WHO raises global coronavirus threat level to ‘very high’

The risk of coronavirus is now ‘very high’ worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday.  Even ‘quite sophisticated countries…are having quite a bit of trouble’ containing its spread, said Dr Mike Ryan, who heads up the WHO’s emergency response efforts said during the press briefing.  Of the world’s 195 countries, at least 53 … Read more

Migration into Britain from outside EU hits highest level ever

The number of people moving to Britain from outside the European Union is now at its highest level on record, official figures revealed today.  Some 379,000 people came to the UK from non-EU countries, according to the latest Office for National Statistics estimates for the year to September 2019. At the same time there has … Read more