10th July: The call centre emails to ask me what my favourite flower is. I give this a few minutes’ thought and reply. “On balance, I think I like bluebells the best. Why do you want to know?” An hour or so later I get an out-of-office reply saying “To be honest, we don’t give a shit one way or another what your favourite flower is. It was just a way of finding out how many of you were still monitoring your phones.” … [Read more...] about Just another quiet day in the home-office of dedicated contact tracers
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National Grid starts work on 475-mile-long UK-Denmark electricity cable that will share energy generated from renewable sources like wind and solar
'Not only will this scheme create local green-collar jobs across the county, but it will also bolster our energy security, reduce bills for consumers, and give our home-grown renewable generators a greater chance to export zero-carbon electricity around the world.' … [Read more...] about National Grid starts work on 475-mile-long UK-Denmark electricity cable that will share energy generated from renewable sources like wind and solar
£1m Lottery scratchcard winners ditch world tour for campervan over coronavirus
Mrs Hancock added: "We were feeling a little bit down so we just thought, let's go and make the most of it - there's lots of lovely places here to go and see and we can do day trips. … [Read more...] about £1m Lottery scratchcard winners ditch world tour for campervan over coronavirus
Metro Bank office staff can work from home until after flu season
“We were always going to exit the Old Bailey building and we were always going to move colleagues to a lower-cost jurisdiction. That might have been outside of London, it might have been in the Midlands, it might have been up north; who knows where that was going to be … what has changed is we won’t be doing that. We actually found office space for all our colleagues – and it just looks a lot like their sitting room.” … [Read more...] about Metro Bank office staff can work from home until after flu season
Why is the government buying Covid tests without evidence they work?
For a test to be properly validated, a number of conditions need to be satisfied. This takes time. First, a new diagnostic test designed to look for virus genetic material is assessed in the laboratory, using artificially made genetic segments that look like virus. This artificial sample has a set number of copies of genetic material, and it is then diluted down a number of times. Each diluted sample is tested on the device multiple times to see whether it can be detected reproducibly and reliably. … [Read more...] about Why is the government buying Covid tests without evidence they work?
