One year ago today, Britain’s coronavirus crisis engulfed the nation in fear – but experts predicted the total death toll would stand at just 20,000. The potential figure was dubbed a ‘good outcome’ but still ‘horrible’ by the Government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance when he addressed the Health Select Committee on March 17, 2020. … Read more
Britons are being urged to secure their homes against a potential surge of burglaries when lockdown ends. There was a 20 per cent drop in house burglaries last year compared to 2019, according to analysis of government crime figures by the home insurance company Hiro. Criminals’ overall takings were down by £103million in 2020 as … Read more
Germany is warned against easing lockdown as Covid cases jump and third wave of infections as bad as Christmas is predicted to arrive next month The number of Covid cases in Germany has been rising for the last few weeks Health experts warn restrictions are not enough to contain British strain Frustration building within the … Read more
Germany is warned against easing lockdown as Covid cases jump and third wave of infections as bad as Christmas is predicted to arrive next month The number of Covid cases in Germany has been rising for the last few weeks Health experts warn restrictions are not enough to contain British strain Frustration building within the … Read more
Samantha Armytage’s resignation from Sunrise on Monday took many by surprise. But for Jackie ‘O’ Henderson it was something she already saw coming – thanks to her psychic sense. After the announcement, the 46-year-old radio star said: ‘So the question is, when she was in here and I was badgering her – did she already … Read more
Harry and Meghan had just moved out of Kensington Palace and into Frogmore Cottage when I first got together with my English husband. The Sussexes were very much in the headlines then, as now. I turned to my fiance – as he then was – in a London cafe, and casually said: ‘Those two will … Read more
Covid deaths in England are falling faster than gloomy SAGE advisers thought they would, official data show — and scientists claim lockdown rules could be loosened faster. Models produced by the SPI-M group of scientists predicting the future of the Covid outbreak in February suggested the daily death count would stay above 200 until mid-March. But the average number of … Read more
Coronavirus deaths in England are falling faster than SAGE experts thought they would, official data show and scientists say lockdown rules could be loosened faster. Models produced by the SPI-M group of scientists predicting the future of the Covid outbreak in February suggested the daily death count would stay above 200 until mid-March. But the average … Read more
The UK is ‘ready to roar back’: Predictions of the fastest growth for FIFTY years and a black hole in the nation’s finances that is MUCH smaller than feared £40bn – as Boris Johnson says ‘pessimists got it wrong’ Rishi Sunak is set to predict the fastest economic growth for half a century The prospect … Read more
The UK is ‘ready to roar back’: Predictions of fastest growth for FIFTY years and a black hole in nation’s finances that is MUCH smaller than feared £40bn – as Boris Johnson says ‘pessimists got it wrong’ Rishi Sunak is set to predict the fastest economic growth for half a century The prospect of a … Read more