Scores of pensioners have been left with no way of contacting the outside world as BT’s digital landline switchover continues to be besieged with problems.
Customers have been left with no phone access for days, lifesaving alarms have been made redundant and numbers and area codes have been changed without permission – leaving many vulnerable people with nowhere to turn.
BT is currently switching all landline phones to digital that it serves in Britain’s 29 million homes, making them internet
After years of dissing LG’s OLED TVs, Samsung is now 100% on team OLED. Not only did the company create its own OLED technology called QD-OLED, it also struck a deal with LG Display to buy the same WOLED panels that Sony and LG use to build some of their OLED TVs. That’s an extraordinary turnaround.
But as satisfying as it is to see the world’s largest TV manufacturer finally acknowledge the benefits of OLED TV tech, we’re also
Across the UK drivers, cyclists and walkers alike have come out in force to blast councils on some of the most ludicrous road markings and signs that have been catching people out – sometimes landing them with huge fines.
Rushed-through road markings and ill-thought out signs have left resident’s amused and infuriated in equal measure – as while some see the lighter side, others have raised serious safety concerns.
From mismatched crossroads with six different arrows and wiggly road markings,
With terms such as epidemiologist, cryotherapy and homeostasis, it can sometimes feel impossible to comprehend medical jargon.
But, the Mail’s health team have cut through the complex science to explain exactly what these words mean.
With terms such as epidemiologist, cryotherapy and homeostasis, it can sometimes feel impossible to comprehend medical jargon. But, the Mail’s health team have cut through the complex science to explain exactly what these words mean in an A to Z glossary
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Obstetrician Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman was treating patients in New York City when the COVID-19 pandemic swept in. Hospitals began filling up. Some of her pregnant patients were among the sick.
It was a terrifying time. Little was known about the virus called SARS-CoV-2 to begin with, much less how it might affect a pregnancy, so doctors had to make tough calls. Gyamfi-Bannerman remembers doctors getting waivers to administer the antiviral drug remdesivir to pregnant COVID-19 patients, for instance, even though the
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In a world with perfect coronavirus tests, people could swab their nose or spit in a tube and get near-instant answers about their SARS-CoV-2 status. The products would be free, fast, and completely reliable. Positives would immediately shuttle people out of public spaces and, if needed, into treatment; negatives could green-light entry into every store, school, and office, and spring people out of isolation with no second thought. Tests would guarantee
