare US taxation US unions US unemployment and employment data US economy Business Economics US news US domestic policy Donald Trump Trump administration US politics Republicans
on Valuable Collections People Regret Getting Rid Of By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:00:00 -0700 We all like to think, in our own nostalgic haze, that our old toys would be worth something today. In actuality, most of your old magazines, cards and complete collection of McDonald's Transformers probably aren't worth anything. But in some rare cases, people realize 20 years after the fact that their mom threw away thousands of dollars worth of stuff. On the other side of things, here are stupid purchases people regret making. Full Article Sad games collection toys nostalgia prize regret money valuable fortune
on Dad Uses Son's College Fund To Remodel Home By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:00:00 -0700 It's all about the context here in this particular AITA. Dad had saved money for his son's college fund, which ultimately didn't end up getting used, because his son decided to drop out. Fast forward, and the son is asking his dad if he could tap into the college fund for what sounds like newlywed expenses/alleviating debt. Dad was not about it, because the whole point of the money was for it to be used for college. Full Article aita kids parenting dad reaction Reddit college
on Wonderfully Incompetent Failures of Design By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:00:00 -0700 There wouldn't be design without a healthy number of design fails. There's people putting telephone poles in the middle of roads, goofing up headlines, photoshopping the ever-loving reality out of their ads, and making classic stupid signs. You've gotta love it when someone makes a great big sign for their local "Pubic Library." Here are some wonderfully unprofessional "not my job" moments. Full Article FAIL design you had one job design fails lol not my job mistake funny signs stupid
on Texts from Students Who Had to Take Care of Electronic Babies By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:00:00 -0700 Depending on where you went to school and what classes you took, you may have had a project where you had to take care of a sack of flour as if it were a child, or in this case, a robotic doll programmed to cry. Based on how frustrating these things can be, we're not sure if these projects were designed to be a learning experience so much as birth control. It doesn't take simulated parenting to know that kids are weird and dumb, and that toddlers have meltdowns over nothing, but having a robot baby wake up in the middle of the night might be a literal wake-up call for a high school freshman. Full Article complaining Babies school texts teacher robots lol project funny
on Safe Zones By www.achewood.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:00:00 GMT Achewood strip for Thursday, December 1, 2016 Full Article Strip
on Touch-Typing On Fingertips? Prototype Says It Could Work By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:00:22 +0000 Touch-typing with thumbs on a mobile phone keyboard is a pretty familiar way to input text, and that is part of what led to BiTipText, a method of allowing bimanual text input using fingertips. The idea is to treat the first segments of the index fingers as halves of a …read more Full Article Arduino Hacks Wearable Hacks arduino fingertip keyboard predictive text input touch sensitive touch sensor touch typing
on Fear, judgment, hysteria: six survivors talk about life after coronavirus By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T20:00:06Z After facing the existential threat of testing positive for Covid-19, these Australians describe the reactions of their communitiesSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCoronavirus Australia maps and cases: live numbers and statisticsWhen they emerged from isolation, one felt like an escapee, another saw friends turn on their heels and some questioned if they had really recovered. Though their symptoms varied, all the accounts from these people who have recovered from coronavirus echo the same sentiment: recovery came at a price. Weeks after getting better, strangers and loved ones still scrabble to create distance, afraid of contagion.At the time of writing, 5,984 Australians had recovered from the 6,875 confirmed cases. While the emerging consensus is that recovery induces, at least, short-term immunity, the World Health Organization urges caution, and researchers and health authorities are racing to determine how long this defence lasts. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Australia news Sydney Health Infectious diseases
on 'You are still a soldier to me': The forgotten African hero of Britain's colonial army By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:15:17Z Jaston Khosa was one of 600,000 men from African countries who fought for Britain. He was quietly buried on VE Day after a life of abject povertyIn a crowded, Zambian slum on VE Day, a family gathered to bury one of the last veterans of Britain’s colonial army. Jaston Khosa of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment was laid to rest on the day the world commemorated the end of the war in which he fought.The 95-year-old great-grandfather was among 600,000 Africans who fought for the British during World War Two, on battlefields across their own continent as well as Asia and the Middle East. Although their service has largely been forgotten, the mobilisation of this huge army from Britain’s colonies triggered the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. Continue reading... Full Article Global development VE Day Zambia Africa World news Second world war
on A century on, whatever happened to Labour's firebrand lost leader? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:38:19Z Victor Grayson was briefly the most famous socialist in Edwardian England. But in 1920 he disappeared. His fate remains one of the most compelling mysteries in British political history“Oh mad, foolish Grayson!”Editorial in the socialist magazine The Clarion, August 1907In the aftermath of the general election of February 1974, the mood in Marsden socialist club in west Yorkshire was grim. David Clark, the young Labour MP for Colne Valley, in which the former mill town of Marsden sits, had lost his seat. Clark gamely attempted to lift his activists’ spirits with a rousing speech. But one elderly stalwart remained unmoved: “Old Harry was sitting at the bar nursing a pint,” recalls Clark, who is now 80 and a Labour peer. “He said: ‘All due respect to master Dave, but we’ve only ever had one true socialist MP around here. And that was Victor Grayson.’” Continue reading... Full Article Labour Politics Labour party leadership Socialism Focus
on Wine buying ideas from online specialists | David Williams By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T05:00:17Z Sales from online dealers has shot up during the lockdown. Here’s your chance to find some great deals and also to try some new bottles and grapesShaw and Smith Sauvignon Blanc, Adelaide Hills, Australia 2019 (£14.95, slurp.co.uk) With most of us living out most of our lives in the virtual world at the moment, it’s not surprising that a lot of wine buying has migrated online, too. Depending on which statistical data gatherer you believe, sales of alcohol online were up by as much as 50% in the first weeks of the crisis v “normal” times. A lot of those sales went through the virtual tills of the supermarkets, of course. But the online wine specialists have been benefiting, too. If you’re looking to dip a toe into online wine buying for the first time, many retailers are offering discounted mixed cases to get you started. Slurp.co.uk, for example, has a 10-bottle “Indulge in Isolation” case, which at £120 works out as a £50 discount. There are some nice wines in there, although, personally, I’d rather go à la carte on slurp’s extensive list, filling a case with bottles such as Shaw and Smith’s superbly zingy, pristine sauvignon.De Martino Viejas Tinajas Cinsault, Itata, Chile 2018 (£14.95, virginwines.co.uk) One mixed case that I do like the look of is Virgin Wine’s selection of contemporary German bottles, which, includes pinot blanc and pinot noir as well as a scintillating example of the country’s most famous grape variety, Gunderloch Fritz’s Riesling, Rheinhessen 2017 (a bottle of which is £14.99 on its own; The Best of Modern Germany case of 12 bottles is £140). You could also include any of those Germans in a mixed case with a wine such as the gorgeously light, rosehippy-red fruited, clay amphora-made Viejas Tinajas from Chile. Meanwhile, the UK’s oldest wine retailer, and one of the first to make a success of online, Berry Bros & Rudd, has a tempting 12 for £200 mix and match offer of 30 smart bottles, which is pretty good value for wines from the likes of De Martino, the Loire’s Vincent Carême, Beaujolais’ Julien Sunier and the Douro’s Quinta de la Rosa. Continue reading... Full Article Wine Food Life and style
on TV tonight: on the journey to rap superstardom with Dave By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T05:20:16Z Dave Burd brings a lightly fictionalised tale of his comedy rap career in a new sitcom. Plus: The Fantastical Factory of Curious Craft. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading... Full Article Television & radio Culture
on Not now, Bernard ... I'm on my iPhone: classic children's text reissued for digital era By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:28:17Z Author David McKee reveals why, 40 years on, his cautionary tale of the perils of ignoring children is still relevantFor the past 40 years it has been a warning to parents about the monstrous consequences of ignoring their children. Now new illustrations of the classic picture book Not Now, Bernard have been created to better reflect the daily life of families in the age of smartphones and tablets. Continue reading... Full Article Children and teenagers Fiction Society Books Culture
on Never Rarely Sometimes Always review - profoundly moving abortion drama By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:00:19Z Eliza Hittman’s coming-of-age story about a US teenager seeking a termination is heartbreaking and painfully authenticFrom Eliza Hittman, the remarkable writer-director of It Felt Like Love and Beach Rats, comes another drama that manages to blend the gritty authenticity of a documentary with the poetic sensibility of pure cinema. In her impressively measured and beautifully understated third feature, Hittman tells an oft-hidden story of reproductive rights – an age-old issue that has urgent contemporary relevance. Yet Never Rarely Sometimes Always never feels polemical. On the contrary, it is perhaps best described as a perfectly observed portrait of female friendship; a coming-of-age story with road-movie inflections, piercingly honest and deeply affecting.Feature first-timer (and accomplished musician) Sidney Flanigan is superb as Autumn, a 17-year-old from Pennsylvania who discovers that she cannot get an abortion in her home town without parental consent. Quietly desperate, Autumn reluctantly confides in her more outgoing cousin Skylar (rising star Talia Ryder, soon to be seen in Spielberg’s West Side Story), who agrees to accompany her across state lines to New York. The pair imagine that the trip will be brief but find themselves spending days and nights on the streets, waiting for the procedure that Autumn was denied in Pennsylvania. Continue reading... Full Article Drama films Film Culture Abortion
on Can Iraq's new PM, and the region, escape Suleimani's long shadow? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T16:05:00Z Rise of spy chief to premier comes as Iran struggles to maintain momentum months after killing of powerful generalIn late February, six weeks after the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani was killed by a US drone, a candidate for Iraq’s vacant premiership was nervously preparing for an interview that would secure him the role.Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s rise from intelligence chief to the seat of national power had been unorthodox, as was the journey he had just made – from Baghdad, where high-stakes appointments like his had mostly been made over the past decade. Continue reading... Full Article Iran Iraq Lebanon Hezbollah World news Middle East and North Africa
on Foxtons becomes a self-preservation society as house sales drop off a cliff By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T23:04:50Z At the go-getting estate agency’s AGM this week, all minds will be focused on getting out of a tricky situationWhen a Foxtons employee looks in the mirror, the estate agent can discern a reflection that others cannot.To them, the figure smiling back is a dashingly attired young tycoon – confident that their sharp wits are about to land them another tasty commission. But many of those attempting to buy a home in London might interpret that same image as – how shall we put this? – slightly less heroic. Continue reading... Full Article Foxtons Business Property Money Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases World news London UK news
on How did we end up turning our care homes into jails of enforced loneliness? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:30:19Z The rights of the most vulnerable, including those with dementia, should not be violatedCoronavirus - latest updatesCoronavirus - see all our coverageLast week, driving to the shops, I passed a care home and saw a figure standing at an upstairs window: an old woman looking out at a world she could not enter. She looked like a prisoner. And in a way, that’s probably what she was.Let’s talk about old people. Let’s talk about people in care homes, about people living with dementia and dying with dementia, out of sight and out of mind, and what the lockdown means for them. Let’s talk about what we are not talking about enough, not thinking about enough, not caring about enough. Continue reading... Full Article Dementia Coronavirus outbreak Social care NHS Care workers Hospitals Health Mental health UK news Society World news Older people
on The VE Day speeches that moved beyond words | Vanessa Thorpe By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:30:17Z Sincerity is an increasingly rare commodity among our leaders, but sombre addresses by the Queen and Germany’s president had it in spadesPublic suspicion is often aroused by the neat use of rhetoric, or by hearing a clever trick of speech. It is understandable that a stylish phrase or a persuasive analogy from the mouth of an authority figure should be met with caution.Many are now also wary of the comparisons with the Second World War that are lobbed at the population each week by politicians, for the globe is not waging a military campaign or fighting a battle, there is no violent human enemy to defeat. Instead, we are all engaged in a unique and sustained mass experiment in protection and survival. Continue reading... Full Article VE Day UK news The Queen Germany Second world war Europe Monarchy World news Language
on PSG's record £198m splurge on Neymar will stand for years as symbol of crisis | Jonathan Wilson By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T19:00:04Z Elite clubs will prey on desperate ones in the hunt for bargains as the game reels from its biggest financial hit since the 1930sEven at the time – in 2017 – the fee Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona for Neymar was extraordinary: £198m was 125% more than the previous record, set a year earlier when Manchester United had signed Paul Pogba from Juventus. Transfer records simply aren’t broken by that amount in the usual run of things. It was a statement signing, a deal designed not only to land the player, but to emphasise PSG’s financial power, to highlight their status as a super-club while inflating the market to a level at which only the mega-rich could compete.Three years on, with football suspended across the globe and major leagues desperately seeking ways to get games on to stave off financial apocalypse, the world looks very different. A model predicated on constant growth has received an abrupt shock. Continue reading... Full Article Neymar Football Sport Transfer window Paris Saint-Germain
on Silverstone marshals wary of extra risks to F1 going behind closed doors By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:00:18Z Volunteers who help the British Grand Prix run smoothly want to get back trackside but questions remain on safety and testing“We are like one big family,” says Carolyn Doyle of the bond between the marshals of the British Grand Prix. “We are there because we love it and we want to achieve the same thing – that’s what makes it really special.”Much as it does bring great pleasure to this selfless collective, the sport knows their presence is invaluable. As Silverstone considers hosting two consecutive races behind closed doors in July, the volunteer marshals are having to consider the new realities imposed on Formula One by the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading... Full Article British Grand Prix Silverstone Formula One Motor sport Sport
on 'They lynched him': Ahmaud Arbery's father on the killing of his son By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:00:17Z Marcus Arbery Sr says Ahmaud’s death at the hands of two white men, while he was out for a run, was an act of racismMarcus Arbery Sr says his son was just like him, fit and athletic. Related: ‘Every stone will be uncovered’: how Georgia officials failed the Ahmaud Arbery case Continue reading... Full Article Ahmaud Arbery Georgia Gun crime US crime Race US news
on Who is Kayleigh McEnany – and why is she saying nice things about Donald Trump? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T05:00:16Z The White House press secretary has made a confident start in a notoriously difficult role. Those who know her say the media and opponents underestimate her at their perilIt was a mic drop designed to thrill conservatives and infuriate liberals and the media. Related: 'You can't ask the virus for a truce': reopening America is Trump's biggest gamble Continue reading... Full Article Donald Trump Trump administration US politics US news Republicans Christianity Religion Fox News CNN US press and publishing US television industry Media World news
on Through my lockdown lens: 11 leading photographers capture their confinement By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:00:17Z Acclaimed photographers from around the world share a single image reflecting on their experience of the coronavirus outbreakMinneapolis, Minnesota Continue reading... Full Article Photography Art and design Coronavirus outbreak Culture
on Rosena Allin-Khan: 'If Matt Hancock found my tone difficult, that's on him' By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:33:17Z The Labour MP and A&E doctor on her run-in with the health secretary and her shifts on the hospital frontline Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Rosena Allin-Khan stood up in the House of Commons last Tuesday to address the health secretary, Matt Hancock, she anticipated being stonewalled. She didn’t expect to become the story.In her other life, the MP for Tooting is an A&E doctor and intensive care specialist and has been working 12-hour hospital shifts throughout the pandemic. Allin-Khan reported that the government’s failures were contributing to a greater loss of life and she wanted answers on its testing strategy. The health secretary awkwardly responded by suggesting that Allin-Khan’s testimony was untrue and moreover, that she “might do well to take a leaf out of the shadow secretary of state’s book in terms of tone”. Continue reading... Full Article Labour Coronavirus outbreak Health policy Politics Doctors Hospitals Matt Hancock UK news Medical research Health Society
on Israel threatens to pull evangelical Christian TV station aimed at Jews By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:02:17Z State forbids preaching to under-18s without parents’ permissionThe Israeli government is threatening to take off air a Christian television channel that launched in the country to preach to Jews, warning that it will be barred if it breaks strict rules around proselytising.GOD TV, an evangelical media network that broadcasts across the world, signed a seven-year deal with a major Israeli cable television provider, HOT, to host its new Hebrew-language channel that began airing last month. Continue reading... Full Article Israel Evangelical Christianity Middle East and North Africa World news Religion Christianity
on The 'United States of Europe' speech that Winston Churchill so nearly made By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:12:17Z A recently discovered document sheds new light on the wartime leader’s ‘iron curtain’ addressIt was a speech that electrified the world, one that coined a phrase that was to characterise the political era that followed the second world war. But its content could have been very different, reveals a document freshly unearthed by a historian researching the life of Winston Churchill.On 5 March 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, before a huge crowd which included the US president, Harry Truman, Britain’s wartime leader issued a famous description of the political division that was opening across Europe between the Soviet-dominated Communist east and the western democracies. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,” Churchill declared, “an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” Continue reading... Full Article Winston Churchill Second world war European Union US news Communism Europe UK news
on Conservation society clashes with Disney over missing historic letters By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:39:18Z Campaigners call for return of 1930s wording to Twentieth Century Fox Film Co former officesDisney, titan of the media and entertainment world, has enraged a group of Londoners attempting to preserve one of Soho’s best-known squares. And the battle is over one word: “Fox”.In the south-west corner of Soho Square stands Twentieth Century House, a grand emblem of the American film industry’s key role in this part of the city since 1937. It is now in the hands of Disney. Continue reading... Full Article Film Heritage Culture Disney Channel Television industry Media UK news London
on Venezuela seizes empty Colombian combat boats days after failed invasion plot By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T04:50:53Z Caracas has accused Colombia and US of plotting to overthrow president Maduro; says military found abandoned vessels in Orinoco riverVenezuela’s military says it has seized three abandoned Colombian light combat vessels that soldiers found while patrolling the Orinoco river on Saturday, several days after the government accused its neighbour of aiding a failed invasion plot.In a statement, the defence ministry said the boats were equipped with machine guns and ammunition, but had no crew, adding they were discovered as part of a nationwide operation to guarantee Venezuela’s “freedom and sovereignty”. Continue reading... Full Article Venezuela Colombia Americas US news Nicolás Maduro
on Oligarch's wife brings son into high-stakes divorce case By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:15:17Z Tatiana Akhmedova wants high court to have access to son’s papers in her fight for £453m – but he says her claim is unlawfulIt is proving to be a very modern divorce. Armies of lawyers and advisers; hundreds of millions of pounds at stake; priceless art; a superyacht; a key lieutenant switching sides; the son dragged into the proceedings by his mother. No wonder some involved have likened it to The War of the Roses, the dark Hollywood comedy about a feuding couple starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas.But now attempts to secure the assets awarded following Britain’s biggest, bitterest marital breakup may hinge on how the high court views an arcane financial practice dating back to feudal times. Continue reading... Full Article UK news Russia Divorce Divorce Europe
on As Germans prepare for foreign holidays, I console myself with travel books By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:00:17Z We might have to watch the rest of Europe return to the beaches while we’re still stuck at homeIn the past month some mundane words seem to have regained their old mystery. “Travel” is one. In my dutiful daily hour on the rusting exercise bike in the garden I’ve been listening to favourite audiobooks of the remarkable far away: Jan Morris in Venice, Peter Matthiesson in the Himalayas, Bruce Chatwin in Patagonia. In the absence of the possibility of any kind of abroad the great descriptive passages seem doubly evocative. Continue reading... Full Article Travel Coronavirus outbreak VE Day London Bars pubs and clubs UK news Restaurants Food and drink
on The Observer view on the government's lack of a proper lockdown plan | Observer editorial By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T05:00:16Z Ministers’ shambolic briefings expose a terrifying lack of competence• Coronavirus latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverage‘In spite of the sunny bank holiday, it is vitally important that we continue to abide by the current restrictions: stay home, protect the NHS and save lives.” That was the message delivered by the environment secretary, George Eustice, at Friday afternoon’s press conference. Yet just the day before, most newspapers were emblazoned with excited headlines foretelling a significant relaxation of social distancing restrictions, based on briefing from government sources: “Lockdown freedom beckons”, “First steps to freedom from Monday” and “Stay home advice to be scrapped”.Despite the critical importance of clear public messaging to any public health strategy, the government’s communications have been marred by mixed messages throughout this deadly pandemic. Its core message, asking the public to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives, has been very effective, but this has consistently been undermined by ministers and advisers inaccurately briefing the press that there is about to be a shift in policy. Before the Easter weekend, reports appeared that ministers thought that the public had been too obedient in following the lockdown, and that a relaxation was imminent. The same happened before this bank holiday weekend, forcing the government to clarify that there was no change in restrictions and that people must continue to abide by the law. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak World news Health policy Health Politics UK news Society Conservatives Boris Johnson
on Johnson Starmer both know true exit plan means reducing our freedoms By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:00:18Z Taking Britain safely out of lockdown will necessitate unpopular policies of more spending and surveillanceA commonplace criticism of political parties is that they have drifted “into their comfort zone”, which mostly means that Labour talks a lot about raising spending, while the Conservatives talk about cutting taxes. But politicians have comfort zones that are operational as well as ideological: ways of working that they find more attractive than others.In late 2014, one ambitious young shadow cabinet minister asked his aides to draw up a 14-point plan to help him become leader of the Labour party. Step two involved an itemised list of Labour MPs, each of whom, he was told, he needed to wine and dine if he was to have any hope of making a successful bid at the job. The frontbencher in question contemplated evening after evening spent in conversation with his colleagues versus time spent with his wife and children. Surely, he reasoned, he could achieve the same end by writing thoughtful columns in the newspapers and delivering wide-ranging speeches? His leadership bid never recovered. Continue reading... Full Article Surveillance Coronavirus outbreak Apps NHS Office for National Statistics Boris Johnson Keir Starmer Politics Society Identity cards UK news World news Health Infectious diseases Technology
on 'It isn't over': South Korea records 34 new Covid-19 cases, the highest in a month By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T04:43:18Z Twenty-six of the new coronavirus cases were domestically transmitted, including 14 in SeoulCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has reported 34 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily number in a month, after a small outbreak emerged around a slew of nightclubs that a confirmed patient had visited.Of the new cases announced on Sunday, 26 were domestically transmitted infections and eight were imported cases, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak South Korea World news
on Return to work: ‘We won't force anyone to come in and take a risk if they are uncomfortable with it’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:15:18Z One boss, Dale Vince of the green energy firm Ecotricity, explains how he will get his 700 staff back to workCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAlmost all the desks at Ecotricity’s headquarters in Stroud are empty. Pot plants, cards and personal photos are the only signs of the hundreds of employees at the green-energy firm who used to file in and out of the building in the Cotswold town every day.Like most office-based employers, the firm’s founder, Dale Vince, sent virtually all of his 700-strong workforce home at the start of the lockdown in March. Now he is considering how to bring some of them back in anticipation of government guidance for reopening non-essential businesses. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Work & careers Health
on London police body criticises government's 'wishy-washy' coronavirus response By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:00:15Z Metropolitan Police Federation says No 10 is sending mixed messages and authorities needed to be ‘firmer right from the beginning’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA body representing police officers in London has criticised the government’s pandemic response as “wishy-washy” amid concerns that the public has begun ignoring lockdown restrictions.The Metropolitan Police Federation (MPF) said that, despite its assertions to the contrary, the government is sending out mixed messages. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak UK news Metropolitan police London Police
on Diary entries will chart the mood of Britain in coronavirus quarantine By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T07:11:18Z People can contribute to projects that aim to leave a map of the national mood and allow future historians a glimpse of 24 hours in a pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“I have underlying health conditions, including asthma,” writes a frightened 40-year-old woman , shortly before Sunday’s news of whether the lockdown will be eased. “I’m terrified to leave the house, even for exercise, but I’m not sick enough to be ‘extremely vulnerable’. Covid-19 could quite probably kill me.”The anonymous contributor is part of a project called Covid-19 and Me, run jointly by the Young Foundation and the Open University, two of a number of organisations which are asking thousands of men and women of all ages, ethnicities, incomes, beliefs and backgrounds across Britain to keep diaries, complete questionnaires and be interviewed by their peers. They want to know what it is like, at an everyday level, to live through a global pandemic, to create an ongoing “weather map of public feeling”. Continue reading... Full Article Social trends Coronavirus outbreak Health & wellbeing Society UK news Poverty Life and style
on ‘Keep children in nursery longer’ to help with social distancing at UK schools By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:31:17Z Pre-school providers tell ministers they can take the strain from crowded primary classes when the lockdown easesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLeading nurseries are urging the government to let them help primary schools cope with social distancing rules by allowing children to stay in their pre-school classes for months longer than planned.Primary schools are expected to be the first to reopen, but many are concerned about the basic practicalities of doing so. A group of 70 prominent providers has written to ministers, setting out how the nurseries can help. It says that encouraging more children to start school in January or April next year, rather than this September, could ease the problems and help children cope with life after lockdown. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Early years education Education Schools Primary schools UK news
on A return to work is on the cards. What are the fears and legal pitfalls? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T16:26:00Z Employers face a logistical nightmare as staff returnCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTemperature tests, taped-off lifts and potential spikes in harassment complaints are all being examined by British businesses as they prepare for a slow and staggered return to work.Companies have already been scrambling for legal and practical advice as they prepare for the realities of managing workplaces during the Covid-19 crisis. However, there are already major concerns that workers are unclear about what to do if they are being put at risk, while industry figures also warn that the mental health impacts of returning to a new “alien environment” are not being prioritised. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Science Infectious diseases World news Employment law Health Law Society Work & careers UK news
on Can antibody testing deliver on promises to lift the lockdown? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T06:00:18Z As hundreds of test kits claim to offer accurate results on previous Covid-19 infection, scientists around the world are working hard to assess their accuracyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, Marion Koopmans and a team of scientists are going throught the laborious process of verifying antibody tests for Covid-19. Over the last two months, dozens of prospective tests have hit the market, and with many governments wanting to feed the results of large-scale testing into their decisions whether to end lockdowns, biological tests have rarely carried such weight.Most of the tests are enthusiastically marketed, boasting of their ability to accurately detect whether someone has previously been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The painstaking job of proving whether the tests do what they say has fallen to a worldwide network of 12 independent centres, of which Koopmans’s team is one. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Biology Science World news Aids and HIV Society
on Coronavirus latest: at a glance By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T05:35:01Z A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreakFollow our latest coronavirus blog for live news and updatesKey developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include: Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak World news