Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne says Britons will not tolerate another ‘absurd’ lockdown

Britons will refuse to live ‘like Troglodytes’ under indefinite lockdowns, says rebel Tory MP as he urges No 10 to focus on lowering hospital admissions MP for New Forest West described the current Covid-19 lockdown as ‘madness’ Sir Desmond Wayne said people are ‘going to have to rise up and bring it down’ Britain’s daily coronavirus … Read more

It’s too early to draw conclusions about Israel’s vaccine drive, insists Sir Patrick Vallance

Sir Patrick Vallance today said it was too early too draw conclusions from Israel’s vaccination drive after alarm that hospitalisations have not yet dropped. Israel is currently leading the global vaccination drive, with nearly 39 per cent of its citizens having had at least a single dose of a jab so far.   However, infection and … Read more

It’s too early to draw conclusions about Israel’s vaccine drive, insists Sir Patrick Vallance

Sir Patrick Vallance today said it was too early too draw conclusions from Israel’s vaccination drive after alarm that hospitalisations have not yet dropped. Israel is currently leading the global vaccination drive, with nearly 39 per cent of its citizens having had at least a single dose of a jab so far.   However, infection and … Read more

Sir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine

Sir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine after comedy legend revealed he has ‘come to terms with death’ amid Parkinson’s battle Sir Billy’s wife Pamela Stephenson confirmed he had received his first dose of the vaccine in Florida on Thursday The comedian was diagnosed in 2013 with Parkinson’s, a degenerative condition that damages parts of … Read more

Sir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine

Sir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine after comedy legend revealed he has ‘come to terms with death’ amid Parkinson’s battle By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 07:10 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 07:10 GMT, 22 January 2021 Comedy legend Sir Billy Connolly has received his Covid-19 vaccine jab as he continues … Read more

City of London to remove statues of former Lord Mayor William Beckford and MP Sir John Cass

City of London votes to remove statues of former Lord Mayor William Beckford and philanthropist MP Sir John Cass for links to the slave trade in wake of Black Lives Matter protests Comes after recommendation from The Tackling Racism Taskforce It was set up after last year’s Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 Prominent City of London … Read more

NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens says person admitted to hospital every 30 seconds with Covid

Someone is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus ‘every thirty seconds’, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has said. The NHS boss, who was appearing on the Andrew Marr show, said that hospitals had seen a huge increase in patients since Christmas and added that there are enough new cases to fill a whole … Read more

NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens says person admitted to hospital every 30 seconds with Covid

Someone is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus ‘every thirty seconds’, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has said. The NHS boss, who was appearing on the Andrew Marr show, said that hospitals had seen a huge increase in patients since Christmas and added that there are enough new cases to fill a whole … Read more

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe faces a revolt from Icelandic farmers over salmon rivers

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe faces a revolt from Icelandic farmers after he splashed £36million on salmon rivers to secure fishing rights Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought up tracts of pristine wilderness to secure fishing rights  The billionaire, 68, has spent £36.2 million on farms in Iceland since 2016 He is Britain’s fifth-richest person and he … Read more

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe faces a revolt from Icelandic farmers over salmon rivers

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe faces a revolt from Icelandic farmers after he splashed £36million on salmon rivers to secure fishing rights Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought up tracts of pristine wilderness to secure fishing rights  The billionaire, 68, has spent £36.2 million on farms in Iceland since 2016 He is Britain’s fifth-richest person and he … Read more