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A bricklayer who ‘nearly died’ after a family trip to Rome in September 2019 believes he was Britain’s Covid patient zero. Brian Stoodley, 67, was hospitalised with a mystery illness and suffered many of the common symptoms of the virus, which was previously believed to have originated in Wuhan in December. Brian had a shortness … Read more
Children don’t spread the virus like teachers do A Public Health England analysis found 70 children out of 1.6million who had returned to school in June tested positive for Covid-19. Another 128 members of staff tested positive. And only 30 outbreaks were confirmed at 23,400 reopened schools (0.01 per cent). The analysis, published on August … Read more
The economy bounced back by 15.5 per cent in the three months to September – but it was already slowing down before the latest lockdown. Official figures showed UK plc clawed back ground over the summer, as coronavirus cases fell and shops, bars and restaurants were allowed to reopen. But the recovery tapered off in … Read more
Millions of secure websites won’t load on smartphones that run Android 7.1 or older after September 2021, it has been revealed. US-based certificate authority Let’s Encrypt said a change in its criteria from next September will mean old Android operating systems won’t trust its root certificates. Root certificates are issued by a certified authorities like … Read more
Children who started secondary school in September are 22 MONTHS behind on their writing as attainment levels for Year 7 pupils plummet since first coronavirus lockdown More than 112,000 Year 7 pupils attainment levels are below their March levels The stark findings, which point to the pandemic’s devastating impact on learning The National Education Union’s joint … Read more
The number of people dying of coronavirus in England and Wales rose for the first time in five months in September. Office for National Statistics data published today show 725 people died with Covid-19 – although not necessarily because of it – up from 576 in August. This was the first time the number had … Read more
Shop sales rise for FIFTH month in a row: Retailers see 1.5% increase in September with trading now 5.5% higher than pre-pandemic levels By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 07:24 BST, 23 October 2020 | Updated: 07:30 BST, 23 October 2020 Retail sales in Britain rose for the fifth month in a row after they … Read more
Melania Trump was secretly recorded expressing surprise over Vogue magazine’s choice to feature Beyoncé on the cover of its coveted September issue in 2018, and that the singer was given ‘complete’ creative control. The First Lady discussed the issue in a secretly recorded phone conversation from July 2018 with her former friend and aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. The … Read more
Government borrowing hit £36BILLION in September the third-highest in any month since records began By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 07:17 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 07:17 BST, 21 October 2020 UK government borrowing has topped £36.1bn in September as heavy spending continued to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. It is £28.4bn … Read more
Britain’s second wave of coronavirus appears to be losing steam, as the average number of daily positive tests has dropped for the first time in a month. The number of new cases counted each day dipped from an average 16,398 on October 11 to 16,231 the next day, marking the first time it had fallen … Read more