Home listings have dropped 82 per cent on average as the UK’s property market enters the deep freeze during the coronavirus crisis. Woking, in Surrey, recorded the worst fall in the country, with a 94.7 per cent drop in listings in the month since the lockdown began, data reveals. It was followed by East Renfrewshire, … Read more
Councils handed £12billion last week to distribute to local firms are still siting on half of it, it has been revealed today. The government distributed some £12.3 billion to local authorities in England as part of its coronavirus business support package. The grant payments are to be distributed to some of the hardest-hit businesses but … Read more
Sunday traffic jumps to the highest it has ever been since the start of lockdown in sign that Britons are tiring of lockdown During lockdown Sundays have been the day with the fewest cars on the road Mid-week levels are just below 40 per cent of what they were in February Sundays are lower – … Read more
Is THIS the real reason coronavirus testing is such a shambles? Plans to roll out remote Covid-19 screening are held up by red tape as officials insist on ‘weeks’ of training for testers Scheme to post swabs to private homes and care facilities was due for this week However, bureaucrats insist anyone who conducts tests … Read more
Patients are being turned away from the new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale hospital in London due to a lack of nurses, it has been claimed today. The field hospital at the ExCeL Centre has been unable to accept around 50 coronavirus patients needing ‘life or death’ care since it opened on April 7. Thirty of those … Read more
The dairy company at the centre of the milk-tipping scandal has been accused of ‘disgusting greed’ for hiking the amount it charges nursing homes for vital food supplies. Freshways is blaming coronavirus for a decision to suddenly increase the price of dairy products. Yet behind the scenes, it has been telling farmers that the pandemic … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
The governor of the Bank of England today issues a stark warning that Britain should be cautious about lifting the coronavirus lockdown too early. In his first interview since taking the top job, Andrew Bailey told the Daily Mail that a premature end to the restrictions could cause a severe loss of confidence and inflict … Read more
Restaurant’s air conditioning spread coronavirus from one infected diner to NINE others, report finds Researchers investigate incident at eatery in Guangzhou, China, in January An asymptomatic customer later fell ill, along with others on nearby tables Study claims virus was carried further than usual due to venue’s air conditioning However 81 others eating and working … Read more
A call has been made for volunteers to take part in the first human trials of a new coronavirus vaccine in Britain. Imperial College London asked for people to take part in the study to test if a new potential vaccine is effective in tackling the disease. The COVID-19 vaccine developed at the University of Oxford … Read more