Fearing the wurst! EU plots to ban British sausages from Europe – including Northern Ireland – if a post-Brexit trade deal isn’t secured by January 1 Bratwurst, burgers and mince are among the products that could be banned Talks are ongoing to secure a post-Brexit trade deal said to be 95% complete A few key … Read more
Europe could face a third wave of coronavirus in early 2021 because of its ‘incomplete’ response to the pandemic, the WHO fears. Governments in Europe ‘missed the chance to build up the necessary infrastructure during the summer months, after they brought the first wave under control,’ WHO envoy David Nabarro told Swiss newspapers. ‘Now we … Read more
Fatal effect of NHS staffing shortfall: Britain was 20 days behind the rest of Europe in fighting coronavirus because NHS was under-resourced, report suggests Report carried by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development It took 54 days for the UK to bring the crucial R rate down below 1 for four days Also found NHS had … Read more
Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more
Europe is seeing one coronavirus death every 17 seconds, with 29,000 fatalities last week – an 18 percent increase – the WHO has warned. The latest figures make Europe once again the global epicentre for Covid-19, that has killed over 1,350,000 people worldwide and 333,295 in Europe as of Wednesday. Europe has registered more than … Read more
Boris Johnson today vowed to once again make the UK the ‘foremost naval power in Europe’ as he said a £24 billion boost to the budget of the Ministry of Defence will ‘spur a renaissance of British ship building’. The Prime Minister said the UK must not ‘curl up in our island’ and leave the … Read more
Europe has seen a fall in coronavirus infections for the first time in three months. There were 1.84 million cases recorded last week, a ten percent decline on the previous seven days, with much of the continent now under new national lockdowns. Europe, which saw its total number of infections soar past 15 million on … Read more
The European countries worst-hit by Covid-19 may already be over the peaks of their second waves thanks to draconian nation lockdowns being reinstated across the continent, data suggests. After enjoying a lull in transmission throughout the summer and early autumn – thanks to the first round of nationwide shutdowns – most European countries were hit … Read more
European leaders have warned that Christmas won’t be the same and could be cancelled altogether amid strict coronavirus lockdowns across the continent. Ireland’s chief medical officer has warned people not to fly home for the holidays amid fears they will ‘re-import’ the virus from overseas hotspots in the UK, Europe and United States. Meanwhile Prime … Read more
Lockdown-free Sweden is now seeing its hospitals fill with coronavirus patients at a faster rate than any other country in Europe. The number of people in Swedish hospitals with the virus is now doubling every eight days, according to data from the European Centre of Disease Control, with 2,866 people currently in intensive care. That … Read more