UK car production in June down by HALF and 11k jobs are lost already in 2020

UK car makers continue to endure a torrid period with production of new vehicles halving in June, with the ongoing toll of the coronavirus on the sector already costing 11,000 jobs in 2020, the trade body said today. Vehicles manufacturing is down 43 per cent in the first six months of the year, with the … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Earlier lockdown could have saved 11k lives

Triggering lockdown a week earlier could have saved the lives of more than 30,000 people in the UK, according to a shock study. The staggering claim was made by a mathematical sciences expert who predicted how different scenarios could have affected the progress of the outbreak in Britain. He suggests that starting the lockdown, which … Read more

US coronavirus deaths almost double to 11k in first week of April

The number of Americans who have died from coronavirus has nearly doubled in the first week of April alone compared to last month’s entire death toll.  The death toll from the pandemic now stands at 11,000 with more than 368,000 confirmed infections across the United States. Figures show the number of fatalities has increased drastically … Read more