More proof England’s Covid-19 outbreak is slowing down? ONS estimates 35,200 people got infected every day last week – a rise of 26% in a week (but the speed of growth has slowed again) Office for National Statistics data is based on random swab testing of the population across England Its estimates last week were … Read more
Just 13 per cent of people in England claim they ‘fully understand’ the current Covid-19 lockdown rules, a study has shown. That falls to only five per cent of people under 30 in England and Wales, according to the ongoing University College London (UCL) Covid-19 Social Study. Researchers questioned more than 14,500 people in the … Read more
The number of people dying of coronavirus in England and Wales rose for the first time in five months in September but it is still only the 19th most common cause of death. Office for National Statistics data published today show 725 people died with Covid-19 – although not necessarily because of it – up … Read more
Bank of England not poised to bring in negative interest rates, claims its chief economist By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 22 October 2020 Speculation has been mounting that the Bank of England could take rates into negative territory as early as next month … Read more
The NHS Nightingale Hospital in Manchester will reopen in the next week as the city heads into a local lockdown. A local NHS boss today announced the temporary hospital, set up in the Manchester Central Conference Centre, will be brought back into use before the end of next week. It will become the first one … Read more
The NHS Nightingale Hospital in Manchester will reopen in the next week as the city heads into a local lockdown. A local NHS boss today announced the temporary hospital, set up in the Manchester Central Conference Centre, will be brought back into use before the end of next week. It will become the first one … Read more
Highways England is being rebranded as National Highways in a £7 million Government-led move that has sparked outrage. The switch comes just five years after the government-owned company was renamed from Highways Agency on 1 April 2015 – a rebranding exercise that was completed not long ago. The timing of the decision has been heavily … Read more
UK Jobs crisis set to be even worse than feared, warns senior Bank of England economist By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:14 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 22:55 BST, 20 October 2020 A senior Bank of England official has warned Britain’s jobs crisis is likely to be worse than it feared … Read more
Coronavirus deaths rise for FIFTH week in a row in England and Wales with 36% rise to 438 in early October and now make up 4.4% of all fatalities Office for National Statistics report shows deaths rising continuously since September 11 Fatalities in England and Wales had fallen for 19 straight weeks until second wave … Read more
Coronavirus deaths rise for FIFTH week in a row in England and Wales with 36% rise to 438 in early October and now make up 4.4% of all fatalities Office for National Statistics report shows deaths rising continuously since September 11 Fatalities in England and Wales had fallen for 19 straight weeks until second wave … Read more