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Latest local lockdown rules for Wales as ‘fire-break’ is considered
What are the latest restrictions? Two-thirds of the population of Wales are now living in lockdown, including the country’s capital Cardiff plus Swansea and Llanelli. Neath Port Talbot, Torfaen and the Vale of Glamorgan all had new restrictions introduced from September 28. The restrictions mean people should not meet indoors, aside from extended households, and nor should they enter …
Coronavirus latest news: Snitch on your neighbours to police if they break ‘rule of six’, says minister
The Government has secured the supply of 60 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate being developed in France. Valneva SE, a specialist vaccine company, announced a “major parternship” with the UK worth around £433 million. The doses will be provided in the second half of 2021. There is an option for the Government to access …
Seven Greek islands removed from holiday list as UK announces regional travel corridors
As the UK’s Covid-19 cases continue to surge, there are rising concerns that more countries may introduce restrictions on British holidaymakers – rendering them off-limits until our own infection rate reduces. Just as the UK has government-approved ‘travel corridors’, the likes of France, Greece and Spain have their own restrictions on overseas visitors – which, …
Technology was a lifeline in lockdown, but it’s become a leash. We all need a digital detox
That initial enthusiasm, says Burke, has turned to weariness. Using technology is “kind of addictive, and it’s pleasurable for us, but I think a lot of us have gorged on it so much. I hear from a lot of people who are sick of Zoom calls and just want to actually have an experience properly …
4,200 referred to police for breaking quarantine rules, says Grant Shapps
Currently, the Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the Maldives, and it remains off the UK’s quarantine-exempt list – despite the country having had consistently low infection rates, with only 28 recorded deaths. But, according to the Managing Director of MaldiMaves Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), talks are taking place at …
’Breaking news’ doesn’t mean what it used to – News – Journal Standard
Breaking news. The phrase “breaking news” has been inflated in recent years. Years ago, “breaking news” meant a story so important it was worth interrupting other programming. Now, in the cable news era, the words “breaking news” pop up at regular intervals, several times an hour. In that sense, they’re like the “new and improved” …
Birmingham police break up more than 70 illegal parties as city tries to avoid lockdown
Coronavirus in France is circulating four times more among people under the age of 40 than those over 65, France’s health minister said. But he warned that contamination was on the rise among the elderly and more vulnerable too. “We’re in a risky situation,” Olivier Veran said. Like President Emmanuel Macron, Mr Veran ruled out the need …
BBC technology that turns your gadgets into speakers could be used for the Proms, says Radio 3 controller
Picture the scene: you are in your front room listening to the Proms. The string section begins to play from your radio. Seconds later the brass starts playing from your laptop on the sofa across the room, joined by booming drums from your phone in your pocket. This could be the future of music and …
Reclaim Africa’s place in global geopolitics of technology: The Standard
It has been reported that America is seeking to have Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies who has been in the custody of Canadian authorities’ since December 2018, extradited to the US to face banking fraud charges and misleading an American company about Huawei‘s business in Iran. It has emerged that the …
Fintech in Brief: FDIC Proposes Financial Technology Standard Setting and Certification System | Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
On July 20, 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC or the Agency) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on a proposed voluntary public/private standard setting and certification system to promote the efficient and effective adoption of innovative technologies at FDIC-supervised financial institutions. The RFI is the latest product of FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams’ …
