Matt Hancock ridiculed for say carers will get a ‘special badge’ for their efforts

Matt Hancock faced ridicule today as he unveiled a new badge for under-pressure care workers amid fury over the rising death toll of vulnerable patients in homes. The Health Secretary used the daily press coronavirus press conference to reveal a ‘single brand’ for care workers to allow them to access the same perks as NHS … Read more

David Hockney claims smoking cigarettes could PROTECT against coronavirus

When world-famous artist David Hockney wrote a letter to the Daily Mail saying he believes smoking could protect people against the coronavirus many scoffed. Mr Hockney wrote: ‘Could it not be that smokers have developed an immune system to this virus? With all these figures coming out, it’s beginning to look like that to me.’ … Read more

Oxford professor blasts the Government’s failure to introduce a lockdown sooner

A leading Oxford professor has blasted the Government’s failure to introduce a lockdown sooner and says it was ‘completely out of step with almost all other European countries’. David Hunter condemned the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ attitude among ministers, while scientists have repeatedly pressed the ‘panic button’. When EU neighbours Spain, the Netherlands, France … Read more

Why can’t the elderly go to the empty Nightingales?

Furious families have today accused the Government of ‘sacrificing’ Britain’s elderly in the fight against coronavirus by discharging COVID-19 patients into care homes and signing the ‘death warrant’ of the most vulnerable in society.  NHS hospitals have been ordered to drastically free up beds, meaning thousands of patients have been released, with scores of elderly … Read more

New footage shows Moscow jet crash that killed 41 people in 100ft flames as pilot is charged today

Distressing new footage has emerged of passengers fleeing from an inferno jet as the Russian authorities today charged the plane’s captain with negligence after it was hit by lightning. Forty-one people died in the blaze after the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash landed at Sheremetyevo, Moscow’s business international airport. A video that forms part of … Read more

UK is still testing less than 15,000 people for coronavirus each day

The UK Government should offer a £1billion prize to any laboratory that can process 10million coronavirus tests a day, according to a Nobel Prize-winning economist. Paul Romer, a professor at New York University, said the huge sum would light a fire under university and private labs to rapidly scale up their swabbing capacity.  Britain is still … Read more

Coronavirus: Social distancing may be needed until 2022

Social distancing may be needed until 2022 to stop the spread of coronavirus and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard study finds A Harvard study on coronavirus warned sporadic periods of social distancing could be needed until 2022 to prevent new surges in infections  The researchers warn that lifting social distancing measures all at once … Read more

State Department warned in 2018 that Wuhan lab could cause ‘new SARS-like pandemic’

The US State Department raised concerns over safety issues at the Wuhan research lab studying coronaviruses in animals like bats two years ago, new diplomatic cables reveal. In 2018 diplomats said there were issues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, located near the seafood market Chinese authorities claim the virus emerged from, cables obtained by … Read more