NHS tracing app advisors ‘cannot decide if they should consider telling ministers to ditch strategy’

The Government’s tracing app advisors ‘cannot decide whether to tell ministers to ditch its current strategy in favour of an Apple and Google version’. The ethical advisory board debated how big a role it should play in discussing whether the model is the best design, during a meeting on Thursday. The app is part of … Read more

Coronavirus doctor saves life of pneumonia-stricken heart surgeon

Coronavirus doctor saves life of pneumonia-stricken heart surgeon – who had saved him 20 years earlier Dr Shakil Rahman able to help heart surgeon Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran Surgeon, known as Mr Chandra, was in hospital with Covid-19 and pneumonia He performed a minimally invasive bypass procedure on Dr Rahman in 1999 Here’s how to help people … Read more

Neighbours, coronavirus: Soap opera resumes production without any physical contact

Neighbours… but not as you know it: Soap opera resumes production without any physical contact between the cast under new social distancing measures By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:54 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 03:58 BST, 15 May 2020 Long-running soap opera Neighbours has resumed filming with social distancing measures in … Read more

Sarah Silverman is all smiles as she joins in New York City’s nightly salute to healthcare workers

Sarah Silverman is all smiles as she joins in New York City’s nightly salute to frontline healthcare workers By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 03:13 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 03:27 BST, 15 May 2020 She’s been banging a saucepan every night for weeks now as part of the daily salute to frontline healthcare … Read more

Facebook appoints ‘privacy committee’ on its board

Facebook has created a ‘privacy committee’ on its board of directors as part of the company’s $5billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.   Members of the panel, which will be responsible for overseeing risks related to privacy and data use, were named in a financial filing on Wednesday, Business Insider … Read more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Drag wasn’t my bag but I love it! Richard E. Grant talks

Richard E. Grant is ready for his closeup…as a drag queen.  The Oscar-nominated actor has undergone a head-to-toe transformation for the feature film version of stage hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: hair concealed under what he described as a ‘Folies Bergere meets Mrs Thatcher 80s-style wig’, feet squeezed into a pair of Jimmy Choo’s.  … Read more