The woman suing her solicitor over doubling ground rent bill 

Would you pay £1m a year to live here? That’s the fate of one woman suing her solicitor over doubling ground rent bill Carole Patterson’s one-bed South London flat has become her worst nightmare She faces an annual ground rent bill that will eventually cost her £1m every year Mother-of-two’s contract means annual ground rent … Read more

Doubling Michigan’s vaccine supply could prevent 1,200 deaths, model suggests

Biden administration officials are refusing to boost the vaccine supply sent to Michigan, which is now in a vicious fourth wave of coronavirus infections and deaths.  Doubling the number of doses sent to the Great Lakes state weekly could prevent up to 1,200 COVID-19 deaths, one University of California, Berkeley model suggests. But when asked … Read more

Extinction of larger animals led to the human brain doubling in size around 30,000 years ago

The extinction of large animals led to the human brain growing, a new study reveals. When humans first emerged in Africa 2.6 million years ago the average animal size was more than 1,000 pounds, making them easy prey. Throughout the Pleistocene era, creatures’ sizes decreased by 90 percent, which forced our ancient ancestors to developing … Read more

UK ‘super-covid’ cases are doubling every 10 days in the US

The number of cases of the UK’s B117 coronavirus variant in the US is doubling about every 10 days, a new study estimates.  It comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that the variant could become dominant in the US by March – a message reiterated by the agency’s director Dr … Read more

Boris is urged to seize on UK curbing Covid surge by DOUBLING jabs target

Boris Johnson was urged to double his target for 14million vaccinations by mid-February today amid signs brutal lockdowns have finally started to curb the coronavirus outbreak. The PM is facing demands to take advantage of the space created by the brutal restrictions as figures showed the number of jabs being administered is rocketing over 290,000 … Read more

SAGE’s gloomy Xmas warning of doubling infections in five days

Number 10’s scientists issued a sobering warning to ministers that coronavirus cases could ‘easily double’ when lockdown is loosened for five days over Christmas.  In a report submitted to the Government on November 18, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) said relaxing the rules ‘will result in increased transmission and prevalence, potentially by a … Read more

SAGE’s gloomy Xmas warning of doubling infections in five days

SAGE advisers have predicted Covid-19 cases could ‘easily double’ during the five-day Christmas pause in restrictions. The SPI-M-O group – which advises the top scientists – warned last week that any gap in measures would lead to a jump in infections as people ‘go back to their “routine” networks’ after mixing with family over the festive … Read more

Boris Johnson blames ‘failure in counting system’ for Covid infections DOUBLING

Boris Johnson today blamed a ‘failure in the counting system’ for coronavirus cases nearly doubling yesterday – as he hinted contact tracing might have been delayed. The PM dodged giving a fuller explanation as he was grilled on the extraordinary spike reported yesterday, with just under 13,000 new cases. Amid alarm at the increase, the … Read more

Boris Johnson blames ‘failure in counting system’ for Covid infections DOUBLING

Boris Johnson today blamed a ‘failure in the counting system’ for coronavirus cases nearly doubling yesterday – as he hinted contact tracing might have been delayed. The PM dodged giving a fuller explanation as he was grilled on the extraordinary spike reported yesterday, with just under 13,000 new cases. Amid alarm at the increase, the … Read more

Boris Johnson admits coronavirus outbreak could be doubling every 20 days

Coronavirus cases in the UK could be taking as long as 20 days to double in number, Boris Johnson admitted today as he rowed back from startling claims made by his top scientist only yesterday. Sir Patrick Vallance warned the doubling time had dropped to just one week, during a televised address to the nation. … Read more