Children and young adults were clearly the drivers of the England’s second ripple of Covid-19, according to charts presented by one of the country’s top medics tonight. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, appeared at a Downing Street conference with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s medical director, to … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer has slapped down calls for a national ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown to wrestle down the surge in coronavirus cases. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said imposing harsh restrictions in low-infection areas would not curb spread of the disease in hotspots such as the North West. Flanking Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press briefing … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer has slapped down calls for a national ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown to wrestle down the surge in coronavirus cases. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said imposing harsh restrictions in low-infection areas would not curb spread of the disease in hotspots such as the North West. Flanking Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press briefing … Read more
Children and young adults were clearly the drivers of the England’s second ripple of Covid-19, according to charts presented by one of the country’s top medics tonight. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, appeared at a Downing Street conference with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s medical director, to … Read more
Michel Barnier urges the UK to ‘make the most out of the little time left’ and Downing Street demands a ‘clear assurance’ from the EU it is willing to compromise as stalemate continues and post-Brexit trade talks remain on life support Trade talks remain on life support after UK said EU not serious about doing … Read more
Number 10‘s ear will surely be burning after the Loose Women vented their frustrations against the Health Secretary and Tie 2 restrictions today. Janet Street-Porter, 73, said she was ‘fed up’ by the new restriction and lack of clarity concerning the new rules. She said she was ‘totally confused’ and added that ‘singletons’ were ‘discriminated against,’ … Read more
Ministers are threatening to force Greater Manchester into Tier 3 lockdown at 12pm tomorrow unless local leaders agree to impose economy-wrecking shutdowns themselves. Up to 10 million people now face the toughest restrictions tomorrow after talks on whether the region should enter the ‘very high risk’ Tier 3 ended in deadlock again today. No10 has … Read more
TEN MILLION are to be plunged into Tier 3 lockdown: Boris Johnson is set to put Greater Manchester under toughest coronavirus restrictions by end of the week Talks on whether the region should enter Tier 3 ended in deadlock again today PM feels he has no choice but to take action to ‘tackle health emergency … Read more
Mass testing and a better contact tracing regime could bring the UK’s coronavirus outbreak under control, SAGE has claimed in another dig at Number 10‘s bungling test and trace system. Government scientific advisers endorsed Boris Johnson‘s £100billion Operation Moonshot, which would see 10million people tested a day regardless of whether they have symptoms, in a … Read more
Britain’s first black archbishop was held back from being given a life peerage because officials wanted to make sure he was not criticised in an abuse inquiry. Former Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu was originally snubbed in a list of 36 new members this summer. A Government source said the honour for the respected … Read more