Three times as many coronavirus patients have died at a hospital in London as the NHS has reported in its official count. King’s College Hospital Trust has handled at least 31 deaths, according to an internal memo, while the NHS’s official figures list just 11 for the hospital. The difference raises the prospect of the … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Priti Patel says sorry for Windrush scandal as official report blames ‘elements of racism’ at the Home Office Long-awaited Windrush Lessons Learned Review finally published on Thursday Inquiry ripped into Home Office over ‘appalling’ failures that led to legal British residents being deported and made destitute But was ‘unable to make definitive finding of institutional … Read more
The Windrush scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’ according to a damning and long-awaited independent report into the Home Office’s handling of the crisis. The official Windrush Lessons Learned Review concluded that victims had been badly let down because of ‘systemic operational failings’ at the government department. It emerged in 2018 that the Home Office had … Read more
The streets of Dublin were deserted today on St Patrick’s Day after the parade was cancelled, but plenty of English revellers defied the government’s warnings as they visited pubs to celebrate. A lonely leprechaun was pictured cutting a sorrowful figure as he traipsed through the streets of the capital city after pub closures impacted the … Read more
You might think this fine old British tradition had gone the same way as red telephone boxes and village post offices. So to discover a pub crawl flourishing in the heart of London, showing tourists Britain at its eccentric best, brought a warm glow to the cheeks of this lifelong aficionado of public houses. On … Read more