China’s real coronavirus death toll ‘could be TEN TIMES higher than official statistics show’

China‘s real coronavirus death toll could be 14 times higher than official statistics show, a study has claimed. US researchers suggest China covered up the true size of its epidemic and used the activity of crematoriums in Wuhan to try and calculate accurate numbers. They found the city — which is where the pandemic began … Read more

The key economic statistics that highlight the challenges the UK faces

By any stretch of the imagination, the economic data that has been part of the top two or three nightly news items for the last six weeks has been colossally dreadful. Then bright and early this morning we saw the Bank of England warn UK GDP will slump by 14 per cent this year as … Read more

Why there are lies, damned lies…and coronavirus death statistics

Every day, hundreds more lives are lost to Covid-19. Social media is awash with data and graphs, our death rate plotted against that of other nations.  And the graphs all seem to point to the same grim conclusion: that the UK is one of worst affected countries, with our death toll approaching a chilling 30,000. In … Read more

Almost four in ten cabin crew have been physically abused by drunk passengers, statistics reveal  

Almost four in ten flight attendants have been physically abused by drunk or drugged up passengers, shocking statistics reveal Two thirds of crew say they’ve seen an increase in drinking and self-medication Half say they’ve been verbally assaulted by drunks or those on drugs on a plane Meanwhile, one in 12 have been sexually assaulted by … Read more