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The number of UK workers on the payroll tumbled by 600,000 between March and May amid warnings of ‘disaster’. Official figures showed employment was down 0.8 per cent in April, as the impact of the coronavirus lockdown started to be felt. The jobless rate was up 0.1 per cent month-on-month while inactivity rose significantly and … Read more
D-Day in colour: Troops storm beaches, scale cliffs and swoop over occupied France in stunning unseen photos released ahead of Normandy invasion’s 76th anniversary Series of photos show British and US troops storming beaches and talking to members of French Resistance One striking image shows Dakota C-47 transport planes releasing gliders, some snapped in half … Read more
Britons should get an individual Covid-19 risk score on a scale from one to five to allow healthy youngsters out of lockdown, scientists say. Top experts have floated the idea of ‘stratified shielding’ to kickstart the economy again and end the lockdown, which they claim is ‘damaging’. It would involve rating each person’s chances of … Read more
Researchers at Stanford University are being accused of ‘tipping the scale’ on their antibody study and implying coronavirus is more widespread – but less fatal – than previously thought. Last month, their analysis found that between 2.5 and 5.2 percent of Santa Clara County residents tested positive for antibodies. That meant the number of infected … Read more
Helmets, harnesses and crampons are obvious choices for mountaineers to pack when scaling the highest peaks around the globe – but in the heady days of the brave pionners attempting such feats for the first time, so too did they pack cigarattes in their thousands. For their first ascent of Everest in 1953, Edmund Hillary and … Read more
Mass coronavirus testing was stopped in mid-March due to the ‘sheer scale of cases in the UK’, says top official Professor Yvonne Doyle explained why the UK stopped mass testing on March 12 The senior health official put it down to the large number of UK cases by then In March, hundreds and thousands of … Read more
We’ve already seen a runner complete a marathon in his back garden and a man reach the lofty heights of Mount Everest in his own home. But now locked-down Britons are climbing the walls of their own home with boredom – quite literally. Climbing enthusiasts unable to reach their favourite spots or local leisure centres … Read more
The Government was told by the UK’s intelligence community from the outset that China had concealed the true scale of the pandemic, sources claim. A senior former MI6 official says that Ministers were told ‘not to believe Beijing’s claims’ and to pour cold water on all information coming out of China. Britain’s intelligence agencies knew what … Read more
North Korea is hiding the true devastation dealt to its people by coronavirus in a bid to spare China embarrassment, a senior defector has revealed. The regime is also desperate to keep its death toll from the people, he said, and was terrified of the ‘shockwaves’ that would rock society if the real impact was … Read more
Just imagine going to war against an enemy of unknown scale — and not knowing the number of armed forces personnel at your disposal. It would make it almost impossible to determine a battle plan. But that is the situation we now find ourselves in as we try to contend with coronavirus. We have no … Read more