5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 3rd March 2021
5. Microsoft has blamed a Chinese cyber-espionage group for attacks on its mail server software.
The tech giant said the hackers belonged to a state-backed group, which was a "highly skilled and sophisticated actor"
4. Some international arrivals to the UK have waited nine days for Covid test kits that should be taken on day two of a 10-day quarantine period.
Travellers from countries not on the UK's "red list" must purchase a £210 testing kit, with a test taken on day two and day eight of isolation.
3. Qantas is launching "mystery flights" in a effort to boost domestic tourism across Australia and spark nostalgia.
The day-trips, where passengers don't know the destination when boarding, were popular in the 1990s.
2. Complaints about guarantor loans by companies such as Amigo soared last year, eclipsing grievances over payment protection insurance (PPI) that have dominated for more than a decade.
Complaints about this type of loan reached more than 10,000 in October to December, up from just over 300 in the same period a year before, the Financial Ombudsman Service said.
1. The chancellor will extend the furlough scheme until the end of September when he makes his Budget speech later.
Some 600,000 more self-employed people will also be eligible for government help as access to grants is widened.
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