Anger as police are warned refusing to take a knee could spark trouble: Force tells officers who refuse to kneel at Black Lives Matter protests they could ‘become a focus of protester attention’ Hertfordshire Constabulary has warned police officers about not taking the knee They say officers who do not make the solidarity gesture may … Read more
Pet owners are warned they CAN give their cats and dogs COVID-19 but it’s unlikely animals can infect humans, CDC says Two pet cats in New York tested positive for the novel coronavirus in April Both lived in households with people who were either suspected or confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 The CDC says pets … Read more
Public Health England only had enough contact-tracing capacity to last two weeks before it became ‘exhausted’, scientists warned in February. A batch of scientific papers submitted to the Government’s SAGE committee were published today and reveal more of what officials were being told in the early stages of the UK’s epidemic. Researchers said there was … Read more
Revealed: UK government was warned of Britain’s ‘clear gap in preparedness’ for virus outbreak – from lack of PPE to testing and tracing infected – following exercise in Scotland TWO YEARS ago Report into ‘Exercise Iris’ in Scotland was shared with advisory group last June It highlighted ‘unease’ among frontline staff over personal protective equipment … Read more
Physiotherapists warn against using YouTube videos to soothe back pain after finding six in ten of the most popular were peddling false treatments such as GARLIC OIL A third of experts said they had a patient who had worsened due to YouTube Worst recommendations included rubbing garlic oil on very painful areas Study has prompted … Read more
The chair of the government’s Sage board has said it is for the government to decide when to ease lockdown measures, after one professor on the advisory panel claimed there was a risk to changing the rules now. Sir Patrick Vallance, who heads up the advisory board of scientists guiding the government through this pandemic, … Read more
UK spies ‘warned Pope John Paul II of poison-tipped umbrella assassination plot’ – two years before he was targeted by a gunman Pope John Paul II was shot four times in St Peter’s Square in May 1981 The Pontiff survived the attack by Grey Wolves group member Mehmet Ali Agca UK spies had warned the … Read more
A water company has warned customers not to spray their lawns and take four-minute showers rather than baths as the driest May on record raises fears of hosepipe bans. Yorkshire Water has seen a spike in demand amid lockdown as it is set to become the driest May in 124 years, having only seen an … Read more
Ministers were reportedly warned of sustained coronavirus transmission of Covid-19 in the UK two weeks before they told care homes it was ‘very unlikely’ residents would be infected. The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling committee (SPI-M) released a statement on February 10 which stated that there was a ‘realistic probability’ that there is already a ‘sustained … Read more
London mayor Sadiq Khan was warned tonight that he will have to put up fares on the Tube and city buses in exchange for a public transport bail-out from the Government. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he was ‘optimistic’ of striking a deal to plough money into Transport for London (TfL), after Mr Khan threatened … Read more