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Demand for oxygen has surged five-fold in some NHS hospitals, a senior medic claimed today as trusts continue to grapple with the winter wave of coronavirus admissions. Professor Rupert Pearse, an ICU doctor in London and member of the Intensive Care Society, said that on some occasions the pressure has made oxygen – vital for … Read more
NETFLIX The Dig Wonderful, moving dramatisation of the 1939 dig at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk that unearthed an Anglo-Saxon ship burial and a hoard of buried treasure. Ralph Fiennes is Basil Brown, the self-taught archaeologist who made the discovery. Wonderful, moving dramatisation of the 1939 dig at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. Ralph Fiennes (above) … Read more
Thousands of people are calling for two controversial military barracks where asylum seekers are being housed to be shut down amid a mass outbreak of coronavirus. A petition to close camps in Kent and Wales has racked up more than 8,500 signatures in just a few hours after being launched on Friday morning. Charities have … Read more
Boris Johnson will lead a No10 briefing tonight as he faces the wrath of Tories demanding a ‘road map’ for lifting Covid lockdown from March. The PM is to hold a press conference from Downing Street at 5pm amid mounting anxiety about how long the country will be under draconian curbs. On a visit to flood-hit Manchester … Read more
Households could be failing to upgrade and service their boiler this year due to the pandemic, research suggests. Demand for installing, servicing and repairing energy-efficient boilers has sunk by 34 per cent compared to the same time as last year, according to data from Rated People. It’s likely that people are worried about having engineers … Read more
Demand for business loans during the pandemic lifts profits at peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle said its total income in the final six months of 2020 was up 26 per cent Demand … Read more
Boris Johnson today defied fresh demands from Tory MPs for a ‘road map’ out of lockdown today as coronavirus infections tumbled again. The PM is under pressure to say how and when the brutal restrictions in England will ease after the UK recorded another 37,535 cases – down a fifth from last Monday. Although deaths rose … Read more
Tory MPs have urged Boris Johnson to publish a ‘clear road map’ to start easing the national lockdown from March 8 as they warned the Prime Minister there ‘cannot be any more excuses’. Mark Harper, the Tory chairman of the lockdown-sceptic Covid Recovery Group, said the Government needs to give people ‘hope’ while ‘businesses need … Read more
I have a lot of respect for Joan Bakewell. A trailblazer, at 87 she is still making waves. But last week my heart sank when she appeared on Good Morning Britain saying she’s planning to take the Government to court over its decision to delay second doses of the Covid vaccine from three weeks to … Read more
BBC iPLAYER & ALL4 The Serpent The drama about real-life serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who murdered travellers on the so-called Asian hippie trail during the 1970s, reaches its halfway point on BBC1 this week. If you can’t wait to see how the story pans out, or are in need of a recap (it’s true … Read more