Housing transactions leap by nearly a quarter in February in show of ‘remarkable resilience’ 

Housing transactions jumped a quarter in February in what has been described as a show of ‘remarkable resilience’ in the market.  There was a huge 23 per cent increase in transactions between January and February, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, official figures show. In total, there were 147,050 homes bought or sold in February 2021, according … Read more

Almost a QUARTER of London’s frontline healthcare workers have failed to accept the Covid jab

Almost a quarter of frontline NHS staff in London, including some doctors and nurses, have failed to accept the Covid jab, shock Government figures reveal. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday today exposes how the drive to inoculate health workers has stalled amid an alarming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among some ethnic minority employees. More … Read more

House sales soared by a quarter in January compared to last year, new HMRC figures show

House sales in the UK soared by a quarter in January – despite lockdown – as buyers make a ‘sprint finish’ to beat next month’s stamp duty holiday deadline. More than 120,000 residential property sales were recorded last month, according to new figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The figure is a 24.1 … Read more

Serena Williams storms through to the Australian Open quarter finals

Serena Williams on track for record-breaking title as she reaches Australian Open quarters – but it’s not the tennis that’s got people talking Serena Williams defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the Australian Open fourth round   The 23-time grand slam champion emerged victorious 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Sunday Said she was ‘happy’ to get through encounter and book a … Read more

Britain’s winter Covid wave continues to shrink: Cases fall by third and deaths by a quarter

Britain’s winter Covid wave continues to shrink: Cases fall by a third in a week with 13,013 infections and deaths drop by a quarter with 1,001 more victims By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:25 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 16:25 GMT, 10 February 2021 Advertisement The UK today announced 13,013 … Read more

AstraZeneca warns EU countries it will cut deliveries of Covid-19 vaccine by 60% in first quarter

AstraZeneca has warned EU countries it will cut deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine by 60 per cent to 31 million doses in the first quarter due to production problems.  The decrease deals another blow to Europe’s Covid-19 vaccination drive after Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE slowed supplies of their vaccine to the bloc this … Read more

Road congestion in the UK fell by a quarter in 2020 as a result of the pandemic

Congestion fell by a quarter in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic: Interactive map shows how much road traffic volumes shrank in 25 UK cities Year-on-year congestion levels on our roads fell by an average of 24% in 2020 compared to 2019, says report Average congestion levels during rush hour fell by over … Read more

Sense of smell did not return to a quarter of Covid patients after 2 months

Nearly a quarter of patients who suffered loss of smell from coronavirus did not see it return two months later, new study found Researchers looked at data from of 2,581 patients from 18 European hospitals  Reveals 24.1% did not regain their smell and taste within 60 days of infection  But the senses did come back to … Read more

How a QUARTER of hospitals are operating at Covid ‘danger zone’

A quarter of England’s hospitals were treating a ‘dangerous’ number of Covid patients in the run up to Christmas, official figures show amid the looming threat of a third national lockdown.  MailOnline’s analysis of NHS England data reveals at least a fifth of general beds at 37 trusts were filled by Covid patients in the … Read more

How a QUARTER of hospitals are operating at Covid ‘danger zone’

A quarter of England’s hospitals were treating a ‘dangerous’ number of Covid patients in the run up to Christmas, official figures show amid the looming threat of a third national lockdown.  MailOnline’s analysis of NHS England data reveals at least a fifth of general beds at 37 trusts were filled by Covid patients in the … Read more