Coronavirus infections in England plummet by 60% in January and February, study finds

Coronavirus infection rates have plummeted by more than two thirds since January, new figures show in proof that lockdown is working even against the fast-spreading Kent variant of the virus. The country’s largest surveillance testing study yesterday found just one in 196 people in England were infected with the virus during the first half of … Read more

Olivia Wilde, 36, and Harry Styles, 27, will head to England together with her children

The duo met when she was directing him in a film called Don’t Worry Darling and now she’s living in his temporary home in LA. Now that filming has wrapped, Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles are set to be heading to England soon, People’s source revealed, now that the film has wrapped. The 36-year-old actress/director … Read more

More than 40% of over-80s in England now have Covid antibodies

More than 40 per cent of over-80s in England now have Covid antibodies thanks to the vaccine roll-out, official figures have revealed.  Office for National Statistics data shows the elderly population — who were prioritised for the jab — are rapidly building up immunity against the killer infection.  The number of over-80s testing positive for … Read more

Covid England: Surge testing in Norfolk, Woking and Southampton

Surge testing will be brought in to three new areas in south England to track down cases of the South African coronavirus variant.   Testing regimes will be set up in Norfolk, Southampton, and Woking, Surrey, where positive cases of South African variant have been discovered, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed.  The … Read more

One in FIVE people in England tested positive for Covid antibodies at the start of February

Nearly one in five adults in England – the equivalent of 8.3million people – had coronavirus antibodies at the beginning of February, a major surveillance study revealed today. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) took blood samples from 30,000 over-16s across the country and found 18.5 per cent tested positive for antibodies, up from 10 per … Read more

Covid England: Infection rates triple in 0.6% of wards in a week

Coronavirus infection rates have tripled or more in 0.6 per cent of council wards across England, with a six-fold surge in one village in East Yorkshire mystifying its residents.  South Cave, a village 13 miles (21km) west of Hull and home to 5,000 people, saw its infection rate surge from 123 cases per 100,000 people in … Read more

Burberry repays Bank of England loan on Chinese sales boost

Burberry repays Bank of England loan after a sales bounce-back in China By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 Boost: Burberry’s online sales in China grew by a ‘triple digit’ percentage in the third quarter Burberry has repaid its Bank of England loan … Read more

Britain is ready to fire on all cylinders, writes Bank of England Chief Economist ANDY HALDANE 

The rapid rollout of the vaccination programme across the UK means a decisive corner has been turned in the battle against Covid. A decisive corner is about to be turned for the economy too, with enormous amounts of pent-up financial energy waiting to be released, like a coiled spring. With 13 million of the most … Read more

Bank of England chief economist predicts Britain will roar back with spending boom

Britain’s economy will bounce back like a ‘coiled spring’ once liberated from lockdown, a Bank of England boss says today. In an exclusive article for the Daily Mail, chief economist Andy Haldane insists the public are ‘desperate to get their lives back’. He believes a ‘decisive corner has been turned’ thanks to the Covid-19 vaccine … Read more

Covid England: Number of positive tests fell 24% last week

More proof the worst of the second Covid wave has passed emerged today as Test and Trace data showed cases fell by a quarter last week and separate figures revealed infections dropped in every region and age group.  With all key metrics now indicating England is well past the peak, pressure is mounting on Boris … Read more