Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is now injecting volunteers with its new antibody treatment for Covid-19 in a bid to see if it will protect people and also help patients who are already ill. The British company, which is also manufacturing an experimental jab developed by experts at Oxford University, hope the monoclonal antibody therapy will prove … Read more
The grieving mother of a transgender teenager is launching a legal bid to stop fertility doctors destroying her child’s frozen sperm. Louise Anderson, 45, plans to go to the highest court in Scotland after learning that samples saved by her 16-year-old daughter Ellie, who died suddenly in July, could be thrown out in days. Ellie Anderson, … Read more
British workers are the most reluctant to return to the office because of fears of a second wave of coronavirus, a new study has found. It comes as Business Secretary Alok Sharma said he is hoping workers will return to offices soon and make cities ‘vibrant again’. A survey of 8,000 adults from eight countries … Read more
Co-operative Bank will axe 350 jobs in middle management and head office and will close 18 branches as Covid jobs bloodbath continues The bank said low interest rates during the pandemic hit income of all lenders More customers also banking online and making fewer transactions in branches Britain is already facing a loss of 187,000 … Read more
Horrifying moment bloodthirsty seagull swoops down and steals helpless duckling from its unsuspecting mother’s side Peter Christian captured the battle in Langness, a peninsula near the Isle of Man The mother tried to fight off the seagull but the gull won the struggle and flew off Peter only realised the fight was over a duckling … Read more
The British Army’s entire force of hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles could be scrapped under sweeping modernisation plans. The UK’s Challenger II main battle tanks and Warrior infantry fighting vehicles are said to be at risk because of swingeing budget cuts expected to follow the coronvirus crisis. The cost of upgrading the heavy armour … Read more
Wetherspoon, Tesco and Lidl have banned beef sourced from a concrete mega farm amid evidence of appalling cruelty and abuse. Cattle reared in sheds on the US-style factory farm suffered severe lameness, making it painful and difficult to walk. Secret filming showed stockmen beating and abusing the animals at the unit, which operates from concrete-floor … Read more
BTEC students will finally begin receiving their results from today, after the exam board delayed the release of marks for almost 500,000 pupils last week to ensure they weren’t unfairly penalised compared to those taking A-levels and GCSEs. Grading for the vocational qualifications was delayed to give exam board Pearson more time to recalculate the … Read more
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has dismissed claims its experimental Covid-19 vaccine could be fast-tracked in the US amid reports Donald Trump wants to get it approved before the presidential election this autumn. White House insiders claim the US President is considering speeding up regulatory approval for the jab, originally developed by Oxford University scientists. Getting a … Read more
Rioters set fire to car dealerships, furniture stores, dump trucks, and a Department of Corrections building while protesters clashed with National Guardsmen as Kenosha, Wisconsin, descended into violent chaos on Monday. The unrest entered its second day as outrage grows over the police shooting on Sunday of an unarmed black man in front of his … Read more