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Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel are worried about how fame will affect their two young sons By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:50 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 03:50 GMT, 26 January 2021 It appears Justine Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel are trying hard to find a healthy balance in raising their two … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight plunged England into a new lockdown as he set out emergency measures to control the spread of new strains of coronavirus amid concerns the NHS risks being overwhelmed. Schools, shops and sports venues will close their doors for six weeks from early on Wednesday in scenes not witnessed since the original lockdown … Read more
The UK and the EU have reached a Brexit trade deal less than a week before the deadline. Politicians and experts now have more than 1,200 pages of legal text to read after the document was published on Boxing Day. Here, MailOnline looks at what the deal could mean for the average person, their activities … Read more
The highly infectious mutant strain of coronavirus found in Kent could be more likely to affect children, scientists have warned. Modellers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found the new virus strain is 56 per cent per cent more infectious. Even if another national lockdown was implemented, it would be ‘unlikely’ to … Read more
Covid-19 may be able to infect the brain because it carries a protein capable of getting through the barrier at the top of the spinal cord, a study suggests. University of Washington researchers found the virus’ spike protein, which it uses to latch onto human cells, can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, taking the … Read more
Coronavirus can affect the brain because its ‘spike’ protein is capable of crossing blood barrier inside the skull, study on mice suggests University of Washington researchers found the virus seeps into brain of mice Believe same process may happen in people, explaining unusual cognitive issues They warned the neurological damage Covid causes ‘could last a … Read more
SAGE can’t decide on Christmas: No10’s scientists say mixing with relatives will spread Covid but closing schools and offices will bring cases DOWN (and admits it doesn’t know whether relaxing restrictions will cause outbreak to spiral) By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 16:57 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 16:57 GMT, 18 … Read more
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have set a deadline of this Sunday for a breakthrough in post-Brexit trade talks between the UK and the EU. There are now just three weeks until the end of the ‘standstill’ transition period and the two sides remain deadlocked on a series of crunch issues. With time … Read more
Britain’s wealthiest taxpayers could be in for a multi-billion-pound tax raid after the Government’s tax gurus recommended a major overhaul of capital gains tax. In July, the Office of Tax Simplification was tasked by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to look at whether the levy on asset sales was ‘fit for purpose’ and how it could be simplified. This … Read more
No turkey for Christmas? Fears of a festive feast shortage as coronavirus quarantine rules could affect skilled staff brought to UK to process and prepare the birds Producers fear they won’t have enough skilled staff to process and prepare birds It comes as firms will be unable to bring in skilled seasonal workers from Europe … Read more