Liverpool is the latest city to be placed under local lockdown measures. Measures imposed in the north east of England several days ago will be extended to Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and…
Health
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Spray away covid tested
28 September 2020A nasal spray is under development that could nip a coronavirus infection in the bud, with promising results already seen in ferrets, researchers have revealed. Now scientists have released the…
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Government fails to act as 500 schools now report Coronavirus outbreaks
10 September 2020The number of schools hit by coronavirus outbreaks has reached 501 – up from 347 just yesterday morning. Reaching 347 after in a week since English schools opened was frighteningly fast,…
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Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial on hold over ‘potentially unexplained illness’, AstraZeneca says
9 September 2020Late-stage trials for a leading coronavirus vaccine have been suspended after a study participant suffered a “potentially unexplained illness”. AstraZeneca has put on hold phase three trials of a vaccine…
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UnitedHealth Group and Simon Stevens must go!
5 September 2020In recent months, we’ve all become familiar with Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health (and Social Care). I’m sure we all have our own views on his performance during…
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NHS cuts put my life at risk
5 September 2020The Tory ten year plan to freeze NHS spending in real terms and reduce it as a share of GDP by 2020 looks likely to come to fruition because of…
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Covid-19 daily deaths to be scrapped or reduced
11 August 2020THE official coronavirus daily death toll could be scrapped in what looks suspiciously like a rerun of Thatcher’s fiddling with the jobless figures and the rate of inflation index. Britain…
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Corona chaos – Johnson bungles it big time
11 May 2020When the Coronavirus pandemic first came to light, I was sympathetic towards the government. After all, this kind of event is unheard of in peacetime. What followed was the complete…
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Teens gamble £4m away
13 February 2018The Gambling Commission’s annual report for 2017 shows very high levels of gambling among children in the UK. There are more children gambling than smoking or taking drugs, and totally…