An NHS doctor has told of how a ‘mental health pandemic’ is leading to droves of patients seeking help during the lockdown. Dr Chris George said ‘patient after patient’ was presenting with problems brought about by factors including job losses and relationship breakdowns. The GP said that others are likely to be suffering in silence […]
Evidence shows that current lockdown restrictions are starting to lower infection rates but the country is still a ‘long, long, long’ way off easing measures, said the health secretary. When pressed why current restrictions in place are not as strict as those implemented during the nation’s first lockdown, despite the emergence of highly transmissible variants, […]
Children with special needs are “falling through the gaps” in lockdown because they are not classed as “vulnerable enough” to continue going to school, families have told Sky News. During England’s third national lockdown, children of key workers and those who are considered “vulnerable” can still go to school despite them being closed. But generally, […]
Brexit: Barnier says question will divide UK for ‘years to come’ At 23:00 on December 31 the UK exited the Brexit transition period and began trading with the EU on new terms negotiated by Boris Johnson. However since this point British fishermen exporting to the continent have complained their shipments have been delayed by extra paperwork […]
KLINY, CZECH REPUBLIC (AFP) – In a dog training centre built inside a shipping container located in a Czech mountain village, Renda, Cap and Laky are being put to the test. They sniff at six vessels, each containing a piece of cloth with scent from patients with Covid-19, negative donors, or fake samples. “Good boy!” […]
KLINY, CZECH REPUBLIC (AFP) – In a dog training centre built inside a shipping container located in a Czech mountain village, Renda, Cap and Laky are being put to the test. They sniff at six vessels, each containing a piece of cloth with scent from patients with Covid-19, negative donors, or fake samples. “Good boy!” […]
Priti Patel announces new £800 penalty fine for house parties A source in the Home Office has confirmed that Home Secretary Priti Patel is looking at how to reform hate speech laws which were brought in by Tony Blair’s Labour government to initially tackle racism and homophobia. It is understood that officials have spoken to […]
Spain has denied reports its borders could remain closed to tourists this summer and insisted it hopes to welcome holidaymakers as early as the spring. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez suggested earlier this week that ‘only mass vaccination will open the way to the normality we want’, indicating that tourism would only restart once 70% of […]
A woman who reportedly filmed inside a hospital in a bid to prove the coronavirus crisis is ‘all a lie’ has been charged with a public order offence. Debbie Hicks, 46, from Stroud, Gloucestershire, was arrested in her dressing gown at home on December 29, a day after allegedly walking around Gloucestershire Royal Hospital saying […]
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to abduct a five-year-old boy. The abduction is said to have taken place at a park in Northolt, west London, earlier this month. A statement from the Metropolitan Police said the suspect was a 27-year-old who was arrested at a house in Surrey on Saturday. It […]