£6.4bn Navy aircraft carriers ‘won’t be able to do their job’ because of penny-pinching, MPs say In a scathing report, ministers were accused of a ‘debilitating lack of clarity’ MPs also warned of ‘disturbing lack of information’ on F-35 Lightning II jet costs Meg Hillier said UK has ‘two world-class aircraft carriers with limited capability’ MoD … Read more
Airport testing could identify up to six in ten coronavirus cases, experts claim. Public Health England has said testing travellers on arrival would only detect seven per cent of people carrying the virus. It has been used time and time again by ministers to justify a lack of screening at airports, given the UK is … Read more
A travel expert has come to the defence of Ryanair, saying that some airlines may come to regret not matching its not-so-generous pandemic fee-waiving policies. Millions of passengers have seen their holiday plans collapse as a result of the government closing travel corridors to fight the pandemic – and in response, airlines have introduced policies … Read more
Covid-19 carriers with no symptoms are just as likely to transmit the coronavirus as those who feel ill, according to scientists. Two studies published today have given further clues about the role played by ‘silent’ spreaders – who make up around one in five of the infected. One study of South Korean Covid-19 cases revealed … Read more
The cyclist, an elderly peasant farmer, swerved into the path of our minibus on the quiet road in rural China. He went flying. He was clearly badly injured. We shouted at the driver to stop and get the man to hospital. But our Communist Party minder ordered him to drive on. It was 1979, and … Read more
Navy’s two aircraft carriers do not have enough supply ships to keep them stocked with food and ammunition, experts warn Just one vessel is able to supply the Navy’s biggest ever warships on operations Labour’s Meg Hillier said the Navy could now end up with a ‘hollowed-out’ force Officials are now seeking new ways to … Read more
Wuhan claims its ‘silent coronavirus carriers’ are ‘not contagious’ after scientists ‘analysed clinical samples from all of them’ Officials said hundreds of ‘silent carriers’ in Wuhan would not transmit the virus Scientists had failed to grow a live virus from their clinical samples, they added Experts previously believed asymptomatic carriers could still spread the disease Such … Read more
Chinese airlines have flown more passenger flights in a month than US carriers for the first time ever Data shows Chinese airlines operated 200,000 flights from May 1 until May 27 This compares with fewer than 170,000 flights by carriers based in the U.S U.S operators remain 74% down as a result of the coronavirus crisis … Read more
China is reportedly sending its two new aircraft carriers into war games near the Pratas Islands, playing into fears that a Taiwan invasion could be next as tensions with the US continue to worsen. The aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong are currently in Bohai Bay in the Yellow Sea on a combat readiness mission before … Read more
Sniffer dogs that can detect asymptomatic coronavirus carriers could screen 250 people an hour Labrador and cocker spaniels are undergoing intensive sniffer dog training They can already sniff out potentially diseases like cancer and malaria Trials will see if they can correctly identify the odour of Covid-19 on humans The approach could ‘revolutionise how we … Read more