Dr Deborah Birx has refused to rule out a second coronavirus lockdown and reminded beachgoers on Sunday to socially distance and wear masks as they mark the unofficial start of summer amid the pandemic. Last week, President Donald Trump addressed the potential of shutting down the country again if a second wave of the coronavirus hits … Read more
When Boris Johnson ordered Britain’s pubs to close, Fuller’s boss Simon Emeny was in full flow. Just 48 hours earlier he had opened two new pubs in East London and Dorset, and was midway through renovating 11 more. Eight weeks later, having closed all 393 Fuller’s pubs across London and the South of England and … Read more
Cut 2-metre rule to save ‘thousands’ of jobs, say restaurants By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 23:09 BST, 23 May 2020 Relaxing the two-metre social distancing rule in restaurants and pubs could save ‘thousands’ of jobs, says the boss of the firm behind Wagamama and … Read more
Parents cannot stop children in state care having MMR vaccinations, judges rule Children in state care will now be given the MMR vaccine against parents wishes The MMR vaccine became controversial when a now discredited paper written by Dr Andrew Wakefield claimed there was a link with autism The paper was published in noted medical … Read more
Plans to ease the two-metre social distancing rule will continue to be reviewed, public health leaders have said, raising hopes that more pubs and restaurants will be able to reopen. Public Health England’s medical director Professor Yvonne Doyle told MPs that the UK had taken a ‘cautionary’ approach to introducing the rule when other countries … Read more
One of the top scientific advisers to the British Government said the two metre (6’6″) social distancing rule is based on ‘very fragile’ evidence. People in the UK have been urged to stay at least 2m, or six-and-a-half feet, away from anyone who they don’t live with, to avoid catching or spreading COVID-19. But the … Read more
A former Conservative Party leader has called on the Prime Minister to reconsider the two-metre social distancing rule to ‘get the economy moving’. Iain Duncan Smith said the UK is the ‘only country in Europe’ using the measure, with Germany using 1.5 metres and France and Italy using only one metre. The former Cabinet minister’s … Read more
Is there any science behind two-metre social distancing rule…? Government adviser says guidelines on keeping apart was ‘conjured out of nowhere’ Robert Dingwall from Nervtag said that the rule was ‘conjured up out of nowhere’ The sociology professor warned evidence supports a one-metre gap but not two He said that government’s advice for a two-metre … Read more
Charts and constellations are as vital to our everyday lives as our smartphones They only date if their signs are compatible, plan pregnancies and career moves by the zodiac and even reschedule meetings if (heaven forbid!) Mercury is retrograde. Eimear O’Hagan meets the women who won’t get out of bed without consulting their horoscopes ‘I … Read more