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Concerns have been raised over the supply of vital testing materials for a range of conditions, including Covid-19, following a supply chain problem with pharmaceutical giant Roche. On Tuesday, Roche said it had experienced a ‘very significant drop’ in its processing capacity due to a problem with its Sussex distribution centre in Newhaven, the only … Read more
Boris Johnson today blamed a ‘failure in the counting system’ for coronavirus cases nearly doubling yesterday – as he hinted contact tracing might have been delayed. The PM dodged giving a fuller explanation as he was grilled on the extraordinary spike reported yesterday, with just under 13,000 new cases. Amid alarm at the increase, the … Read more
Prince Philip is ‘very, very disappointed’ by Meghan Markle’s failure to ‘support the monarchy’ and her husband, a royal expert has claimed. The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, who gave up his naval career to support the Queen, 94, when she ascended the throne in 1952, was ‘irritated’ when the Duchess of Sussex, 39, failed to … Read more
Tougher lockdown rules could work, suggests official data showing Glasgow’s spike in coronavirus cases was controlled within days of being hit by fresh restrictions. Residents in the city, home to around 600,000 people, and two neighbouring areas were banned from visiting any other households back at the start of September, in a desperate attempt to … Read more
From divorce to miscarriage, YOU columnist ELIZABETH DAY has been famously frank about the things she feels she’s failed at. And, she reveals here, this unconventional philosophy on life has brought surprising benefits… Every day since 13 July 2018, I have thought about failure. My own and other people’s. The failures that define us and … Read more
The deadly gender gap: Women wait SIX TIMES longer than men to be diagnosed with heart failure, experts warn Women are twice as likely to be misdiagnosed with conditions like asthma The delays are putting tens of thousands of lives at risk, a charity has claimed Heart failure is a condition where muscles are too … Read more
Death threats issued to Sale Sharks’ South African rugby stars over failure to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement Sale Sharks’ players have received death threats for not taking a knee South African contingent have been caught in the middle of a political crossfire Fellow players have taken to social … Read more
This morning, like thousands of other parents, I am gnawing on my nails waiting to discover the outcome of crucial A-level exams that my 18-year-old son didn’t get to sit. Students like my son, who has a place at university which is dependent on getting the right grades, must place his fate in the hands … Read more
AI experts release eerie deepfake video of President Richard Nixon announcing the failure of the 1969 moon landing and death of the Apollo 11 astronauts MIT created the deepfake video to show the dangers the technology creates Speech prepared for Nixon was read by an actor and morphed onto old footage AI technology adapted the … Read more
Some 518,000 people would commute to the Square Mile on a normal day before the coronavirus devastated Britain’s economy – and potentially altered the nation’s working habits for good. The streets of the City of London are still deserted a week after Boris Johnson’s call for workers to return to their offices – with ten of … Read more