Stmk Nurse Lucy Letby guilty of murdering seven babies at Chester hospital No checks will be made on whether those requesting coronavirus tests are genuinely essential workers, the government has admitted, after demand for home kits ran out in two minutes and appointments for drive-through tests were filled within three hours.Ministers said they were trusting the public to be honest about applying for essential worker tests. This leaves the system open to abuse, with one man who successfully applied for a drive-in test minutes after the scheme opened saying any Tom, Dick or Harry can get a test. The government insisted there was no evidence that high demand for tests was linked to fraudulent applications.Coronavirus tests: who qualifies for them now 鈥?and how do I apply Read moreThe health secretary, Matt Hancock, promised on Thursday that up to 10 million essential workers and their families would be able to apply for a drive-in test or home-testing kit from 6am on Friday. Within two minutes, all the 5,000 available kits had been ordered.The government was forced to apologise after high demand for the drive-through appointments ran out before 8.30am. There was also a technical problem with the government website shortly after 8am.Th e transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said during the daily press conference later that 16,000 testing slots had been booked on Friday and dismissed suggestions that the website allowing critical workers to book tests had crashed: W eve seen in the last few days this difference between the capacity available I think Veln Lord Justice Leveson: profile of phone-hacking inquiry chairman A landmark court victory against Lloyds Bank over unfair overdraft charges could open the floodgates for a billion-pound payout to other customers, if the courts rule later this year that the case has wider implications.Oliver Foster-Burnell, a customer of what was formerly Lloyds TSB, took his 拢743 overdraft charges reclaim to court 鈥?with pro bono help from solicitors firm Howlett Clarke, LegalBeagles, and barrister Tom Brennan 鈥?and won.A judge at Taunton County Court ruled that the bank was wrong to levy hefty, rising fees on Foster-Burnells account. He had only gone 拢2.67 over his overdraft limit, but the charges mounted up; soon the then 28-year-old health worker was unable to pay his bills.Lloyds was ordered to repay the charges, plus interest.Foster-Burnell was also awarded an additional 拢1,000 in damages, after Lloyds TSB applied a related incorrect default to his credit file.His victory was the first known legal victory for a customer on the fairness of charges since banks won a hearing over the legality of the fees in the Supreme Court five years ago.Now the group behind Foster-Burnells case is going back to court in a bid to extend the ruling. Martin Lewis, founder of the Moneysavingexpert website, and one of those who led the campaign against unfair bank charges, describes Foster-Burnell as a pioneer. Its important to understand, though, that as it was a county court judgment, it doesnt set a legal precedent. But even though Oliver and his team won, they have now
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Rvnb Arizona police aim to put eight-year-old on trial as an adult for shooting deaths Taxpayers should pay more to fund social care, according to the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who suggested this should be through a tax increase rather than a national insurance rise that disproportionately targets the young.The government is close to announcing a plan to increase national insurance rates by at least one percentage point, to fund its solution for the long-term funding of the crumbling social care system, with a final decision expected to be made within days.The rise is expected to be described as a health and social care levy , in an attempt to suggest it is not a straightforward increase to national insurance contributi ons 鈥?something that was ruled out in the Conservatives 2019 manifesto.Allies of the health secretary, Sajid Javid, have denied reports he has been pushing for a bigger increase, of two percentage points.Hunt signalled his objection to the pla n, because the money would come from young workers, but not the earnings of people over state pension age.In an interview with BBC Radio 4, he said: Since older people are the biggest beneficiaries, its fair they should make a contribution. Several cabinet ministers share Hunts view.Writing in the Telegraph, Hunt said: It is a wonderful miracle that we are living longer, but one with dramatic consequences for NHS and care spending. A 50-year-old man costs the NHS just under 拢500 on average 鈥?but by the time he is 85, that rises to nearly 拢4,000. Our hospitals will be 40% busier in 15 years t Xqqe Covid: more than 80% of positive UK cases in study had no core symptoms Last month I persuaded a few dozen people to have a squirting water fight outside parliament to highlight the absurdity of UK sex laws. The digital economy bill 鈥?currently at committee stage 鈥?is an outrageous attack on the sexual liberty and personal privacy of adults in the UK. It will destroy the livelihoods of many adult industry workers, particularly webcam performers and DIY porn producers such as me. Making and selling our own content online gives us autonomy over our work 鈥?but the mandatory age verification and censorship this legislation will impose on online porn will take that away.Porn in the classroom Heres why it makes sense | Jenni MurrayRead moreI own and operate Dreams of Spanking; a niche BDSM bondage, domination, submission and masochism site with films expressing my personal sexual fantasies. Running my own website gives me total freedom to do what I want on camera, with the people I choose. Authentic and performer-centric sites such as mine are exactly what the porn industry needs 鈥?but small-scale independent websites will be devastated if the digital economy bill is passed into law.Im no stranger to censorship. Last year, Dreams of Spanking was unsuccessfully targeted under the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014, because my consensual BDSM videos depict spankings that leave marks. After a traumatic, invasive investigation, I was forced to take my site offline 鈥?and I was left in no doubt that the law considers kinky sexualities such as m
