“Going through my search history makes me feel self-conscious. Many of the things I’ve searched for can be completely innocent or potentially explosive and used as a tool for revenge.” As I clear my internet history, sign out of my mail accounts, check my banking is secure, delete any bills, apps, and documents, double-check photos …
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Exclusive: UK tech startup confidence slumps amid Covid-19 crisis
Confidence levels among tech startups have slumped since the start of the year as the coronavirus crisis takes its toll on the UK’s thriving tech sector. Just 32 per cent of businesses are confident or very confident that their turnover will increase in the year ahead, City A.M. can reveal. Read more: Coronavirus: British tech …
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Quarantine Isn’t Ruining Your Marriage, But It Is Speeding Up Your Divorce
When a couple considers divorce, there’s a wash of confusion surrounding them and a mantra of “How did we get here?” repeating in their heads like a bad song. With quarantine, I’m guessing a lot more people are hearing this mantra on a daily basis. Can being locked in small quarters with someone really cause …
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More than £6bn of coronavirus grants given to English businesses
More than £6bn of business grants have been distributed to English small and medium sized businesses through the government’s coronavirus grant schemes. A total of 491,725 grants, worth £6.11bn, have been distributed out of a pot of £12.3bn as of last night, translating into a 49.58 per cent delivery rate. Read more: Scottish government does U-turn …
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Buckland rules out judge-only trials as solution to virus backlog
The lord chancellor says judge-only trials would be a ‘disproportionate step’ to keep the justice system moving during the pandemic, as he revealed today that he is looking at ways to bring back jury trials. Robert Buckland QC, giving evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the government’s Covid-19 response, was asked by …
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Roundup of the best services and offerings for businesses during COVID-19
Expert warns tourism in Cornwall set to go bust by July with £1.2bn loss
Number of operational courts revealed in new interactive map
12 Most Common Reasons People Get Divorced, According To Experts – Women’s Health
Breaking up is hard to do, but divorce? That takes the cake. All kinds of things can lead to a split, from the token celebrity-cited “irreconcilable differences” to a messy affair, or the loss of anything remotely close to the spark you felt in the good old days. And often, the reason you cross the …
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Care proceedings rise steeply in family courts during UK lockdown
The number of urgent care proceedings in the family courts has increased sharply since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Guardian has learned. Judicial sources say that a combination of the lockdown leading to families being forced to spend the majority of their time together, often in confined spaces, increased drinking by some parents …
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