Melting snow and heavy rainfall could cause dangerous flooding across large parts of England and Wales this week. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for rain as two months’ worth of rain is set to fall in a day on already-saturated ground from melting snow. The severe weather warning includes Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield […]
A third of people who recovered after suffering from severe Covid were readmitted to hospital within five months with complications including heart problems, diabetes and chronic liver and kidney conditions. New research has shown the devastating long term impact of the virus with one in eight people dying within five months of diagnosis. The University […]
The UK could face a gonorrhoea outbreak once lockdown comes to an end, as high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) return, medics have claimed. Before the pandemic, Britain was experiencing the worst rates of STDs since the Second World War. In February last year a Station of the Nation report found gonorrhea had risen […]
The UK could face a gonorrhoea outbreak once lockdown comes to an end, as high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) return, medics have claimed. Before the pandemic, Britain was experiencing the worst rates of STDs since the Second World War. In February last year a Station of the Nation report found gonorrhea had risen […]
Around 2.3 million BT customers could be entitled to compensation after being overcharged for landlines, a law firm says. Mishcon de Reya has filed claims at the Competition Appeal Tribunal which they say could result in payments of between £200 and £500 for each person affected. The case relates to historic prices for BT’s landline-only […]
Around 2.3 million BT customers could be entitled to compensation after being overcharged for landlines, a law firm says. Mishcon de Reya has filed claims at the Competition Appeal Tribunal which they say could result in payments of between £200 and £500 for each person affected. The case relates to historic prices for BT’s landline-only […]
A 24 hour vaccination roll out will be piloted in London by the end of the month, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced. He said moves could be made to expand the scheme after it is trialled hospitals in the capital and said the trial would ‘absolutely’ have begun before February. Mr Zahawi told Sky […]
Brexit will lead to EU ‘disintegration’ says Yanis Varoufakis Ministers are said to be drawing up plans to turn the UK into the “Singapore of Europe” by slashing taxes and restrictive EU imposed regulations. The Prime Minister hinted at the prospect of tax cuts for entrepreneurs just last month. During an online Facebook event with […]
The Donald Trump blimp, which depicted the US president as an angry baby wearing a nappy and clutching a mobile phone, has finally been “consigned to history”. The 20ft orange effigy first took to the skies over Westminster during protests against Mr Trump’s visit in 2018, and has since flown in France, Ireland, Argentina and […]
BRUSSELS (AFP) – More than 100 people have been infected with the UK strain of the coronavirus at a Belgian retirement home, its director told AFP on Sunday (Jan 17). Three residents died after the virus began spreading at the De Groene Verte home in Houthulst, northwestern Belgium, Jurgen Duyck said. A total of 111 […]