Pubs are only dangerous to old and fat people and airplanes are ‘safe’ because they have the same standard of ventilation as a theatre, government adviser says Professor Robert Dingwall said the risk from pubs was ‘heavily age loaded’ He added that planes were ‘fundamentally safe’ because of their air conditioning Boris Johnson’s roadmap will … Read more
Britain today recorded another 6,385 Covid cases and 315 deaths, with both measures continuing to fall week-on-week amid mounting pressure on No10 to consider easing lockdown sooner. Department of Health statistics show infections have plunged nearly 36 per cent on last Wednesday, when 9,938 positive tests were added to the Government’s official toll. Fatalities have … Read more
Coronavirus deaths in England are falling faster than SAGE experts thought they would, official data show and scientists say lockdown rules could be loosened faster. Models produced by the SPI-M group of scientists predicting the future of the Covid outbreak in February suggested the daily death count would stay above 200 until mid-March. But the average … Read more
Keanu Reeves was the inspiration for his magic tumbleweed character Sage in SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run premiering on Paramount Plus By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 07:23 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 07:23 GMT, 3 March 2021 He’s returning as Neo in a new Matrix movie. But Keanu Reeves has also gotten … Read more
‘Colston Four’ plead not guilty to criminal damage for toppling statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston as trial date is set for December Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford, Jake Skuse, and Sage Willoughby denied charges They appeared before Bristol Crown Court charged with criminal damage today It is alleged they damaged statue of Edward Colston … Read more
Boris Johnson’s education catch up tsar today suggested the school day could be extended to help pupils recover from the coronavirus crisis. The Government has announced that secondary schools will be given funding to run summer schools for the pupils who need extra classes the most. Ministers considered a wide variety of options as part … Read more
Schools can reopen ‘safely’ from next week with the package of measures set out to mitigate risks from Covid-19, a SAGE scientist said today. Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine and child health at the University of Liverpool, said that increased ventilation, tests and mask wearing will all contribute to safe reopening of schools next … Read more
People might start socialising and ditching lockdown rules ahead of schedule because they think the Covid threat is low or believe they are immune, SAGE warns. Scientists advising the Government say people have been good at following lockdown rules so far but caution that the public will need reminding of why it is important to … Read more
There is no evidence having schools open drives the spread of coronavirus in the wider community in the UK, SAGE advisers said last week. In a study of pupil and teacher absences caused by positive Covid tests, researchers said confirmed infections in schools did not lead to bigger outbreaks. Instead, they said there were small signs … Read more
Professor Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh Britons from other parts of the UK who holidayed in rural Scotland last year did not cause any coronavirus outbreaks, a top Government scientist claimed today. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an infectious disease expert at Edinburgh University, said that, despite being ‘very busy, … Read more