Pregnant women face new lone birth ordeal as NHS bans partners again amid rising coronavirus rates Liverpool Women’s Hospital has already placed fresh restrictions on partners Just over half of trusts said they would review policy in the event of rising rates Last night, MP Alicia Kearns urged bosses to reconsider and put ‘humanity’ first … Read more
Eagle-eyed viewers of Mastermind may just have spotted something unusual when it returned to BBC2 last week. They would have noticed that there was no audience in the studio. That was blindingly obvious. Only the really sharp-eyed might have spotted that the presenter (yours truly) might — just possibly — have occasionally had a delicate … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic was fueled by a ‘perfect storm’ of increasing rates of chronic diseases and air pollution, a new study suggests. Researchers say the global rise of underlying conditions such as obesity and high blood sugar and the growing proportion of regions that have become smog-filled over the last 30 years drove up death rates from … Read more
‘All these horrible new things’: Queen tells Porton Down professor that rising coronavirus infection rates ‘were expected really’ as she visits laboratory without mask The Queen and the Duke of Cambridge visited Porton Down laboratory today Her Majesty did not wear a mask, while others took Covid tests as a precaution Commenting on rising coronavirus … Read more
Huge leap in number of women killed by cocaine: Deaths from the drug are up sevenfold in 10 years, new figures reveal 2019 had the highest number of drug-related deaths in the past 25 years The drug-related death rate for women increased for the 10th year in a row Generation X, had the highest death … Read more
With investment guru Warren Buffett taking a stake in its biggest companies, Japan is back in the spotlight. Home to the likes of Sony and Toyota, Japan’s stock market is worth a whopping five trillion dollars – making it the largest outside America. Despite that, the country isn’t particularly popular with Western investors – with … Read more
Coronavirus infection rates are NOT going up among school-age children, Professor Chris Whitty says in ‘important’ reminder to people worried about the virus spreading in the classroom Professor Whitty said it was ‘important’ to remember rates lower in children Chief medical officer appeared in a televised briefing with Boris Johnson He said school-age children are … Read more
The number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States is now the highest it has been in six weeks and has been rising steadily in a total of 27 states for the last two weeks. Infections across the country are currently averaging at more than 41,000 cases per day. Cases have been on the rise … Read more
Rates of Covid-19 are rising fastest in the wealthiest parts of England and are now twice as high as they are in the poorest areas, a statistical report revealed today. Poorer areas have appeared to face the worst of the outbreak for months, with inner city areas in London and Birmingham badly affected in the first … Read more
Housing prices are expected to fall next year after the post-lockdown market boom fizzles out, experts have warned. The initial housing boom was partly fuelled by pent-up buyer demand as the nation emerged from lockdown, various housing market reports have suggested. Stamp duty tax cuts announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak also led to increased demand. … Read more