NHS hospitals in England cut routine operations by a QUARTER in January as number of coronavirus inpatients soared at the height of second wave, leaked data shows Leaked NHS figures showed 23,000 fewer operations were done in January And separate data showed 103,491 patients needed to be seen in a month Hospitalisations from the virus … Read more
NHS hospitals in England cut routine operations by a QUARTER in January as number of coronavirus inpatients soared at the height of second wave, leaked data shows Leaked NHS figures showed 23,000 fewer operations were done in January And separate data showed 103,491 patients needed to be seen in a month Hospitalisations from the virus … Read more
England and Wales suffered the second deadliest week of the pandemic at the end of January, official figures reveal, after coronavirus cases spiralled in the run-up to Christmas. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows 8,433 people had the virus mentioned on their death certificates over the seven days to January 29. This was 11 fatalities … Read more
England and Wales suffered the second deadliest week of the pandemic at the end of January, official figures reveal, after coronavirus cases spiralled in the run-up to Christmas. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows 8,433 people had the virus mentioned on their death certificates over the seven days to January 29. This is 11 … Read more
Property market ‘running out of steam’: House prices slip for the first time in six months as stamp duty deadline disappears over the horizon Average house price dropped 0.3 on December to £251,968 according to Halifax However, the typical home is still worth £13,000 more than it was a year ago There are signs that … Read more
New car registrations slumped to their lowest January level in half a century as lockdown measures and the forced closure of showrooms stifled demand, the auto industry’s trade body said on Thursday. Sales fell 39.5 per cent year-on-year to 90,249 sales in the month – the lowest recorded since 1970, according to data from the … Read more
Parts of Britain were battered by blizzards today with motorists left stranded and villages at risk of becoming cut off amid concerns Scotland faces a new ‘Beast from the East’ as freezing air sweeps in from Siberia this week. Forecasters say a ‘sudden stratospheric warming’ event over the North Pole last month could herald a … Read more
Last month was the coldest January in a decade – and the big freeze is not over yet. Temperatures averaged 2.2C (36F) last month amid harsh frosts, sleet and snow. It was the coldest January since 2010 when an average of 0.9C (34F) was recorded. The coldest January on record was in 1963 with an … Read more
Cases of coronavirus caught on hospital wards have fallen by a third since the start of January despite a record number of inpatients, NHS figures show. The data shows the average number of Covid-19 cases caught on wards in England has dropped from 553 on January 10 to 369 on January 25, a fall of … Read more
The UK’s 2020 vaccine chief today revealed she cracked open the wine and ‘broke dry January’ last night after learning another jab set be made in Britain was proved to beat Covid-19. Kate Bingham, who stepped down as chairwoman of the UK Vaccine Taskforce on January 1, also revealed that she was one of the people who … Read more