Ursula von der Leyen today warned hopes of the EU and UK agreeing a trade deal are fading with every passing day as tensions remain high over Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up parts of the Brexit divorce deal. The President of the European Commission hit out at the Prime Minister’s proposals to override the … Read more
Gavin Williamson has insisted he will not resign and continue to ‘graft away’ while warning that parents who do not send their children back to school risk putting a ‘huge dent in their future life chances’. In an open letter to parents, the Education Secretary acknowledged that some parents may have concerns about their children … Read more
More than 3,000 earthquakes rocked Ridgecrest, California in a single week last year and as a result, has increased chances of the ‘Big One’ striking the San Andreas fault. The tremors stressed the Garlock Fault, which stretches 160 miles along the Mojave Desert and connects the site of the Ridgecrest quakes to the massive San … Read more
Keeping human embryos frozen for over a year can halve women’s chances of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a live baby, a study has found. Researchers from China examined the pregnancy and live birth rates of more than 24,000 women undergoing embryo-storing ‘vitrification’ treatment. They found that storing embryos for 1–2 years significantly lowered … Read more
Obese over-50s face dementia timebomb: Weight issues increase chances of developing the disease by more than 30%, research suggests The risk was highest of all in women with abdominal obesity, a study showed Two in three adults and one in three children are now overweight or obese Researchers say healthier lifestyles could reduce the burden … Read more
Lying intensive care patients with coronavirus face down on their beds could make them more likely to survive, doctors say. Prone positioning, in which patients who struggle to breathe are laid on their front instead of their back in a hospital bed, works by reducing pressure on the lungs. Doctors in the UK, US, Italy … Read more
Britain missed THREE chances to join an EU scheme to bulk-buy personal protective equipment for NHS staff Britain missed three chances to take part in an EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE The EU ordered £1.3billion worth of masks, gowns and gloves for medical staff The UK will miss out on the PPE because it did … Read more
It’s hard not to feel a sense of impending doom when reading about the coronavirus infection that is rapidly sweeping the globe. Figures show it has killed more than 3,000 and infected almost 90,000 people in at least 65 countries. The majority of infections and deaths are in the Hubei province of China, where the never-before-seen … Read more
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. Tourists are stranded, quarantined in their hotels. World stock markets are in freefall, and there are reports of desperate shoppers stockpiling crates of supplies – from nappies to medicines to toilet roll. Sales of surgical spirit have surged and Boots announced it has sold out of anti-bacterial hand gel. There’s … Read more