Major UN climate change summit set to take place in Glasgow postponed

Major UN climate change summit which was set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed until 2021 amid the coronavirus outbreak Cop26 climate change summit was due to take place in Glasgow in November  UN climate talks thought to be most important since the Paris Agreement in 2015 The summit has been … Read more

Piers Morgan NHS heroes are being led by donkeys Boris should overrule experts and do more tests

Just three weeks ago – although it seems like a lifetime ago now – 250,000 people amassed over four days at the famous Cheltenham racing festival in Gloucestershire. They spent that time huddled together in large groups, drinking, eating and gambling. In fact, it was the biggest party in Britain this year. And everyone there … Read more

Should we wear them after all? Scientists urge UK to issue millions of face masks

Wearing surgical face masks in public may have helped slow the coronavirus crisis – despite Britons being repeatedly told they were pointless. Experts say a full-scale outbreak in the UK could have been prevented if millions of masks had been issued – which has been the case in South Korea and Japan. The British Government … Read more

Snapchat’s new ‘lens’ aims to encourage social distancing using an augmented reality circle

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

Testing shambles spirals as desperate Boris Johnson blames chemical shortage

Ministers were accused of ‘complacency’ and snubbing offers of help from labs today as Boris Johnson struggles to get a grip on the UK’s coronavirus testing shambles.  The government is desperately trying to ramp up the number of checks carried out, with experts warning that is the only way to end the lockdown threatening to … Read more

Testing shambles spirals as desperate Boris Johnson blames chemical shortage

Ministers were accused of ‘complacence’ and snubbing offers of help from labs today as Boris Johnson struggles to get a grip on the UK’s coronavirus testing shambles.  The government is desperately trying to ramp up the number of checks carried out, with experts warning that is the only way to end the lockdown threatening to … Read more

Family of British medic to die from coronavirus tells of pain amid row over protecting NHS staff

The heartbroken family of the first NHS worker to die from coronavirus have said that it he was ‘properly protected’ he might still be alive today amid a wave of criticism directed at the Government’s handling of Covid-19 tests. Dr Adil El Tayar, a working surgeon, died on Wednesday at West Middlesex University Hospital in … Read more

Scientists urgently call for a coronavirus app to track who coronavirus patients

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

Scientists urgently call for a coronavirus app to track who coronavirus patients

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

DOMINIC LAWSON: Our paper tiger leaders will be back dealing with China when this is over

Mao Zedong, invented a term for ‘reactionaries’ in the West who made threats against his regime. He called them ‘paper tigers’ — the ancient Chinese word is zhilaohu. What Mao (whose vast portrait still looms over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square) meant was that we, to use an equally colourful English expression, were all mouth and no … Read more