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Care home coronavirus deaths have nearly tripled in a fortnight, damning official figures show as the disease makes a deadly resurgence in the sector. The UK’s national statistics body found 1,705 care home residents died from the virus in the week ending January 22, up from 661 a fortnight ago. Data from the Office for … Read more
North Korea has tripled the dose of propaganda taught to children, so now leader-worship makes up half of the school day, under new orders handed down by Kim Jong Un’s sister. The new curriculum specifies that ‘Greatness Education’, which focuses on the upbringing of Kim Jong Un and his two predecessors, must take up half of … Read more
The number of first- class degrees awarded by the UK’s top universities has almost tripled over the past two decades leading to accusations they have become ‘meaningless.’ The elite Russell Group intuitions – that includes schools such as Oxford, Cambridge and LSE – have seen huge increases in students getting the highest level of academic … Read more
The demand for motorbikes, scooters and mopeds has spiked as commuters look to ditch public transport and come up with a new way to get to and from work, figures have today revealed. According to Online motor marketplace Auto Trader, the number of inquiries made to those selling mopeds on the site has tripled compared … Read more
A super morgue set up in east London to hold victims of Covid-19 has tripled in size in the last month as the Government extends capacity across the country to cope with 30,000 bodies. The site at Epping Forest has been extended three times to cope with the increasing numbers and can now care for … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tripled its official list of symptoms for the novel coronavirus. Until recently, the federal health agency recorded just three symptoms of the virus on its website: fever, cough and shortness of breath. However, this past weekend, the CDC expanded its list to include several more signs … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his use of the term ‘China virus’ to describe the coronavirus, saying ‘it’s not racist at all.’ The president, repeatedly this week, has talked about the ‘China virus,’ a moniker that has been called racist. China expelled journalists from three major American news outlet in the wake of Trump’s … Read more