Fly-tipping cases hit 20,000 a WEEK with items dumped including a boat 

Fly-tipping cases hit 20,000 a WEEK with items dumped including tarmac, asbestos, furniture – and even a boat Number of court fines issued increased by 30% to 2,671 between 2019/2020  Councils are working hard to try to crack down on offenders, said the LGA The figures came as the country gears up for the Great … Read more

Fly-tipping cases hit 20,000 a WEEK with items dumped including a boat 

Fly-tipping cases hit 20,000 a WEEK with items dumped including tarmac, asbestos, furniture – and even a boat Number of court fines issued increased by 30% to 2,671 between 2019/2020  Councils are working hard to try to crack down on offenders, said the LGA The figures came as the country gears up for the Great … Read more

Coronavirus England: Cases fall again to just one in 1,340 people, ONS finds

The number of people in England with coronavirus fell again last week to just 40,800 people – one in every 1,340 – in an 11.5 per cent drop on a week earlier. Cases in the Office for National Statistics’ random swab-testing survey came down even further despite concerns about a surge in cases caused by … Read more

Coronavirus: Cases in England fall again to just one in 1,340 people, ONS finds

The number of people in England with coronavirus fell again last week to just 40,800 people – one in every 1,340 – in an 11.5 per cent drop on a week earlier. Cases in the Office for National Statistics’ random swab-testing survey came down even further despite concerns about a surge in cases caused by … Read more

June 21 ‘freedom day’ is now ‘in doubt’: Experts sound alarm after Indian variant cases double

The June end of lockdown will be ‘in doubt’ if the Indian Covid variant sees a surge in serious illness, a top medical expert warned today, threatening to send the Government’s unlocking plans into chaos.  Epidemiologist Professor Paul Hunter said that the nation faces an anxious wait to see how serious the outbreaks of the … Read more

June 21 ‘freedom day’ is now ‘in doubt’: Experts sound alarm after Indian variant cases double

The June end of lockdown will be ‘in doubt’ if the Indian Covid variant sees a surge in serious illness, a top medical expert warned today, threatening to send the Government’s unlocking plans into chaos.  Epidemiologist Professor Paul Hunter said that the nation faces an anxious wait to see how serious the outbreaks of the … Read more

Coronavirus: UK records 2,657 cases and 11 deaths

Britain today announced 2,657 more coronavirus cases and 11 deaths as the country’s outbreak remains flat but creeping upwards.  The case count was on par with last Thursday’s – a 1.7 per cent rise from 2,613 — but the number of positive test results have been rising for over a week, with fears growing about … Read more

Coronavirus: UK records 2,657 cases and 11 deaths

Britain today announced 2,657 more coronavirus cases and 11 deaths as the country’s outbreak remains flat but creeping upwards.  The case count was on par with last Thursday’s – a 1.7 per cent rise from 2,613 — but the number of positive test results have been rising for over a week, with fears growing about … Read more

Britain’s cases rise week-on-week for seventh day in row amid spread of Indian variant

Real name: B.1.617 — now divided into B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.3 When and where was it discovered?  The variant was first reported by the Indian government in February 2021 but the first cases appear to date back to October 2020.  Its presence in the UK was first announced by Public Health England on April 15. There … Read more

Average daily US Covid cases fall to fewer than 40,000 for the first time since September 15

Average daily US Covid cases fall to fewer than 40,000 for the first time since September 15 as average daily deaths fall to a low since July 6 Average new daily Covid cases fell to 38,826 on Monday, the lowest the figure has been since September  Deaths have fallen to an historic low average of … Read more