Why the figures don’t support Manchester being in Tier 3
One of the main problems hampering the Government's ability to make sensible decisions about regional lockdowns is access to timely...
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Matt Hancock pictured breaking face mask rules in ministerial car
He said the Prime Minister "and ministers will be wearing face coverings in line with the guidance", adding: "On the general...
‘No sign of second wave’ as ONS data shows normal level of deaths for time of year
The ONS figures show that, since the week ending September 4, registered coronavirus deaths in England and Wales have been...
Death of autistic teenager in hospital was ‘potentially avoidable’, report finds
The death of an autistic teenager who was prescribed medication against his and his parents' wishes was "potentially avoidable", a...
Wales to impose Europe’s toughest Covid restrictions in 17-day ‘fire break’ lockdown
Despite a growing number of hospitalisations, the infection rate in Wales is still lower than that in England. The rate...
UK could get 40m Covid vaccine jabs by New Year as Pfizer begins roll-out
Forty million coronavirus vaccines could be heading to the UK in the next two and a half months after US multinational...
Boris Johnson urged to reintroduce shielding instead of imposing Manchester lockdown
However Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, claimed the figures were based on selective data, ignoring hospitals where rates...
Life in the village divided into two coronavirus tiers
Since the 19th century, the stream has marked an administrative boundary and now forms the border between Redcar and Cleveland...
The secrets behind the world’s most successful duos
Over my years as a broadcaster, I’ve had professional cause to ponder the extent to which dyads are the linchpins...
Cold water swimming ‘could help protect from dementia’
Swimming in cold water could help to protect the human brain from dementia, a study involving users of the Hampstead...
Alzheimer, heart disease deaths at home soaring during coronavirus pandemic
Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, Cambridge University, said: “Usually around 300...
When will a coronavirus cure be ready in the UK?
Is China working on a vaccine? China has moved up a gear in the pivotal area of vaccine diplomacy, with...
how delayed operations have created a health timebomb
Sandra Creasey’s life was put on hold, too, when surgery to remove cataracts was cancelled. Sandra, 81, has age-related macular...
Track and trace app can’t be downloaded by most over 60s because their smartphones are too old, survey finds
Silver Voices, which undertook the survey of 650 members, said the app excludes the people most at risk from Covid-19....
Patients must not delay visits to the NHS in the second wave of the pandemic, urge health officials
Dr Nikki Kanani, the Medical Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement, said staff had gone to...
Playing white noise to sleeping babies may do more harm than good, study suggests
Playing babies white noise to help them sleep may do more harm than good, a study has suggested. Despite its...
No real evidence for 10pm curfew, claims expert in briefing for Manchester MPs
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham had reportedly told the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Sir Edward Lister at an earlier...
the patients left ill and dying as the NHS closed for Covid
In October 2019 I suffered a serious stroke, which left me paralysed on the left hand side of my body....
Starting a hat-making business helped me cope with my terminal cancer diagnosis
To my surprise, the terminal diagnosis gave me the impetus to make the idea real. I was working in a...
Director of ‘secretive’ scientific body placing cities into lockdown accused of hypocrisy
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who called on Number 10 to reconsider the London-wide lockdown, described the JBC as “very, very...
Meet James Golding, the man who has had cancer twice and been hit by a truck… but refuses to be beaten
Golding, who turned 40 in July, was meant to have retired from all that ultra-cycling nonsense by now. That race...
Non-urgent surgeries cancelled in Nottingham as infections surge
It is understood patients isolating for three days prior to surgery will have their operations postponed, but those isolating for...
Beating the cancer backlog is AI’s largest test yet
The radiologists were stumped. They had been staring at a mammogram for several minutes, and couldn't work out what was wrong....
World ‘must act now’ over plight of Al Hol camp children, warn charities as winter comes
Mrs Jack-Henry spoke at length to officers from Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command about her daughter Nicole, after she travelled...
Drones to carry PPE between hospitals after UK Space Agency provides funding
Drones carrying PPE and coronavirus test kits will soon transport the supplies between NHS hospitals after receiving backing from the...
Why the Test and Trace system is failing
Data suggests people are reluctant to pass on the details of possible contacts outside their own household, Prof Fraser said,...
‘Substantial majority’ of public backs tough lockdowns, says Chris Whitty
The chief medical officer insisted a "substantial majority" of the public backed firm measures, including lockdowns, to respond to threats...
