People who have received their first Covid-19 jab must stay at home for three weeks after their injection because it can take that long for immunity to ‘kick in’, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam warned last night. He said that while getting vaccinated was ‘something to celebrate’, recipients of the jab needed to ‘stay patient’. The caution … Read more
Britons will refuse to live ‘like Troglodytes’ under indefinite lockdowns, says rebel Tory MP as he urges No 10 to focus on lowering hospital admissions MP for New Forest West described the current Covid-19 lockdown as ‘madness’ Sir Desmond Wayne said people are ‘going to have to rise up and bring it down’ Britain’s daily coronavirus … Read more
A new hard-hitting series of adverts urging Britons to stay at home will air from tonight, as ministers ramp-up pressure on the public to obey lockdown rules. The shock tactic adverts will feature close-ups of Covid patients wearing oxygen masks accompanied by a bold thought provoking message. In one advert, viewers will be told to … Read more
Britons have raced to secure trips to popular spots like Costa Del Sol and Menorca in the hopes of reduced coronavirus restrictions by the summer, MailOnline can reveal. Reservations on rental cottages in the UK are 63 per cent higher than last year as others take the more cautious approach of planning a staycation amid … Read more
Britons who refuse to take coronavirus vaccines will not enjoy protection even if their neighbours are immunised, scientists warned today. University of East Anglia experts yesterday claimed the current crop of Covid jabs will never allow Britain to reach ‘herd immunity’ – when so many people are immune to a virus that it can’t spread … Read more
Last week we brought you the news that JCB has unveiled a specific vehicle designed to fix the nation’s ravaged roads. The PotholePro is a £165,000 heavy-duty model that’s claimed to be able to fill a crater in less than eight minutes and can complete jobs that usually require three different road-repairing machines. Now the … Read more
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in Britain have been hit harder by job losses during the coronavirus crisis than white people, researchers have found. The share of BAME people in employment fell to 67.4% in April from 72.0% in February, researchers have said. That was a bigger drop than a decline to 79.4% … Read more
Hurricanes were a feature of life when I was a boy growing up in Jamaica. And in their devastating aftermath, with buildings destroyed and water supplies and sewers damaged, diseases including polio, typhoid and TB often ran rife. So it was routine for me and my schoolmates to find ourselves queueing outside the church hall … Read more
Wish you were THERE? The top 10 places from Zanzibar to Ibiza Britons in lockdown 3.0 are dreaming of visiting once travel reopens (and an amazing Airbnb you can book in each one) Zanzibar has taken the No1 spot in an Airbnb ranking of Britons’ top 10 ‘wanderlust destinations’ The island of Koh Samui in … Read more
Elderly Britons may be missing appointments for their coronavirus vaccines because GPs are sending them invites by text, doctors fear. Some over-80s who are next in line for the jab are being contacted on their mobile phones because of the ‘short notice of supply’. Dr Ollie Hart, a GP involved in the rollout in Sheffield, said … Read more