The son of a 60-year-old nurse who died from coronavirus has blasted the one per cent pay rise for NHS staff as ‘an insult’ amid warnings experienced staff could quit. Linda Obiageli Udeagbala, from Croydon, south London, died last month after contracting Covid-19 as she continued to work at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals … Read more
Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after the coronavirus pandemic if 1.3million ‘missing’ migrant workers who left during crisis don’t return, watchdog warns A report says Britain’s population is ‘substantially smaller’ than official statistics Up to 1.3million people have left in the past year due to the Covid pandemic Brexit rules mean migrants … Read more
Test and Trace is missing a third of people who may be infected with coronavirus in parts of England, according to official data which highlights a disparity in the £22billion programme. Statistics released by the Department of Health show a North-South divide has emerged in the success of the scheme, which experts say is crucial … Read more
Toxic lead shot can still be found in more than 99 per cent of pheasants shot for food, despite a commitment last year for hunters to begin using safer alternatives. Experts from England and Scotland dissected wild common pheasants bagged during the recent October to February shooting season, finding shot in 180 of the 276 studied. Of these, … Read more
A new report has revealed just how large your personal wealth needs to be to be considered among the wealthiest people in the world. The Frank Knight Wealth Report estimates that a person needs to be worth around £1.4million in order to rank among the UK’s richest one per cent. However, this figure means the … Read more
Unemployment has risen again to a five-year high of 5.1 per cent as Rishi Sunak prepares to extend the huge furlough scheme for months more. Official figures showed that in the three months to December the rate went up by 0.1 per cent compared to the equivalent period to November. The increase – hitting younger … Read more
What is ‘herd immunity’? Herd immunity is the indirect protection from an infectious disease that happens when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection. Effectively, it means that once people have some form of immunity, it reduces the ability of a disease to spread among the population. Therefore someone … Read more
German scientist says he is ‘99.9 per cent sure’ that coronavirus leaked from Wuhan lab after WHO dismissed the theory German physicist says he is ‘99.9 per cent sure’ coronavirus leaked from a lab Dr Roland Wiesendanger says failure of scientists to discover a host animal, along with safety deficiencies at lab have convinced him of … Read more
A supermassive black hole 7,200 light years from the Earth is aroud 50% larger than originally suspected, a new study has revealed. Named Cygnus-X-1, it was the first black hole confirmed by astronomers, after first being discovered in 1964 when two Geiger counters were sent to space on a rocket. Its final confirmation as a … Read more
UK inflation increased to 0.7 per cent in January because of higher food prices and more expensive household goods as shops offered fewer discounts on major items like beds and sofas UK inflation increased to 0.7 per cent in January from 0.6 per cent in December Rise showed by Office for National Statistics data ahead … Read more