Tuesday, 07 April 2020

Short-form streaming app Quibi launches to rival Netflix

Added: 07.04.2020 6:18 | 6 views | 0 comments

BBC's technology reporter tests if Quibi's platform with 10-minute or shorter videos could get viewers hooked.

Tags: Netflix, Technology

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: US car insurers refund drivers stuck at home

Added: 07.04.2020 6:18 | 18 views | 0 comments

Major US insurer Allstate is paying out $600m in refunds to drivers in quarantine and through discounts.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Calls for debt relief for world's poorest nations

Added: 07.04.2020 3:14 | 18 views | 0 comments

More than 100 global organisations want debt payments to be waived for developing countries this year.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

'We all have resilience... You've got to make it grow'

Added: 07.04.2020 2:19 | 9 views | 0 comments

Professional explorer Mike Horn reflects upon his daredevil career so far.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

'My $60m weight-loss app cured my personal pain'

Added: 07.04.2020 2:19 | 10 views | 0 comments

Victoria Repa has created an app to help people lose weight, an issue she struggled with growing up.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Marini Naturals: The haircare business that reaches 12 countries

Added: 07.04.2020 2:19 | 10 views | 0 comments

Michelle Ntalami couldn't buy the products she wanted for her hair, so she set up a company to sell them.

Tags: Michelin

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Singapore has moved all its hawkers indoors, and other big Asian cities are following suit

Added: 07.04.2020 2:19 | 9 views | 0 comments

Singapore has moved all its street food vendors indoors. Could that be a model for other cities?

Tags: Singapore

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: The struggle of being a ride-share driver

Added: 07.04.2020 2:19 | 21 views | 0 comments

Julie Davis is a ride-share driver in the virus hotspot of Seattle - watch her emotional video diary.

Tags: Seat

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The shop where you can still buy huge bags of pasta

Added: 07.04.2020 0:08 | 26 views | 0 comments

Wholesalers are opening their doors to members of the public keen to buy supplies in bulk.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: 'I was asked for £430 a month for my shut nursery'

Added: 07.04.2020 0:01 | 21 views | 0 comments

Many nurseries are closed, but some are still asking parents to continue to pay a monthly fee

Tags: Money

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Why is the petrol price nearing £1 a litre?

Added: 07.04.2020 0:01 | 23 views | 0 comments

An oil price war and Covid-19 travel restrictions are cutting fuel costs but it is not good news for everyone.

Tags: Oil, Fuel

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Waitrose in u-turn on virus pay policy

Added: 06.04.2020 21:57 | 29 views | 0 comments

The firm said it no longer expects staff to recover time they take off for sick family members.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Don't bail out airlines, say climate campaigners

Added: 06.04.2020 21:55 | 38 views | 0 comments

Climate change: Use crisis to turn aviation green, say campaigners

Tags: Aviation, ISIS, Climate change

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Waitrose staff told to make up time off for virus

Added: 06.04.2020 18:25 | 39 views | 0 comments

The firm expects staff to recover time they take off for sick family members.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: You can't just stop paying rent, tenants told

Added: 06.04.2020 12:58 | 35 views | 0 comments

Landlords say the government should make it clear that rent must be paid unless a landlord agrees to a pause.

Tags: Government

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

UK drivers win first round in VW 'dieselgate' case

Added: 06.04.2020 12:19 | 33 views | 0 comments

The High Court rules that the German firm installed 'defeat devices' in vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

Tags: Germany, UK

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Debenhams to file for administration

Added: 06.04.2020 11:56 | 32 views | 0 comments

The department store chain, which employs 20,000 people, says the move will allow it to keep trading.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Top bosses agree pay cuts as thousand more staff suspended

Added: 06.04.2020 11:13 | 31 views | 0 comments

More executives agree pay cuts, as firms continue to suspend thousands of staff and slash wages.

Tags: USA, Slash

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: New UK car registrations drop by more than 40%

Added: 06.04.2020 10:18 | 38 views | 0 comments

Motor industry records the worst March for two decades as the Covid-19 outbreak keeps buyers at home.

Tags: UK

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Defence firm Babcock to make 10,000 ventilators

Added: 06.04.2020 8:18 | 26 views | 0 comments

The move comes as tech giant Apple says it will start making face shields for medical workers.

Tags: Workers

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Government watchdog: Hospitals face severe shortages of medical gear, confusing guidance from government

Added: 07.04.2020 7:18 | 7 views | 0 comments

An internal government report found that one hospital was so short of thermometers it could screen staff and patients for coronavirus only at random.

Tags: Government, Hospitals

Source: www.nbcnews.com

What it's like for first responders like me to get told coronavirus is a 'hoax'

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