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Ministers are facing fresh fury over the lack of mass coronavirus testing today amid claims the UK does have the lab capacity to match Germany. Experts insisted ‘organisation’ rather than a shortage of facilities was to blame for slow rise in checks – warning that the lockdown cannot end until the situation changes. However, there … Read more
Traders at London’s iconic Billingsgate Fish Market are being forced to close over a lack of coronavirus protection. Eight out of 40 stalls at the fresh fish market in Poplar, east London, decided to close on Saturday over claims customers were not observing social distancing, with another eight planning to shut up shop this week … Read more
Government pandemic exercise predicted a virus coming from Asia would overwhelm an NHS desperately short of protective equipment and ventilators but nothing was done Exercise Cygnus was carried out by Imperial College epidemiologists in 2016 Set seven weeks into pandemic that came from Asia similar to H2N2 influenza Experts told ministers NHS would suffer shortages but … Read more
‘It’s not enough’: Jeremy Corbyn and top medics blast the Government over lack of coronavirus tests for hardworking NHS staff and the public as the number of confirmed cases continues to grow across Britain Jeremy Corbyn and senior medical leaders tore into Boris Johnson’s response A minister said there were 8,000 tests a day and … Read more
Italian doctor who warned about a lack of protective gloves for medical workers treating coronavirus patients dies of the disease just weeks later Marcello Natali warned about a lack of medical supplies for healthcare workers Doctor said they did not have enough latex gloves and ‘were not prepared’ Just weeks later he contracted coronavirus and … Read more
Boris Johnson today urged Britons to stop all non-essential contact with others as he faced a grilling over the government’s coronavirus response. The PM is defending the UK’s strategy at a press conference amid growing questions about why it is out of step with much of the rest of the globe. He said the government … Read more
The doomed plane which crashed and killed young footballer Emiliano Sala broke up mid-air when the unlicensed pilot flew it too fast and lost control after a carbon monoxide leak, a report has found. The final report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded that the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft suffered an in-flight break … Read more
Alistair Darling blasts lack of international cooperation on tackling coronavirus as ex-chancellor who dealt with 2008 financial crisis warns government may be forced to bailout airlines and other major companies Alistair Darling was Chancellor of the Exchequer when 2008 financial crisis hit Today he warned ministers must not ‘close the door’ on bailouts for big … Read more
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long dreamed of landing on Mars, but the billionaire has admitted that the feat may not be accomplished before he dies. Speaking at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington on Monday, Musk explained that the firm is not progressing as planned and noted it has taken ’18 years just to … Read more
The Mummy Diaries returned to ITVBe with a brand new series on Wednesday evening. And, viewers took to social media in their droves to voice their distaste for Sam Faiers’, 29, extravagant spending, and slammed the mother-of-two for the lack of discipline towards her children. Fans of the show branded her decadent Christmas party ‘obscene’ … Read more