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Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to speed up the Covid vaccine rollout to care homes, after damning official figures revealed fatalities across the sector have doubled in a fortnight. Liz Kendall, Labour’s shadow social care minister, warned the UK is ‘in a race against time to vaccinate residents and staff’. She said: ‘The Government … Read more
Storm Christoph has put the army on standby in Britain as heavy rain triggered weather warnings across the country with more travel chaos predicted today – as the Met Office warns a ‘timeline of hazards’ lies ahead. Yesterday parts of Cumbria saw more than 80mm of rain of fall across Cumbria, with 77mm falling in … Read more
Coronavirus deaths in care homes have doubled in a fortnight in England, figures revealed today amid a spike in cases across the sector. An Office for National Statistics (ONS) report found 1,260 residents died of the virus in the week ending January 15, almost twice the 661 fatalities two weeks ago. The virus now accounts for … Read more
Coronavirus deaths in care homes have doubled in a fortnight in England, figures revealed today amid a spike in cases across the sector. An Office for National Statistics (ONS) report found 1,260 residents died to the virus in the week ending January 15, almost twice the 661 fatalities two weeks ago. The virus now accounts for … Read more
Bosses of companies which make dangerous products used to build homes face jail in moves to stop a repeat of the Grenfell fire to be announced today. A tough new body is being set up by the Government to ‘police’ the industry with the power to prosecute those who try to cheat housing safety laws. … Read more
Homes on the world’s first floating city went on sale today – with prices ranging from £14,000 to £1billion. Properties on the man-made Blue Estate island, which will float in the Caribbean Sea, start at £14,600 for a budget ‘Ring Level’ studio apartment, but increase up to £1.1billion for its ‘Signature Estate’ mega mansions. The … Read more
China has built a 100-home village in disputed Indian territory that Beijing claims is theirs amid rising tensions between the two countries. Satellite images dated 1 November 2020 show a development of 101 homes in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh at a location 2.8 miles inside Indian territory. Images from just over a year … Read more
Big building firms face a multi-billion-pound levy to help families pay to repair homes with dangerous cladding in the wake of the Grenfell fire. It could a mean a levy on all high rise flats and possibly a separate charge on major developments to atone for building tens of thousands of flats and homes with … Read more
Care homes take legal advice over whether they can force reluctant staff to have Covid vaccinations as up to 120,000 refuse National Care Association sought legal advice as staff refuse the vaccination Just 41 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds will ‘definitely’ accept the Covid jab Young people and ethnic minorities are less likely to … Read more
Care homes face longer wait for coronavirus vaccine as ‘unstoppable’ new strain rips through the sector Deadline for vaccinating care home residents faces delays as Covid spreads Department of Health said it was on track to offer jabs to residents by February But that represented a week’s slippage on NHS England’s rollout promises By Susie … Read more