England records 13 more hospital deaths to Covid – but full figures won’t be released for first time

Thirteen people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England today, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in hospitals to 29,173. NHS England said this afternoon the patients were aged between 46 and 96 years old and all had known underlying health conditions.  But full figures will not be published today for … Read more

Boris Johnson pictured with rescue dog Dilyn by his side and meeting key figures for COVID-19 talks

Boris Johnson is pictured with trusty hound Dilyn by his side and meeting key ministers for coronavirus talks in series of photographs revealed to mark one year as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to mark one year as the UK’s Prime Minister, having been appointed in July 2019 A photo of Mr Johnson and … Read more

Coronavirus cost to economy unveiled in new figures

Raft of key figures set to be released highlighting economic turmoil wrought by coronavirus crisis By Dan Atkinson, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:55 BST, 11 July 2020 A raft of key figures will be released this week highlighting the economic turmoil wrought by the coronavirus crisis.  Employment … Read more

Paul Thomas on… accusations of China turning British establishment figures into agents

Paul Thomas on… accusations of China turning British establishment figures into agents By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 00:03 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 01:28 BST, 8 July 2020 Advertisement ‘Do you HONESTLY believe China is spying on the British establishment, Buffy?’ To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or … Read more

Obesity timebomb as damning figures reveal three in ten reception pupils are already too fat

Obesity timebomb in primary schools as damning figures reveal three in ten reception pupils are already too fat Figures show that one fifth of children aged four or five are now considered fat  Nine out of ten of the worst areas affected by obesity timebomb are in the North  New data shows 75 per cent of … Read more

Economy adds 4.8 million new jobs in June in lockdown recovery, official figures show

BREAKING NEWS: Economy adds 4.8 million new jobs in June, official figures reveal – but more than 19 MILLION remain unemployed as recovery hopes fade U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%  Nation has now recovered roughly one-third of the 22 million jobs it lost … Read more

Artist uses artificial intelligence to reveal what famous historical figures actually looked like 

If Napoleon had been caught on camera: Artist uses AI to create stunningly realistic photo portraits of famous figures including the Statue of Liberty and Michelangelo’s David Bas Uterwijk, from Amsterdam, creates realistic portraits using technology The artist uses ‘deep-learning’ AI to create realistic photos of famous figures Bas made near perfect photos of Lady … Read more

Number ‘freezing’ eggs or embryos soars, IVF figures show

The number of women opting to freeze their eggs or embryos in the UK rose 523 per cent rise between 2013 and 2018, according to a new report.  The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) report looks at rates of IVF storage cycles, the success of the procedure and multiple births from 2013 to 2018.  Data … Read more

Toll of 25,000 dementia patients died in just two months of the pandemic, figures reveal

Twice as many dementia patients died at the height of the pandemic compared with previous years, figures reveal today. More than 25,000 died in the first two months of the outbreak alone, an analysis of official data found. Although many succumbed to the virus itself, thousands of others are feared to have died from other … Read more

Coronavirus has now infected 10MILLION people worldwide, official figures show

Coronavirus has now infected more than 10million people around the world in the most devastating pandemic in a century. The number of confirmed infections passed the staggering milestone today, Sunday June 28, according to an online map run by Johns Hopkins University in the US. Data collected from governments around the world showed that 10,015,904 … Read more