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Car thefts accelerated by a third last year, according to new data, despite two national lockdowns and more drivers being indoors to keep a closer eye on their motors. There were 74,769 vehicles pinched from their owners last year – this is a 33 per cent leap up from 56,288 in 2019, according to Driver … Read more
Binmen, male lorry drivers and carers are among the groups most at risk of contracting coronavirus, official figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed. The report published today found that men in ‘elementary occupations’, including binmen, postmen, cleaners and security staff, had the highest number of deaths from the virus last year, with 699 … Read more
NHS intensive care units are almost 70 per cent busier than they have been at any time over the past five years, shocking data revealed today. Official figures showed 5,176 critical care beds were occupied on January 17, the most recent day statistics are available for. For comparison, there were 3,066 critically-ill patients at the … Read more
London appears to have passed the peak of its devastating winter wave of coronavirus, as official data shows infections were falling in all 32 boroughs last week and deaths and hospital admissions have began to plateau. Scientists say the promising figures are proof that tough Tier Four curbs were effective at driving down the spread … Read more
Covid was England’s biggest killer in 2020 and accounted for one in eight deaths, official data reveals as interactive map shows how many virus victims there have been in YOUR area By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 11:42 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 11:43 GMT, 18 January 2021 Advertisement Coronavirus was … Read more
Between 25 and 30 per cent of Londoners may have already caught the coronavirus, according to Imperial’s ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson. Professor Ferguson — whose grim modelling showing that 500,000 Britons could die unless action was taken spooked ministers into the first national shutdown last March — has co-authored a comprehensive study on the course … Read more
World Wide Wed inventor Tim Berners-Lee aims to ‘re-make’ cyberspace with ‘pods’ that store personal data controlled by the user Tim Berners-Lee aims to re-make the web to look like his original vision He spoke at a conference, where he revealed new plans using his Inrupt firm People will use a single sign-on for any … Read more
A corrupt RAC worker who pocketed up to £25,000 selling customers’ addresses and phone numbers to a personal injury claims firm has been spared jail. RAC manager Kim Doyle, 33, leaked the personal data of 4,570 RAC customers to make ‘easy money’. She secretly collated a list of clients from across the UK who had … Read more
Millions of WhatsApp users have taken the drastic step of abandoning the app ahead of a privacy policy update that will force them to share their data with Facebook. The update, which will be released on February 8, affects WhatsApp users in all countries outside of Europe and the UK, where there are strict data protection … Read more
Coronavirus cases in Britain could be starting to level off because of the national lockdown, official data suggests as warnings grow that rules may have to get tougher. The Department of Health today announced another 46,169 positive coronavirus tests, the lowest figure since December 28. The average number of cases, counted by the date on which … Read more