Coronavirus UK: Test and trace MUST be fixed by end of lockdown

Test and trace must be up to scratch by the time the month-long lockdown ends or the country will ‘go in circles’, experts warned yesterday. Scientists said improving the system was the ‘best way for the country to get out of this nightmare’. They have called for ‘serious concrete plans and quickly’ and to utilise … Read more

Lockdown’s a killer… worse than Covid could ever be, writes Professor ANGUS DALGLEISH 

There is a world of difference between this lockdown and the last. In March, the country could not fully gauge what we were facing.  Covid-19 was an unknown, and fears of catastrophic death rates were real. A drastic response by the Government seemed appropriate, at least temporarily. But Saturday’s announcement by Boris Johnson that Britain was … Read more

IAIN DUNCAN SMITH: I hope the scientists have got their sums right

I hope the scientists have got their sums right: IAIN DUNCAN SMITH fears collective failure in response to the virus will leave the UK and others teetering on the edge of economic and political disaster By Iain Duncan Smith For The Daily Mail Published: 23:49 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 23:53 GMT, 1 November … Read more

Questions raised over dossier that helped plunge England into lockdown

 Questions were raised yesterday over the dossier that helped tip England into lockdown with its grim prediction of 4,000 deaths a day. The projection by Cambridge University in conjunction with Public Health England (PHE) is thought to have drastically shifted Downing Street’s thinking. It was among a number of predictions shown to the nation during … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Test and trace MUST be fixed by end of lockdown

Test and trace must be up to scratch by the time the month-long lockdown ends or the country will ‘go in circles’, experts warned yesterday. Scientists said improving the system was the ‘best way for the country to get out of this nightmare’. They have called for ‘serious concrete plans and quickly’ and to utilise … Read more

Questions raised over dossier that helped plunge England into lockdown

 Questions were raised yesterday over the dossier that helped tip England into lockdown with its grim prediction of 4,000 deaths a day. The projection by Cambridge University in conjunction with Public Health England (PHE) is thought to have drastically shifted Downing Street’s thinking. It was among a number of predictions shown to the nation during … Read more

BBC ‘refused Downing Street’s plea to push back the start time of Strictly Come Dancing’

BBC ‘refused Downing Street’s plea to push back the start time of Strictly Come Dancing for Boris Johnson’s very delayed national lockdown broadcast’ By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline Published: 22:54 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 00:23 GMT, 2 November 2020 The BBC reportedly refused to delay Strictly Come Dancing for Boris Johnson’s national lockdown broadcast on … Read more

Second lockdown will spark hundreds of thousands of job losses, furious business chiefs warn

Second lockdown will ‘crucify’ Britain’s travel industry and spark hundreds of thousands of job losses, furious business chiefs warn Association of British Travel Agents said industry will enter ‘complete shutdown’  It is fear some carriers will be forced to ground their fleets and lay off staff  Estimates found that 80% of independent agents will run … Read more

Priyanka Chopra posts snap with hubby Nick Jonas and their dogs saying ‘Home is where the heart is’

‘Home is where the heart is’: Priyanka Chopra posts snap with hubby Nick Jonas and their two dogs after returning to LA By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:51 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 02:51 GMT, 2 November 2020 She’s been in Europe filming scenes for The Matrix 4. But Priyanka Chopra is now … Read more

Second lockdown will spark hundreds of thousands of job losses, furious business chiefs warn

Second lockdown will ‘crucify’ Britain’s travel industry and spark hundreds of thousands of job losses, furious business chiefs warn Association of British Travel Agents said industry will enter ‘complete shutdown’  It is fear some carriers will be forced to ground their fleets and lay off staff  Estimates found that 80% of independent agents will run … Read more