Gourmet Burger Kitchen is to close 26 restaurants and axe 362 jobs as part of a pre-pack deal that will save the bulk of the chain’s workforce. The deal, confirming a story first reported by Sky News, will see poultry tycoon Ranjit Boparan take control of the chain. Deloitte, which is handling the administration process,
Month: October 2020
A man from the UK had sudden hearing loss after testing positive for COVID-19, a medical journal has reported. The 45-year-old man who suffered from asthma but was described as “fit and well” was admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) after contracting COVID-19. However, after a long period of time in the ICU, it
An upcoming live episode of Little Mix The Search has been postponed after crew members tested positive for coronavirus. Saturday’s live BBC One show would have seen six groups battle for a place on Little Mix‘s 2021 tour after several weeks of pre-recorded episodes. It will now air a week later on 24 October –
A trio of astronauts have reached the International Space Station in just three hours by using a new fast-track manoeuvre. NASA’s Kate Rubins, alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchko, blasted off from the Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan early on Wednesday morning. The launch used a two-orbit, three hour approach for the first time.
Elderly voters helped put Donald Trump in office. They could also boot him out. The polls tell a worrying story for the president. In national and key battleground states, the turnaround from four years ago among voters 65 and over is pretty stark. Mr Trump captured the senior vote by almost ten points, according to
A four-week “circuit breaker” lockdown will come into force in Northern Ireland on Friday in an attempt to stall the rise in coronavirus infections. First Minister Arlene Foster confirmed the move in a statement and said that the half-term holiday break for schools will be extended and now last two weeks, from 19 to 30
Facebook is banning adverts that discourage people from having vaccinations, but posts from anti-vaxxers will still be allowed on the platform. Adverts that perpetuate false information about vaccinations, such as the discredited theory that they give people autism, are already banned by the platform, and the latest move will expand the ban to paid adverts
A “large crowd” had to be dispersed from Liverpool city centre after pubs closed at 10pm last night – hours before tough Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions were due to be imposed. Footage posted on social media showed dozens of people dancing in Concert Square, one of the city’s busiest nightlife hotspots. Few appeared to be
This incredible image of a Siberian tiger, a species which has previously been “hunted to the verge of extinction”, has won the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award for 2020. Selected from more than 49,000 entries from around the world, Sergey Gorshkov’s photograph was praised as a “scene like no other” by judges of the
They should be taking £80,000 at the bar at The Sandon pub in Liverpool this Saturday. The Merseyside derby is normally one of their busiest fixtures where the staff are flat out. On average, they drain a 176-pint barrel of beer every four minutes. The pub stands in the shadow of Anfield stadium and holds a
A month after holding its first September event for years without announcing a new iPhone, Apple has released four models in its new iPhone 12 range, all of which are 5G-compatible. They include a new line for Apple in the iPhone 12 Mini, which measures just 5.4″ from corner to corner – making it the
The first wave of COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to end the pandemic, the UK vaccines chief has told Sky News. The UK has 340 million doses of six prototype vaccines in its stockpile – more than any other country. But Kate Bingham, who heads the Vaccine Taskforce, said uncertainties remain over how much protection they
Sir Keir Starmer has called for a two to three week “circuit breaker” lockdown in England as he accused the government of having “lost control” of the coronavirus pandemic. The Labour leader urged the prime minister to “act now” and “break the cycle” of COVID-19 infections, as he warned the country could soon “sleep walk
About 600 people are now reported to have died in clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. The contested territory’s military said 16 more of its service people were killed in fighting on Tuesday – bringing the total number of those killed to 532 since fighting started on 27 September.
Several crew members working on a Britain’s Got Talent’s Christmas special have tested positive for coronavirus, causing filming to be delayed. At least three workers for the festive edition of the talent show are affected. Britain’s Got Talent has halted production and the crew members are self-isolating. Image: Alesha Dixon is one of the show’s
It is “inevitable” that London will pass a “trigger point” to enter tougher coronavirus restrictions in the “next few days”, Sadiq Khan has told Sky News. “All the indicators I have, hospital admissions, ICU occupancy, the numbers of older people with cases, the prevalence of the disease, the positivity are all going the wrong direction,”
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