NHS hospitals in England cut routine operations by a QUARTER in January as number of coronavirus inpatients soared at the height of second wave, leaked data shows Leaked NHS figures showed 23,000 fewer operations were done in January And separate data showed 103,491 patients needed to be seen in a month Hospitalisations from the virus … Read more
England and Wales suffered the second deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic at the end of January, official figures revealed today. Office for National Statistics data shows 8,433 people had the virus mentioned on their death certificates over the seven days to January 29. This was just 11 fatalities more than the week before, showing the … Read more
England and Wales suffered the second deadliest week of the pandemic at the end of January, official figures reveal, after coronavirus cases spiralled in the run-up to Christmas. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows 8,433 people had the virus mentioned on their death certificates over the seven days to January 29. This is 11 … Read more
British exports to the EU ‘plummeted by 68 per cent in January’ as post-Brexit paperwork and coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc at UK ports Trade deal between the UK and the EU came into force on January 1 of this year New checks and paperwork have caused significant disruption, slowing exports Road Haulage Association survey shows … Read more
Property market ‘running out of steam’: House prices slip for the first time in six months as stamp duty deadline disappears over the horizon Average house price dropped 0.3 on December to £251,968 according to Halifax However, the typical home is still worth £13,000 more than it was a year ago There are signs that … Read more
New car registrations slumped to their lowest January level in half a century as lockdown measures and the forced closure of showrooms stifled demand, the auto industry’s trade body said on Thursday. Sales fell 39.5 per cent year-on-year to 90,249 sales in the month – the lowest recorded since 1970, according to data from the … Read more
Last month was the coldest January in a decade – and the big freeze is not over yet. Temperatures averaged 2.2C (36F) last month amid harsh frosts, sleet and snow. It was the coldest January since 2010 when an average of 0.9C (34F) was recorded. The coldest January on record was in 1963 with an … Read more
Cases of coronavirus caught on hospital wards have fallen by a third since the start of January despite a record number of inpatients, NHS figures show. The data shows the average number of Covid-19 cases caught on wards in England has dropped from 553 on January 10 to 369 on January 25, a fall of … Read more
The UK’s 2020 vaccine chief today revealed she cracked open the wine and ‘broke dry January’ last night after learning another jab set be made in Britain was proved to beat Covid-19. Kate Bingham, who stepped down as chairwoman of the UK Vaccine Taskforce on January 1, also revealed that she was one of the people who … Read more
A host of celebrities have refused to celebrate Australia Day and have instead called for the date to be changed as it causes too much pain for First Nations people. TV stars, actors, models and radio hosts took to social media to voice their opposition to January 26 as one of the most divisive Australia … Read more