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Britain today confirmed 12,718 new coronavirus cases and 738 deaths amid signs that the country’s outbreak may have stopped shrinking, with the symptom-tracking study suggesting infections are now rising in parts of the UK. The unofficial ZOE and King’s College app suggests the number of people reporting symptoms of Covid-19 has started rising again in … Read more
Don’t punish the truckers! Rishi Sunak comes under pressure from motoring groups not to hike fuel duty by 5p amid fears it could cost hauliers £2k each Cross-party report says fuel duty hike would threaten UK’s post-Covid recovery MPs’ report says rise would add up to £2,250 a year to average haulier’s fuel bill Fuel … Read more
Don’t punish the truckers! Rishi Sunak comes under pressure from motoring groups not to hike fuel duty by 5p amid fears it could cost hauliers £2k each Cross-party report says fuel duty hike would threaten UK’s post-Covid recovery MPs’ report says rise would add up to £2,250 a year to average haulier’s fuel bill Fuel … Read more
Video of militant teachers boasting of strike threats to keep schools closed fuels fears that unions are plotting to block March 8 return Video of National Education Union trio shows threats delayed school’s reopening Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants pupils to return to schools from March 8 Ex-head Chris McGovern ‘hugely concerned’ unions will torpedo … Read more
Care home bosses are demanding that staff have the Covid-19 vaccination – or risk losing their jobs. Several carers have contacted The Mail on Sunday to claim that they have been threatened with the sack or a pay cut if they refuse to have the jab. One young worker at an old people’s home in … Read more
Hundreds of people formed the ‘largest queue’ ever seen by staff working at a food bank as Covid-19 continues to cause unprecedented levels of food poverty in the UK. London’s Community Kitchen livestreamed people queuing 7ft apart outside the bank in Wembley, West London on Saturday at 11am. The group’s head of outreach Afzal Parkar … Read more
The UK looks set to avoid a double-dip recession after it was announced today that the economy stayed in positive territory in the final quarter of 2020. GDP grew by 1 per cent in the fourth quarter, better than some experts had expected. There have been fears that another recession is looming, after the historic … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon warned of vaccine shortages due to Pfizer issues today despite No10 insisting it is ‘confident’ the UK has enough. The First Minister said that the number of appointments being offered north of the border could be scaled back, blaming high uptake and Pfizer manufacturing problems. Ms Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the … Read more
The US may not reach herd immunity and return to some semblance of normalcy until Thanksgiving at the current pace of COVID-19 vaccinations and speed of variant spread, Biden administration officials told the Daily Beast. That’s far later than the end-of-summer target date by which Dr Anthony Fauci has estimated that American life might get … Read more
Doctors demand ban on ‘no baby, no fee’ IVF deals over fears rushed treatments could put mothers and infants at risk – as UK’s biggest clinic offers full refunds after three failed cycles Care Fertility runs 21 clinics across the UK and offers a multi-cycle deal Campaigners fear that it could encourage rushed treatments with … Read more