Styling: Holly Elgeti. Make-up: Nicky Weir using Hourglass Beauty. Hair: Alex Szabo at Carol Hayes using T3 Haircare. Dress, Temperley London. Earrings, Motley x Scott Wilson. Rings, Daisy Jewellery, Pilgrim 1 I haven’t called my friend back. 2 I accidentally put a bubble-wrap envelope in the recycling bin and someone once told me that … Read more
Chris Whitty is on holiday for the first time in two years – but is still tracking the Indian variant of coronavirus Chris Whitty is on holiday for the first time in two years – but is still tracking the Indian variant of coronavirus. The chief medical officer is on leave this week after overseeing … Read more
So where WAS Patrick Vallance? Government says he ‘does not attend every press conference’ after questions were raised over why he was missing from Downing Street briefing Chief Scientific Adviser’s absence from press conference did not go unnoticed Sir Patrick is usually a fixture alongside Prof Chris Whitty and Boris Johnson His department, the Government … Read more
Britain’s chief medical officer has inspired thousands more school leavers to apply for careers in medicine during the pandemic, a new report says. A surge dubbed the ‘Chris Whitty effect’ saw a record-breaking number of teenagers apply for university courses in the medical field for 2021 entry. Applicant numbers jumped by a fifth compared to the … Read more
Having a husband or wife with a heart problem could double someone’s own risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack, according to a study. Chinese researchers found couples’ heart health was clearly linked and a worsening in one partner was likely to trigger the same in their spouse. Living the same unhealthy lifestyles was the … Read more
Everyone aged over 50 in Britain will be offered a third COVID-19 vaccination jab in the autumn in an attempt to eradicate the threat from the infection entirely by Christmas. Trials of two options are under way, supervised by Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England. The first involves vaccines specifically modified to tackle … Read more
As No10 officials and senior ministers joined Boris Johnson in the Cabinet Room the mood was bleak. For weeks the Prime Minister had been rejecting calls to impose a second lockdown, not just from Cabinet colleagues but also from the scientists. But, with the number of Covid infections and deaths on an obstinately upward curve, … Read more
Elizabeth Day: Why Line of Duty has crossed a line By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 18 April 2021 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 18 April 2021 Styling: Holly Elgeti. Make-up: Nicky Weir using Hourglass Beauty. Hair: Alex Szabo at Carol Hayes using T3 Haircare. Dress, Temperley London. Earrings, Motley x Scott Wilson. … Read more
Strictly Come Dancing is reportedly hoping to a land a ‘star of the pandemic’ for the 2021 series with Professor Chris Whitty at the top of the list. The hit BBC One dance show is said to be making ‘discreet enquiries’ over the next few weeks in a bid to secure England’s Chief Medical Officer Whitty, 54, … Read more
Things are going according to plan. Despite a few wobbles about vanishingly small blood-clot risks, our vaccine rollout charges forward. And tomorrow we will enter the next phase of our roadmap to freedom. But at the Downing Street press conference last Monday, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty was circumspect. Moving ‘steadily’ was key, he … Read more