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Dixons Carphone to close 531 UK stores and cut 2,900 jobs

By James Davey

 

FILE PHOTO - A sign displays the logo of Dixons Carphone at the company headquarters in London, Britain August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone (DC.L) will close all 531 UK standalone Carphone Warehouse stores and shed 2,900 jobs as part of a plan to turn around its loss-making mobile phones business, it said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154044-dixons-carphone-to-close-531-uk-stores-and-cut-2900-jobs/

 

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Surin beach vendors defy order, face fine

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

The beach chair and umbrella vendors have returned to Surin Beach. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- Beach chair and umbrella operators who have returned to Surin Beach will be fined for ignoring the ban on any trade on the sands at Surin, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration (OrBorTor) MaAnn Samran has confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154045-surin-beach-vendors-defy-order-face-fine/

 

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Telehealth system to start end of March

By THE NATION

 

Suvit Maesincee

 

Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Suvit Maesincee ordered the National Innovation Agency to build a telehealth system to assist in the diagnosis of people showing symptoms of Covid-19 infection.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154046-telehealth-system-to-start-end-of-march/

 

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All schools ordered to close from Wednesday

By THE NATION

 

 

Education Minister Natthaphon Teepsuwan has ordered all schools nationwide to closed from March 18 onwards, in order to tackle the spread of Covid-19, said the ministry's permanent secretary Prasert Boonrueng today (March 17).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154047-all-schools-ordered-to-close-from-wedneday/

 

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People urged not to hoard consumer products as there is ample supply

By The Nation

 

Pimchanok Vonkorpon, TPSO director-general

 

The Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) dispatched its officers to survey the consumer product situation nationwide after people flocked to hoard goods amid the Covid-19 situation.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154049-people-urged-not-to-hoard-consumer-products-as-there-is-ample-supply/

 

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Rice Department asked to speed up development of new varieties

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Prapat Potasuthon urged the Rice Department to speed up seed production, aiming to export soft rice to better compete in global markets in the next two years.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154050-rice-department-asked-to-speed-up-development-of-new-varieties/

 

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Keri Hilson thinks 5G is to blame for coronavirus pandemic and she wants everyone to know it

By Katie Storey

 

Keri Hilson thinks 5G started coronavirus (Picture: Getty)

 

Keri Hilson thinks 5G is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic that has been sweeping the globe.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154051-keri-hilson-thinks-5g-is-to-blame-for-coronavirus-pandemic-and-she-wants-everyone-to-know-it/

 

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The Simpsons writer responds to "gross" and "terrible" coronavirus joke

By LOUISE MCCREESH

 

FOX

 

A writer for The Simpsons has condemned the use of the show in a "gross" and "terrible" coronavirus joke.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154052-the-simpsons-writer-responds-to-gross-and-terrible-coronavirus-joke/

 

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Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson out of hospital following coronavirus diagnosis

By SEAN MORRISON

 

Hanks and Wilson both have coronavirus ( Tom Hanks )

 

Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have left hospital and are self-isolating in Australia after testing positive for coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154053-tom-hanks-and-wife-rita-wilson-out-of-hospital-following-coronavirus-diagnosis/

 

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Sobering COVID-19 study prompted Britain to toughen its approach

By Kate Kelland

 

A man walks by empty restaurants in Leicester Square as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world, in London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A crucial projection study that helped convince the British government to impose more stringent measures to contain COVID-19 painted a worst case picture of hundreds of thousands of deaths and a health service overwhelmed with severely sick patients.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154061-sobering-covid-19-study-prompted-britain-to-toughen-its-approach/

 

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Euro 2020 postponed until next summer

 

Google

 

Euro 2020 has been postponed by one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, say multiple European football associations.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154063-euro-2020-postponed-until-next-summer/

 

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Britons should stop all non-essential travel globally - foreign minister

 

The Edinburgh airport is pictured empty amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Edinburgh, Scotland Britain March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab advised British nationals on Tuesday to stop all non-essential travel globally for the next 30 days, the latest stringent measure taken by the government to try to stem a growing coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154064-britons-should-stop-all-non-essential-travel-globally-foreign-minister/

 

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