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When Boris Johnson ordered Britain’s pubs to close, Fuller’s boss Simon Emeny was in full flow. Just 48 hours earlier he had opened two new pubs in East London and Dorset, and was midway through renovating 11 more. Eight weeks later, having closed all 393 Fuller’s pubs across London and the South of England and … Read more
Parents cannot stop children in state care having MMR vaccinations, judges rule Children in state care will now be given the MMR vaccine against parents wishes The MMR vaccine became controversial when a now discredited paper written by Dr Andrew Wakefield claimed there was a link with autism The paper was published in noted medical … Read more
Plans to ease the two-metre social distancing rule will continue to be reviewed, public health leaders have said, raising hopes that more pubs and restaurants will be able to reopen. Public Health England’s medical director Professor Yvonne Doyle told MPs that the UK had taken a ‘cautionary’ approach to introducing the rule when other countries … Read more
Government scientific adviser says Britain’s two metre social distancing rule is unnecessary and based on ‘very fragile’ evidence By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 12:16 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 12:28 BST, 20 May 2020 One of the top scientific advisers to the British Government said the two metre (6’6″) social … Read more
Should UK abandon two metre social distancing? Iain Duncan Smith urges Boris Johnson to relax rule to ‘get economy moving’ as Britain is ‘only country in Europe’ using measure Iain Duncan Smith said UK is ‘only country in Europe’ using two-metre measure The UK is using the two-metre measure while Germany is using 1.5 metres … Read more
Is there any science behind two-metre social distancing rule…? Government adviser says guidelines on keeping apart was ‘conjured out of nowhere’ Robert Dingwall from Nervtag said that the rule was ‘conjured up out of nowhere’ The sociology professor warned evidence supports a one-metre gap but not two He said that government’s advice for a two-metre … Read more
Top U.S. Mindfulness guru Ann Ziety is the author of Just Relax (2018) and I Said, Just Relax, Weren’t You Listening?'(2019). Here is our first extract from her forthcoming bestseller, Coping With Lockdown. 07.00am: Grab a pen and paper and copy out this handy timetable for Getting Through The Day. 07.12am: So these past 12 … Read more
Charts and constellations are as vital to our everyday lives as our smartphones They only date if their signs are compatible, plan pregnancies and career moves by the zodiac and even reschedule meetings if (heaven forbid!) Mercury is retrograde. Eimear O’Hagan meets the women who won’t get out of bed without consulting their horoscopes ‘I … Read more
Government performs U-turn on car sharing during the coronavirus lockdown as it says critical workers CAN give colleagues a lift if there is no other option Key workers can car share with a minimum number of people at any one time Those giving lifts to colleagues are told to keep windows open and clean their … Read more
UnBAAlievable! Adorable flock of lambs flout the two-metre rule as they hop and skip on a roundabout in a deserted playground while Britons are urged to stay indoors Flock of lambs were seen playing on a deserted playground in Preston Hairdresser Debbie Ellis, 52, captured the footage in a field outside her house Adorable clip … Read more