Coronavirus infections are now falling in some of England’s biggest cities, figures show – despite Health Secretary Matt Hancock threatening tonight to put many of them into the harshest lockdown bracket. Official data shows Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester are among the cities where cases have started to fall after a surge at the end of September, … Read more
Coronavirus infections are now falling in some of England’s biggest cities, figures show – despite Health Secretary Matt Hancock threatening tonight to put many of them into the harshest lockdown bracket. Official data shows Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester are among the cities where cases have started to fall after a surge at the end of September, … Read more
Traffic is still flowing freely across the border from England to Wales on the first day of the supposed travel ban from high-Covid areas. The ban, which came into force at 6pm on Friday, makes it an offence to travel to Wales from coronavirus hotspots in the UK. It was described as ‘unenforceable’ by the … Read more
Traffic is still flowing freely across the border from England to Wales on the first day of the supposed travel ban from high-Covid areas. The ban, which came into force at 6pm on Friday, makes it an offence to travel to Wales from coronavirus hotspots in the UK. It was described as ‘unenforceable’ by the … Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance today said the UK’s coronavirus outbreak is not spiralling as fast as it did in the spring because social distancing and lockdown measures are working to keep cases on a leash. But the Government’s chief scientific adviser warned that the epidemic is ‘growing everywhere’ and that more action must be taken to … Read more
Huge leap in number of women killed by cocaine: Deaths from the drug are up sevenfold in 10 years, new figures reveal 2019 had the highest number of drug-related deaths in the past 25 years The drug-related death rate for women increased for the 10th year in a row Generation X, had the highest death … Read more
Transgender women will still be allowed to play domestic rugby in England after the Rugby Football Union decided not to adopt the world governing body’s rules. The RFU decided ‘further scientific evidence’ was needed before rules about transgender players – adopted by World Rugby last week – could be taken on. In February, World Rugby launched … Read more
Transgender women will still be allowed to play domestic rugby in England after the Rugby Football Union decided not to adopt the world governing body’s rules. The RFU decided ‘further scientific evidence’ was needed before rules about transgender players – adopted by World Rugby last week – could be taken on. In February, World Rugby launched … Read more
New Zealand PULL OUT of international friendly against England at Wembley next month… citing ‘travel and player availability complications’ due to the coronavirus pandemic New Zealand will not travel to England for Wembley friendly on November 12 The All Whites have pulled out, citing coronavirus travel restrictions as reason A large number of the team’s … Read more
Hospitals across England are cancelling routine operations to make way for a surge in coronavirus patients. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust said it was temporarily pausing non-critical planned surgery at Derriford Hospital, although day case procedures are still going ahead. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Steve Warburton told staff in a memo … Read more