Coronavirus UK: NHS hospitals treating MORE patients than in spring

Two thirds of hospitals currently have more Covid patients than they did on England’s worst day in April last year when the pandemic first exploded, official figures show as Number 10 last night shifted back to another national lockdown to ‘protect the NHS’. There were a record 26,000 infected patients in hospital beds across England … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Two thirds of NHS hospitals now treating MORE Covid patients than in the spring

Two thirds of NHS hospitals currently have more Covid patients than they did on England’s worst day in April last year when the pandemic first exploded, official figures show as the Government last night shifted back to a total national lockdown to ‘protect the NHS’. There were a record 26,000 infected patients taking up hospital … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Why is Boris Johnson treating us like children? 

Well, that’s scuppered my plans for Christmas. I knew there would be a limit to the number of people I could invite, so I came up with the ripping wheeze of inviting the virus instead of the relatives. All of it. No problem with the seating plan. Some scientists have calculated that the amount of … Read more

Tyson Fury defends treating his wife Paris to lavish designer presents for their 12th anniversary

Tyson Fury posted a passionate Instagram comment defending his lavish lifestyle on Sunday. The boxer was celebrating his 12th wedding anniversary with wife Paris, who took to her Instagram account to show off the designer presents Tyson had bought her. After one fan branded the gift haul ‘tasteless’, Tyson added a comment on his wife’s … Read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why won’t the NHS tell you the secret to treating diabetes?

Eight years ago I managed to beat type 2 diabetes by going on my 5:2 diet (cutting my calories two days a week) and losing weight — 9kg to be precise.  Since then I’ve become something of a broken record on the importance of shedding body fat to improve your blood sugar levels. So I … Read more

Hilaria Baldwin updates fans on how she’s treating her ankle after she broke it jogging

Hilaria Baldwin is receiving treatment on her broken ankle. The yoga expert, 36, took to Instagram Stories on Monday with the series of updates after she suffered the injury while on a run over the weekend. The wife of 52-year-old actor Alec Baldwin told her followers, ‘Great news is I got a boot and soon … Read more

Nightingale hospitals treating fewer than 30 patients – despite recent rise in hospital admissions

Nightingale hospitals are treating fewer than 30 patients and only one of the seven facilities across England is open – despite the recent rise in Covid hospital admissions Nightingale in Manchester caring for few dozen patients who now test negative Nightingales in Sunderland and Harrogate were asked to be ready for patients On Friday there … Read more

Letter from Prince Philip slamming New Zealand for treating Maoris like ‘museum pieces’ unearthed

Strongly worded letter from Prince Philip slamming New Zealand for treating Maoris like ‘museum pieces and domestic pets’ following 1954 royal visit is unearthed 66 years on The 11-page 1954 letter was addressed to Australian politician Sir Harold Hartley The Duke of Edinburgh penned the official letter after state visit to New Zealand He also … Read more

Veterinary practice made famous by legendary vet James Herriot will stop treating farm animals

The veterinary practice that was made famous by legendary vet James Herriot and Channel 5’s The Yorkshire Vet is set to stop treating large animals.  Skeldale Veterinary Centre in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, has announced it will close its doors to farm animals from December 1 this year, treating only small animals.   Sarah Beckerlegge, who is … Read more

NHS is treating 22 hospitals’ worth of coronavirus patients – but ICU is no busier than normal

Sir Simon Stevens The NHS will move back to its highest alert level from midnight tonight in anticipation of a wave of coronavirus hospital admissions in the coming weeks.  Sir Simon Stevens – NHS England’s chief executive – said the move to level four was in response to the ‘serious situation ahead’. He claimed the … Read more