Covid-19 testing firm owed over £3.5m when it collapsed despite earning millions from pandemic

Omicron variant. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020, the country has suffered approximately 531,892 fatalities.

A Scots dad with no health problems has died aged just 44 leaving his heartbroken family completely devastated.

The UK's Covid-19 inquiry will begin its public hearings later today with the voices of some of those who suffered most in the pandemic being heard.

Blaine Higgs’s uncharacteristic tweet attacking the prime minister could be a case of “doubling down” and appealing to a certain base of voters, according to a political scientist from the province.In a tweet sent last Friday that has now had more than a million views, the premier called out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — alleging he “does not support the role of parents in guiding their children’s future.”Susan Holt & Justin Trudeau don’t believe parents need be involved in such critical discussions as gender identity, even in children as young as 4.In New Brunswick, we’ll have a safe learning environment & better mental health supports, while still respecting the parent’s role. pic.twitter.com/WWDK8ID9Mw— Blaine Higgs (@premierbhiggs) June 10, 2023At issue is the Higgs government’s controversial review and changes to Policy 713, which sets up standards to ensure an inclusive environment for LGBTQ2 children in schools.The updated policy removes wording that allowed students under 16 to use their preferred name in the classroom.

orcas, also known as killer whales, appear to be ambushing boats off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.But now, a boat captain is speaking out, saying that after his boat was attacked for a second time he now thinks these groups of orcas know “exactly what they’re doing.”Captain Dan Kriz, a sailor with Reliance Yacht Management, had his first orca encounter in 2020.“I was sailing with my delivery crew through the Strait of Gibraltar delivering a yacht when I was surrounded with a pack of eight orcas, pushing the boat around for about an hour,” Kriz told Newsweek. “We were one of the first boats experiencing this very unusual orcas’ behaviour.”While the whales caused significant damage to the boat’s rudder, leaving them stranded and needing a tow to the nearest marina, a similar attack three years later has cemented his belief that orcas are now intentionally disrupting sea vessels.Kriz said that he was delivering a catamaran on April 15 of this year near the Canary Islands when he began to feel the boat being jostled by creatures below.“My first reaction was, ‘Please! Not again,’” Kriz told Newsweek.“First time (in 2020), we could hear them communicating under the boat,” the captain said.

fentanyl overdose less than a week before the appointment.“Some people say the system is simply broken. But the truth is, the system we need doesn’t even exist,” she said.The Diamond family, well known for their philanthropy around the province, is donating $20 million towards a new model for addictions treatment based out of Vancouver’s St.

PHILADELPHIA - Motorists who frequently use Interstate 95 should prepare to reroute their commute for the foreseeable future as crews work to repair a collapsed stretch of highway. "Just devastating honestly, the traffic is already pretty bad because 95 has been under construction for a while," Emily Orlando from Northeast Philadelphia told FOX 29.Officials say the collapse happened Sunday morning when a tanker truck hauling gasoline overturned underneath an overpass and exploded, causing the highway above to give way. The driver of the truck, identified told FOX 29 by family members as Nathaniel Moody, was killed in the explosion. Miraculously, however, there were no reported injuries to motorists or bystanders. RELATED COVERAGEOfficials said the southbound side of the highway will need to be demolished and rebuilt along with the northbound lanes.

police lights (FOX 9)PHILADELPHIA - A young woman was killed in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood on Monday after police say someone shot her in the head. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 500 block of East Duval Street just before 4:30 p.m.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 21: (ISRAEL OUT) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Defence Minister Ehud Barak (not pictured), on November 21, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's opposition leader testified Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently tried to persuade him — twice — to back legislation that would have given a Hollywood mogul millions in tax breaks.But Yair Lapid, a former prime minister himself and a major Netanyahu rival, said he was not convinced.Lapid made the statements as he testified in Jerusalem in one of three corruption cases against Netanyahu.

Ukraine war entered a new phase over the weekend.After more than 15 months, the Canadian government ordered the seizure on Saturday of the Russian-registered cargo aircraft as a direct response to Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour that began in February 2022.This is the first physical asset of Russia that will be captured by Ottawa under the asset forfeit law and the second under Canada’s overall sanctions regime.Here is a look back at the developments, and at what happens next.The Antonov 124 aircraft landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Feb.

A tour boat carrying 36 passengers capsized in western New York Monday.  LOCKPORT, N,Y. - One person was killed and multiple people were sent to local hospitals after a boat capsized Monday during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of Lockport, officials said.Police and fire crews were called to the Lockport Cave Tours, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Niagara Falls, at about 11:30 a.m. The tours take visitors on an underground boat ride illuminated only by small lights."The boat did a 180-degree turn, so the bottom of the boat was upright in the water," Lockport Fire Chief Luca Quagliano said at a news conference.

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES - JUNE 8: Turkish Airlines TK80 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane prepares for takeoff at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 8, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu An 11-year-old girl has died after falling unconscious on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to New York City, the airline says.The plane made an emergency landing Sunday in Budapest, Hungary, in an attempt to save the child, but first responders there were unsuccessful. "Our cabin crew made the announcement on the PA system for any doctors on board while the captain of the flight immediately diverted to Budapest," the airline said in a statement to Fox Business."As a doctor among our passengers attended the situation and performed heart massage, our cockpit crew made an emergency landing in Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport," the Turkish Airlines statement added.

PHILADELPHIA - Family members have identified a man they say was driving a tanker truck that crashed and burst into flames, eventually leaving parts of I-95 completely destroyed Sunday morning.Nathaniel Moody, 53, has been identified by family members as the driver of the truck. Family members say officials informed them that human remains were recovered at the site of the crash and collapse, but they have not yet been positively identified.Nathaniel Moody, 53 (Family Photo) Moody's family described him as a husband, father, and experienced driver with more than 10 years behind the wheel. They say he was transporting fuel for a company in Pennsauken, New Jersey at the time of the crash.According to Pennsylvania State Police, the truck was carrying 8,500 gallons of a gasoline when officials say it lost control on the Cottman Avenue off-ramp curve, overturned, crashed on its side and caught fire.Extreme heat from the fire caused an overpass on the northbound side to completely collapse, while also compromising the southbound portion of the highway.  Featured Portions of Interstate 95 have collapsed after a large gasoline-fueled fire broke out Sunday morning, bringing traffic to a standstill and closing down parts of a major roadway.

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - Police are looking for a man they say carried out at least two crimes in different sections of Bucks County in the span of just a few hours.A broken window was found when police responded to an alarm at Meineke Mufflers on Easton Road in Plumstead Township earlier this month.Police say the suspect threw a landscape rock through the window before rummaging around the shop.

BLACKPINK‘s management company has released a statement after Jennie Kim left the stage mid-performance on Sunday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.

PHILADELPHIA - As vehicle thefts continue to plague the streets of Philadelphia, police are asking for the public's help to identify one suspect.The victim's car was parked on 500 block of West Lehigh Avenue when it was burglarized last month.Police say a man smashed the driver's side rear window, stole a plastic bag full of cash, then fled on foot.MORE HEADLINES:It is unclear how much money was inside the bag, according to authorities.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

A man and his dog were rescued from an Idaho's Snake River after his vehicle and camper tumbled into the water. (Credit: Bonneville County Sheriff's Office) IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Emergency responders in Idaho rescued a man and his dog after his pickup, camper and trailer went off the road and into the Snake River. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened over the weekend in the area near Wolf Flats on the Heise River Road around 7:30 a.m.

an elevated section collapsed over the weekend following damage caused by a tanker truck crash. LiveNOW from FOX spoke with Mark Fusetti, a retired police sergeant, who happened to be driving on the fiery section of I-95 Sunday morning moments before the collapse. Fusetti saw dark, black smoke begin to consume the roadway ahead of him and assumed it was coming from a car fire down below. "I did see an opening (in the smoke) where I could drive through and look safely, which I did. And as I drove through, you felt this major bump on the road," he described.He shared video with LiveNOW from the scene, where Fusetti’s vehicle can be seen going through a clearing in the smoke. "After I go through, I look in my rearview mirror and I see that's where all the cars stopped and that’s where I'm told, unofficially, where the highway collapsed right after."Fusetti said that area of I-95 was already under construction, so he didn’t think much when going over the big bump, but that he was in disbelief when he heard what had happened. "Is this normal?"RELATED: Philadelphia I-95 collapse: What you need to know about the damaged highwayIn this handout photo provided by the City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management, smoke rises from a collapsed section of the I-95 highway on June 11, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Reining in government spending could take some of the pressure off the Bank of Canada in tamping down inflation and help limit pain for debt-ridden Canadians, according to a new report from CIBC.

BLACKPINK's management company has released a statement after Jennie Kim left the stage mid-performance on Sunday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. A statement from YG Entertainment gave an update on the 27-year-old K-pop singer's condition following the concert. «We regret to inform you that during the BLACKPINK WORLD TOUR [BORN PINK] IN MELBOURNE performance on June 11 (today), member JENNIE was unable to complete the stage due to her deteriorating condition,» read a statement from the company on Weverse.

(FOX 9)LOCKPORT, N,Y. - Search operations are currently underway after a tour boat capsized Monday in the Erie Canal in upstate New York. According to the Lockport Police Department, the boat belonged to the Lockport Cave Tours.Police said several fire departments have responded to the scene as well. Surrounding streets have been closed. According to the company's website, the tour boats travel along the Erie Canal and "is an exciting 75-minute historic guided walking tour through America’s past."FOX Television Stations has reached out to the company for comment. This is a developing story.

The United States Postal Service unveils two of its battery-powered vehicles at an event announcing its plan on implementing electric vehicles, at the Postal Service Headquarters on December 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty I COLUMBIA, S.C. - A U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - Portions of Interstate 95 have collapsed after a large gasoline-fueled fire broke out Sunday morning, bringing traffic to a standstill and closing down parts of a major roadway. Here's what you need to know: According to officials, crews with the Philadelphia Fire Department responded under I-95 near Cottman Avenue for a large tanker truck on fire. Authorities say the tanker was carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline when it overturned and burst into flames on the off-ramp under the roadway. Fire crews were able to place the fire under control around 7:30 a.m., but the northbound lanes above I-95 collapsed onto the tanker. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident. RELATED I-95 COLLAPSE RELATED COVERAGEAll north and southbound lanes are closed for about three to four miles between Woodhaven Road and Aramingo Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia.

Reddit’s new pricing policy.According to international media reports, close to 3,500 Reddit communities, also known as subreddits, are participating in this strike as users are unhappy with charges that Reddit has introduced to its application programming interface (API).The API allows users to share Reddit content with third-party apps. The protest was announced in a post by Reddit user u/Toptomcat on June 2.“A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users,” the user said.The user added, “On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy.

firefighters from the European Union will soon be on the ground in Quebec to help their Canadian counterparts tackle a devastating and unprecedented wildfire season.One hundred and nine fire crews from France arrived last Thursday and spent the weekend dousing flames in Quebec, where fires have forced nearly 14,000 people to flee their homes.Another 140 firefighters from Portugal and 97 from Spain are due to arrive in Quebec City on Wednesday, said Claire Kowalewski, the European Union Emergency Response Coordination Centre’s liaison officer in Canada.It’s the first time in the centre’s 22-year history that it has sent firefighters to help in Canada, Kowalewski said.“There is this solidarity,” she said. “Today, unfortunately, it’s Canada that is facing these terrible fires.

A signage of Microsoft is seen on March 13, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images) Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console.The agency charged that Microsoft gathered the data without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, and that it also illegally held onto the data.

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pa. - Four masked men spotted leaving a Kohl's in Northampton County are wanted for shoplifting hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise, according to police.The retail theft occurred at Kohl's on Easton-Nazareth Highway in Lower Nazareth Township during the evening hours of June 8.Police say two suspects acted as look-outs, while the other two stole $845 in clothing and shoes. MORE HEADLINES:All four then fled across the parking to a gold Kia Optima, according to authorities.They were pictured leaving the store in medical masks, with one appearing to wear a bulletproof vest.

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SpaceX, Twitter and electric carmaker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with France's President at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. (Michel Euler / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Twitter chief Elon Musk joked in a tweet about hiring a new propaganda-related position at Twitter on Sunday."Looking to hire a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda," Musk jested in the tweet.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J. - Officials say a swimmer is still missing more than 12 hours after crews set out on an extensive search at a Gloucester County lake.Reports of a "submerged" person at Alcyon Lake in Pitman prompted a response from emergency crews Sunday night.Multiple agencies are involved in the search, which borough officials say will "go on for some time."MORE HEADLINES:The search continued Monday morning, more than 12 hours after it began.No further details have been released at this time.

to serve their mandatory military duties.The members of the K-Pop stars, BTS will perform their required military service, placing the group on hiatus until around 2025. LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow spoke with Nicole Santero, a K-Pop expert at University of Nevada Las Vegas, who helped break down the developments.RELATED: BTS members to do mandatory military service in South Korea, agency saysFrom Monday evening, numerous Seoul structures, including City Hall, the 123-story Lotte World Tower, several Han River bridges, and the futuristic DDP – a Zaha Hadid-designed aluminum and concrete dome that’s often used for visual art – will be bathed in purple, a color associated with BTS, according to city officials and the group’s management company, Hybe.Messages congratulating BTS were displayed on digital screens in buildings across Seoul, while postal authorities issued stamps marking the group’s anniversary, which will be available at post offices starting Tuesday.The landmark Namsan Seoul Tower is illuminated in purple to celebrate the 10th debut anniversary of K-pop megastars BTS in Seoul on June 12, 2023.

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. - Fire crews responded to a two-alarm fire that tore through a business in Camden County on Monday morning. According to fire officials, the blaze broke out inside a commercial building on the 7500 block of Route 130 North in Pennsauken just before 5 a.m. Authorities say several agencies, including crews from Cherry Hill, Cinnaminson, Merchantville, Mount Ephraim, and Westmont, responded to the fire and a second alarm was issued, causing crews to use defensive tactics. Officials say no injuries were reported and the fire remains under investigation by the Pennsauken Fire Marshal's Office. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESRt.

A general view showing the J.P.Morgan Building in Central on May 18, 2023 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images) JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit with victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein.Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal charges accusing him of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them at his homes in Florida and New York. He was found dead in jail on Aug.

PHILADELPHIA - Plumes of jet black smoke and raging flames fill the skies as large concrete slabs of concrete come crumbling down.That was the scene on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia Sunday morning as an overpass of the critical roadway collapsed after a tanker fire erupted just feet below.The devastating collapse has caused major concerns for commuters and residents, leaving several questions unanswered: how did it happen; was it preventable; can the bridge be re-built?RELATED COVERAGE: Commuter Alert: Alternate routes, SEPTA changes mapped out to avoid collapse on I-95 in PhiladelphiaAmir Yaghoob Farnam, an engineering professor at Drexel University, stopped by Good Philadelphia Monday to break crown the collapse, and answer some of those questions.The engineering expert says after analyzing photos and videos, the collapse was likely  the result of two things that just don't mix well - heat and steel.Farnam says the I-95 overpass was constructed with concrete reinforced by girders made of steel, which is very susceptible to heat."Because of extreme heat, steel can lose 40 to 50 percent of its strength," he explained.A tanker truck fire caused an overpass on I-95 to collapse on Sunday morning. FOX 29's Steve Keeley and Bob Kelly discuss the collapse and its impact on traffic in the area.Heat from the tanker fire below made it impossible for the bridge to carry its load, according to Farnam, who says this incident reminds him of the World Trade Center collapse."It was also a heat problem," he said.

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PHILADELPHIA - Drivers began longer commutes Monday after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia a day earlier following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire.Sunday's fire closed a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely. Newscasts warned of traffic nightmares and gave advice on detours, urging drivers to take more time to travel."This is really going to have a ripple effect throughout the region," AAA spokesperson Jana Tidwell said Monday.

PHILADELPHIA - A failed pumping station has prompted Philadelphia water officials to place thousands of homes in one section of the city under a boil water advisory.Approximately 18,000 customers in upper West Philadelphia have been urged to boil their water before drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes and preparing formula.The advisory began Sunday after a pumping station failed, and is impacting the following areas until further notice:Water pressure has since been restored, but officials say residents should still boil their water."A lack of pressure can create a vacuum that could pull disease-causing organisms such as bacteria into water pipes," they said.To ensure water is safe, affected households should:For more information, or to check a map of the affected areas, visits the Philadelphia Water site. 

FILE : A woman picks up free COVID-19 test self-collection kits from the OC Health Care Agency after arriving on a flight at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. ( Allen J.

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 18: The Pikachu Pokemon winners cards are displayed during the 2022 Pokémon World Championships at ExCel on August 18, 2022 in London, England. For the first time in history, the championship event is being held outside of No A Pokémon card crime spree has reportedly been sweeping Japan, with shop owners reporting tens of thousands of dollars in losses.A new report from The Wall Street Journal details the extravagant lengths thieves have gone to steal these highly sought-after cards – some of which fetch for six figures. Last August, thieves stole around 540 cards worth about $200,000 from a shop in Tokyo.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 08: In an aerial view, Waymo autonomous vehicles sit parked in a staging area on June 08, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Autonomous vehicle companies Cruise and Waymo have been testing their vehicles throughout Sa SAN FRANCISCO - A dog has died after being hit by a self-driving car last month in San Francisco, according to California's Department of Motor Vehicles.DMV officials said the incident occurred May 21 just before 11 a.m.