Housemistress suing boarding school after ‘breaking wrist in fall’ is accused of exaggerating injury

Lindsey Shaw, who worked at prestigious Mill Hill School for 30 years, broke her wrist when she slipped on a wet floor A housemistress at a £35,000-a-year boarding school who claims she was left disabled after breaking her wrist in a fall is being accused of faking a £1.8million compensation bid after she was secretly … Read more

Official data is ‘exaggerating’ the risk of Covid, 500 academics tell Boris Johnson

Official data is ‘exaggerating’ the risk of Covid-19 and talk of a second wave is ‘misleading’, nearly 500 academics told Boris Johnson in open letter attacking lockdown. The doctors and scientists said the Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has become ‘disproportionate’ and that mass testing has distorted the risk of the virus. They said … Read more

Andy Burnham accuses Boris Johnson of ‘exaggerating’ Manchester outbreak

Andy Burnham today accused Boris Johnson of ‘exaggerating’ the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in Greater Manchester as Michael Gove said the mayor was ‘posturing’ and must accept the region moving into Tier Three restrictions. Mr Johnson said in a Downing Street press conference on Friday that ‘time is of the essence’ and the situation … Read more