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Matt Hancock has "serious questions to answer" after it was revealed he and his sister own shares in a company benefiting from lucrative NHS contracts. The Health Secretary declared in the MPs' register of interests in March of this year that he now owns shares in company Topwood Limited, which specialises in secure storage, shredding and scanning of documents. The Health Service Journal (HSJ) reported that the firm, which is owned by his sister, won a place on a framework to provide services to the English NHS in 2019, as well as contracts with the NHS in Wales. It also reported that the Health Secretary did not declare his connection to the company in the relevant register of interests, a claim which has been rejected by the Government. A Government spokeswoman said the Health Secretary had acted "entirely properly in these circumstances" and that all declarations of interest have been made "in accordance with the ministerial code". Meanwhile, a Whitehall source said that … [Read more...] about Matt Hancock accused of ‘cronyism’ over shares in firm that got lucrative NHS contract

The cost of COVID-19 tests for holidaymakers should be cut to £30 to encourage people to start travelling again, a boss at one of Britain's biggest travel chains has told Sky News. Jonathan Woodall, chief operating officer at Hays Travel, said that the current price of up to £200 for PCR tests was too high and will be a "barrier for customers" as restrictions ease next month. He said the government should help bring the cost down. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world Under a traffic light system for the hoped-for resumption of foreign holidays from 17 May, even those returning from "green" low-risk countries will have to pay to have the tests. Advertisement But industry figures including easyJet boss Johan Lundgren have said that the rule threatens to price ordinary travellers out of returning to the skies. Speaking to Sky's Ian King Live, Mr Woodall said the cost of the tests would "cause a barrier" - especially for … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Hays Travel calls for price of holidaymaker coronavirus tests to be cut to £30

WHEN you're considering ending a relationship, who is the first person your turn to? Chances are, it'll be your best mate or your mum... or maybe even both. But for one woman who is considering dumping her boyfriend, it's her fed-up NEIGHBOUR who is urging her to pull the plug on her relationship. In a brutal note which was shared on Reddit's "Trashy" forum , the anonymous neighbour, from New York, asked the woman to do everyone in the building a "favour and dump him". They wrote: "We don't need to be woken up one more time at 2am because he can't be an adult and hold his s*** together. "Not one more time woken up by slamming doors, stomping feet and the worst part - hearing his 'whiny a** voice yell 'what the f***!'" Referencing a previous incident between the couple involving an ironing board, they added: "Your new dog deserves better. Just BREAK. UP. ALREADY. Please allow us to go at least one month without being woken up in the middle of the night. … [Read more...] about Exhausted neighbour begs woman to dump ‘whiny a*s’ boyfriend so their late-night arguments FINALLY stop in brutal note

LINE of Duty has received hundreds of complaints after a character with Down's Syndrome was labelled "the local oddball" in an episode. As the show aired on World Down Syndrome Day , character Terry Boyle, who had been accused of murdering fictional journalist Gail Vella, was hit with the derogatory term. Viewers were left outraged when Terry, who is played by Tommy Jessop - an actor with Down's Syndrome - was referred to as an "oddball". More than 300 of people have since contacted the BBC to voice that they were "unhappy" with the choice of words used to describe Terry. According to the Mail Online , 323 complaints were submitted to the broadcaster about the line from the first episode of the sixth series. It came as policeman Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) revealed Terry may not be as responsible for the murder of Jackie Laverty, who was stored in his freezer by an organised crime group. After the DNA of a criminal named Carl Banks was discovered at the scene … [Read more...] about Line of Duty hit with hundreds of complaints after Ted Hastings calls Down’s Syndrome character an ‘oddball’

IT sounds like a madcap scene from Mrs Brown’s Boys. Comic Lee Mack has revealed that the first time he experimented with drugs — taking cocaine at his best friend’s stag do — he became obsessed with cleaning a kitchen, even putting on an apron and Marigolds. Talking about the class-A drug, Lee said: “I’d never done that in my life and neither had my best mate. And we said, ‘Shall we just do it?’ “And we did it and I thought, ‘This isn’t having any effect on me whatsoever’. “So an hour later I did it again. “Then cut to about three hours later, I suddenly turn into what can only be described as a mother figure. “And they’re all in the living room, there’s music blasting and they are all dancing around, booze everywhere, and I get it into my head I’m going to cook for everybody. "So I start making pizzas that we’ve got frozen and I start putting them in the oven. And I think, ‘Ooh, this oven’s a bit dirty. I know what — I’ll give it a bit of a clean’.” The … [Read more...] about Lee Mack reveals that after taking cocaine for first time he became obsessed with cleaning a kitchen