GPs in England say they have ‘no idea’ how many of their patients have coronavirus because the Government is not sharing test results with them. Family doctors and councils were promised the results from hundreds of thousands of swabs carried out at drive-through centres weeks ago. But the Government’s national testing programme coordinator said there … Read more
Thousands of drivers queued for hours outside a rubbish dump in Birmingham today after the city reopened the waste sites for the first time in seven weeks. Drivers remained seated in their vehicles in the sweltering heat in queues that stretched for miles after four of five waste sites in the city were opened by the … Read more
Transport bosses across Britain are bracing for a surge in passengers on Monday morning if Boris Johnson encourages workers to start returning to work. Emergency planners have already been warned London‘s transport system could be overwhelmed by demand when the coronavirus lockdown is eased in some form. And there are mounting fears over a sudden … Read more
Moderate exercise could help patients taking cholesterol-busting statins beat the most common side effect of muscle pain, researchers say Roughly six million people in Britain take statins at a cost of £20 per patient Less than one in ten patients who take them report some form of muscle pain Discovery could lead to ways to … Read more
A woman who has quadrupled the size of her lips has just undergone her twentieth lip injection – and insists she’ll keep going until hers are the biggest in the world. Andrea Emilova Ivanova, from Sofia, Bulgaria, has spent thousands of pounds at aesthetic clinics injecting fillers into her pout. Dubbed a real-life Barbie, the … Read more
Britain took further baby steps towards normality today as more businesses tentatively reopened stores which have been shuttered by the coronavirus lockdown. Queues of customers began lining up outside Homebase outlets this morning as the DIY chain reopened all of its nationwide branches. Coffee-lovers flocked to Costa to get their caffeine fix as the drinks … Read more
Surgeons warn thousands will die if Britain comes out of lockdown now and say Boris Johnson must not use NHS as his ‘economic punchbag’ Professor Neil Mortensen of the Royal College of Surgeons issued the warning Prof Mortensen said many members are reporting shortages of PPE equipment Medics fear loosening the lockdown could lead to … Read more
Thousands of British holidaymakers are owed £7billion for trips cancelled because of the global coronavirus pandemic with banks and airlines flouting the law by refusing refunds, it was revealed today. There is growing anger that the Government has not intervened when lenders and travel firms are illegally withholding cash that should be paid within a week for flights … Read more
Thousands more people are turning to digital cheque scanning as banks encourage them to stay at home and not visit branches, new data suggests. Figures from HSBC and Lloyds, two of Britain’s big four high street banks, revealed the numbers of cheques being digitally deposited using mobile banking apps has surged, while branch footfall has … Read more
Virgin Media broadband users across the UK are reporting being unable to access the internet due to a nationwide outage. The problems started just before 5pm BST, according to data from website Downdetector, which monitors online outages. Over three quarters of those affected are reporting having problems with their wired internet connection. Birmingham, Nottingham, Glasgow, … Read more