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Emergency services were today try to protect a factory involved in making a Covid-19 vaccine from being deluged as Storm Christoph saw thousands of people including entire villages evacuated amid widespread flooding. Teams were working through the night to protect the site at Wrexham Industrial Estate in North Wales, which is involved in making the … Read more
Government warns of worsening chaos at Britain’s ports as lorry traffic returns to normal levels – but Brussels says it won’t help ease backlogs unless Boris abandons his deregulation ambitions Projections from Cabinet Office anticipate Channel traffic’s imminent rise Truckers without requisite customs paperwork or negative test face turn-backs It comes as Brussels says it … Read more
Parents’ sleep doesn’t return to pre-pregnancy levels for up to six YEARS after the birth of their first baby – and Dad gets more than Mum! Researchers monitored sleep of 111 parents two weeks after the baby was born They found mums got considerably more sleeps and dads during this period Mums of more than … Read more
Convalescent plasma infusions can help reduce the number of coronavirus deaths, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at people ill with COVID-19 who received blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients. When given early enough, patients who received antibody-rich plasma had a one-quarter lower risk of death than those given plasma with low concentrations of COVID-19 … Read more
Heading back to square one: January shopping levels are just one third of what they were last year, furlough numbers are INCREASING and 15 per cent of businesses fear they won’t survive the next three months New Office for National Statistics data paints a grim picture for UK businesses Retail footfall in week ending January … Read more
Smoking marijuana exposes you to low levels of the same cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke, study finds Researchers took blood and urine samples from 245 volunteers with HIV They used HIV patients due to high levels of marijuana and tobacco smoking They found evidence of naphthalene, acrylonitrile and acrylamide chemicals These are all probably carcinogens in humans … Read more
People are respecting the third coronavirus lockdown as traffic and footfall has dropped to near-April levels, the latest data suggests. Apple Mobility Trends for London shows driving down by 44 per cent, walking down by 62 per cent and transit down by 68 per cent. Tom Tom figures also has commuters in the capital driving … Read more
Coronavirus cases in England spike back up to pre-lockdown levels with 646,000 people infected last week, mass testing shows By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:01 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 10:05 GMT, 24 December 2020 Advertisement The number of people with coronavirus in England last week spiked to pre-second lockdown … Read more
HALF of air samples taken from hospital hallways and a fifth from bathrooms have high levels of coronavirus, study finds Researchers looked at 24 studies from eight countries between January 1 and October 27 that examined COVID-19 and air contamination Air samples from ICU rooms were more than twice as likely to be positive for … Read more
Stretch of water in Yorkshire will be assessed for bacteria levels as it is named the country’s first official river bathing site By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 00:04 GMT, 22 December 2020 The thrill of plunging into the water off a rugged stretch … Read more