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A bid by one of Britain’s top accountancy firms to get staff back into the office has been badly hit by Boris Johnson urging employees to work from home. The number of weekly visits by staff to the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers peaked at 12,700 three weeks ago as the firm encouraged workers to return to their desks. But now the figure is averaging just 7,000. The company employs 22,000 staff. PwC chairman Kevin Ellis said in the summer around 1,000 more were returning every week in late August and he hoped to have 50 per cent back by the end of September. The number of weekly visits by staff to the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers peaked at 12,700 three weeks ago as the firm encouraged workers to return to their desks However, all hopes of a return to normality have crumbled since the Prime Minister urged Britons to work from home where possible on September 22 amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus. The number of individual PwC employees making the journey into work is likely

The former Post Office boss accused of wrongly dragging hundreds of postmasters to court should be stripped of her CBE, MPs demanded yesterday. Paula Vennells – who was chief executive until last year – is said to have known that money could appear to be missing from branch accounts because of errors in the Horizon computer system. Over two decades, hundreds of postmasters blamed for the losses were bankrupted, sacked or jailed. Paula Vennells – who was chief executive until last year – is said to have known that money could appear to be missing from branch accounts because of errors in the Horizon computer system Mrs Vennells, 61, made the decision to pursue postmasters in court during a compensation battle that cost the taxpayer an estimated £90million. It is now believed that as many as 2,750 former employees may have been wrongly accused of taking money from the till.  The Daily Mail has repeatedly highlighted the Horizon scandal and campaigned to save village post offices. In the

South Sydney Rabbitohs co-owner Russell Crowe could be asked to face an NRL integrity unit after serious allegations were levelled against club legend Sam Burgess. The Hollywood icon was named in a bombshell newspaper report on Thursday detailing Burgess' alleged excessive partying habits and accusations about his conduct towards his ex-wife Phoebe. The Australian article included a text message Phoebe Burgess allegedly sent to Crowe in November 2018 claiming she had seen a change in her husband's behaviour. 'I thought we had the world at our feet together,' Phoebe allegedly wrote to the actor. 'He might need a good friend because he is just not our Sam.'   South Sydney Rabbitohs legend Sam and his ex-wife Phoebe Burgess are pictured together. Bombshell allegations have been made in a newspaper article about his alleged excessive partying habits and behaviour towards Phoebe The investigation by the newspaper also claims to have uncovered text messages between Ph

NRL star Brandon Smith has been busted on camera stealing a kid's lollipop - but was quick to explain he was just clowning around. The Melbourne Storm hooker, who is a renowned prankster, last week spotted a young child holding a lollipop moments before boarding a flight to Queensland. Smith snatched the candy out of the shocked child's hand, well aware the youngster was the grandson of his Storm coach Craig Bellamy. NRL star Brandon Smith (pictured right) has been busted on camera stealing a lollipop from a child - before explaining it was a prank NRL star Brandon Smith was caught on camera pinching a kids lollipop The gag saw Smith 'win' Melbourne's  'Goose of the Week' award. Speaking on Channel 9's 100% Footy on Monday night, Smith told host James Bracey and the panel he acted on instinct. 'I thought I'd get one up on Bellsa so I stole his grandson's lollipop,' Smith, who is the nicknamed 'The Cheese', explained.  'I d

These images show Britain's HMS Queen Elizabeth leading the largest and most powerful task force assembled by a European Navy in almost 20 years. The £3billion aircraft carrier - the joint largest in the Royal Navy's history - was the crown jewel in a flotilla of nine ships which form the UK's new Carrier Strike Group. Yesterday it assembled at sea for the first time off the north east coast of Scotland as part of Joint Warrior - NATO's largest annual exercise. The 930ft long aircraft carrier led the flotilla of destroyers and frigates from the UK, US and the Netherlands, together with two Royal Fleet Auxiliaries.  In total, 3,000 personnel from the UK, US and Netherlands were involved.  These images show Britain's HMS Queen Elizabeth (pictured centre) leading the most powerful task force assembled by an European Navy in almost 20 years The £3billion aircraft carrier (pictured centre), which, along with its sister ship HMS Prince of Wales, is the largest in the Roya

Victoria has recorded 15 new coronavirus cases and one more death, reducing hopes that lockdown measures will ease further on October 19. The figures in the 24 hours up to Tuesday's announcement brought Victoria's 14-day rolling average to 10.9 and the number of mystery cases, those with no known source, to 13 in the past two weeks.   The Andrews government had set an ambitious target of a rolling two-week average of just five cases if lockdown was to be eased by  October 19.  If not, the city will stay with its current restrictions - meaning bars, restaurants and other non-essential businesses still cannot fully open - and residents will still only be able to travel 5km from home.  Two masked women walk along St Kilda beach in Melbourne on Saturday. Victoria recorded 15 new coronavirus cases and one more death on Tuesday, plunging hopes that lockdown will ease further on October 19 Regional Victoria already moved from the second to the third step of removing restrictions on Se

A charity boss is suing Laurence Fox after the actor labelled him and others 'paedophiles' during a bizarre online spat.  Simon Blake, the deputy chair of LGBT charity Stonewall said in a Twitter statement on Monday that he was suing Fox for defamation.  Earlier on Monday, Fox was embroiled in a heated exchange with a number of Twitter users which included Mr Blake and Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp. The Lewis star called them 'paedophiles' after they had claimed he was 'racist'. On Saturday, Fox had accused Sainsbury's of 'promoting racial segregation and discrimination' and promised to boycott the supermarket chain after it promoted Black History Month. As he faced a backlash for his views, he clapped back at people 'falsely accusing him of racism' by retaliating with unsubstantiated slurs calling them 'paedophiles'.  Mr Blake then tweeted asking Fox to delete the 'untrue' slur but when Fox did not initially do so, h