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WHO warns coronavirus ‘will be with us for a long time’ and most of world’s population is at risk

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WHO warns coronavirus ‘will be with us for a long time’ and says most of the world’s population remains at risk from catching the disease Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said ‘we have a long way to go’ He said most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics WHO said there were ‘worrying … Read more

Heart attack and stroke victims have to wait more than TWO HOURS for an ambulance

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Heart attack and stroke victims have to wait more than TWO HOURS for an ambulance as coronavirus crisis starts to squeeze front line services EXCLUSIVE Emergency response times are the worst on record  1000s of heart attack victims are waiting over two hours for an ambulance  Patients with heart attacks, strokes bumped down waiting list … Read more

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey gives nearly $400m less to charity than the $1 billion he claimed

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Billionaire Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has given nearly $400 million less to his coronavirus relief effort than the ‘billion dollars’ he claimed, federal documents reveal. Earlier this month Dorsey tweeted that he would be donating $1 billion – which he said was about 28% of his wealth – to a fund he set up to … Read more

Worse to come for ‘broken’ oil market as pandemic causes oversupply

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Worse to come for ‘broken’ crude oil market as coronavirus crisis causes extreme oversupply By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 Oil prices sank to fresh 21-year lows before recovering as markets continued to grapple with extreme oversupply caused by the coronavirus … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Slump in electricity demand shocks Centrica’s shares

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The slump in demand for electricity has been worse than previously thought and could knock British Gas owner Centrica hard, according to analysts at Jefferies. The utility giant was among the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 after the US investment bank downgraded its stock from ‘buy’ to ‘hold’, slashed earnings forecasts by a third … Read more

Ocado accused of ‘profiteering’ from the coronavirus crisis

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Ocado accused of ‘profiteering’ from the coronavirus crisis by hiking prices and axing discounts as demand for deliveries soars By Hugo Duncan and Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 Ocado has been accused of ‘profiteering’ from the coronavirus crisis by axing discounts … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Virgin deserves a lifeline 

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Richard Branson has touched a raw nerve with his £500million bailout request for Virgin Atlantic. He is portrayed as a tax-avoiding wastrel, living the high life in the Caribbean with a reputation for treating women carelessly. All this is true and the Virgin Money rescue of Northern Rock after the financial crisis cost the taxpayer … Read more