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Testing times for British holidaymakers, plan drawn up for all UK nationals flying back from abroad

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Testing times for British holidaymakers as plan is drawn up for all UK nationals flying back from abroad to get rapid Covid swab on arrival Measures include putting different countries into tiers and vaccine passports  Hotel quarantine will be required for anyone returning from a red list country  Countries will be considered according to different … Read more

Covid survivors have three times the antibody response to a single dose of the vaccine, study finds

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Coronavirus survivors who get vaccinated respond up to seven times better to it than those who haven’t had the virus, a study has found. Researchers found that antibody levels were three times higher in people who had the virus and then one dose of Pfizer‘s jab, compared to someone who had never been infected but … Read more

Driver, 32, who tested three times the limit following car crash is let off by magistrates

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A driver who tested nearly three times the alcohol limit after crashing her Mercedes A180 outside her home has been let off by magistrates.  Charlotte Singleton failed a breath test after the collision with an oncoming vehicle at 10pm on August 25 last year, following a drinks party at a friend’s home. But she claimed … Read more

Homes now cost 7 times salary on average, and women experience ‘gender home buying gap’

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Property prices in England are now seven times the local salary on average, as house price inflation appears to be outgrowing wages.  The typical house costs more than seven times the median annual salary of £31,596, but in some parts of London and the South East the multiple is much higher, reaching up to 27 … Read more

WalkSafe app showing safe routes home downloaded 200k times in five days after Sarah Everard murder 

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A newly-released app uses police data to show users where recent crimes have happened – so they can pick safe routes to walk home. WalkSafe pins stabbings, muggings and burglaries on a map to warn pedestrians. There have been more than 200,000 downloads of the free safety app in five days – as focus has … Read more

Robotics: World’s smallest origami BIRD created that is 20 times smaller than a grain of sand

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Scientists create the world’s smallest origami BIRD that is 20 times smaller than a grain of sand The tiny self-folding robot birds were made by experts from the United States Each is 60 microns wide and made from a sheet of material only 30 atoms thick The sheet is a ‘shape memory actuator’ which folds … Read more

Covid-infected pregnant women are 18 times more likely to go to intensive care, study shows

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Pregnant women who catch Covid are more than twice as likely to end up in intensive care as non-pregnant women, a study has found. University of Birmingham researchers also found mothers-to-be with Covid were nearly three times more likely to experience a stillbirth, but they were slightly less likely to die with coronavirus than women … Read more

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has postponed his wedding FOUR TIMES due to Covid restrictions

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Ricky Wilson revealed that he and fiancée Grace Zito have been forced to postpone their wedding four times due to the coronavirus restrictions. Speaking on Wednesday’s Lorraine, the Kaiser Chiefs star, 43, admitted he was ‘really desperate’ to set a date and will probably tie the knot next year. Ricky said that they didn’t want to get married … Read more