In the Commons this afternoon Mr Johnson introduced the much-trailed Local Covid Alert Levels that will shut down pubs and bars and block people from visiting each other. Boris Johnson today divided the the country into ‘medium’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’ coronavirus alert sectors amid a tightening of lockdown rules that could last until Christmas. In the … Read more
The Prime Minister will today divide the country into ‘medium’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’ coronavirus alert sectors. The three-tier system comes after a 9.3 percent increase in cases on the previous week, with the north of England having the worst rates of infection. Here the MailOnline outlines what the tiers mean and who they could affect: … Read more
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick facing demand for a probe into £25m payment for town in his constituency from scheme designed to help more deprived areas By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 13:59 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 14:00 BST, 11 October 2020 Minister Robert Jenrick was facing mounting calls for an investigation … Read more
Coronavirus outbreaks in student areas are significantly worse than in other parts of the country and in one part of Manchester one in 20 people are currently carrying the disease. Local positive test data shows that per-person infection rates of Covid-19 are up to seven times higher than in the worst affected towns and cities … Read more
Rishi Sunak opened the public spending taps again today with the introduction of a new ‘safety net’ furlough scheme for workers at pubs, restaurants and other businesses forced to shut because of new coronavirus restrictions. In a move that will cost the Treasury billions, employees will get two-thirds of their wages, all covered by the … Read more
US Army is developing AR goggles for DOGS to help them search areas for explosives, allowing soldiers to keep a safe distance form war zones The US Army is working to provide its bomb sniffing dogs with AR goggles This allows handlers to provide directions to the dog without being in harms way Indicators appear … Read more
One in three Britons will be living under tougher Covid-19 rules than the rest of the country tomorrow, despite data showing local lockdowns don’t work in most places and that infection rates have actually risen. From Saturday, two million residents in Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough will be banned from meeting people they don’t live with … Read more
Beekeeping has become TOO trendy and almost unsustainable in some urban areas because there is not enough nectar and pollen to go round, study warns The ‘World’s Plants and Fungi’ report warned urban beekeeping can do harm Beekeepers only raise honey bees — which can outcompete wild colonies Colonies need access to sufficient forage like flowering … Read more
Four new areas of Wales are put under extra coronavirus restrictions after a surge in cases on the country’s north coast Restrictions will be introduced in Denbighshire, Flintshire, Conwy and Wrexham Residents will then be banned from mixing indoors with other households People will also not be allowed to enter of leave these areas without … Read more
Dengue fever survivors may have some level of immunity against the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests. Researchers from Duke University, who shared their results exclusively with Reuters, analyzed the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil and found a link between the spread of the virus and the mosquito-transmitted illness. Lead author Dr Miguel Nicolelis, the Duke School … Read more