US has risen to 7th in world for vaccinating its population – but still lags behind UK’s rollout

A vaccination drive that has begun to pick up speed is propelling the United States ahead in the race to immunize its population against COVID-19. Currently, the U.S. ranks seventh in the world, with 25.7 percent of Americans having received at least one dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more

Savings rates: One in five think they have risen in the last year

Britain a nation of ‘sunny savers’: Bank of England survey reveals more than one in five believe savings rates have gone UP since last year Just 33% of a survey of nearly 4,600 people correctly said rates had fallen  19% didn’t know and 27% felt rates on mortgages and savings had not changed  This is … Read more

Petrol prices have risen 7.5p-a-litre since end of December

Motorists will be in for a shock once lockdown is eased and they are allowed to travel, as the price of petrol and diesel has likely jumped since the last time they visited a filling station. Analysis of national prices show that unleaded now costs almost 122p-a-lite on average in the UK, which is the … Read more

Manchester’s coronavirus rate has risen FIFTEEN-fold since local lockdown came in

Manchester’s coronavirus rate has risen FIFTEEN-fold since local lockdown came in – with local mayor Andy Burnham warning the north faces a ‘winter of discontent’ Latest figures show that Manchester now faces rate of 335.9 cases per 100,000  This is far worsened from 20 per 100,000 at start of local lockdowns in area Mayor Andy … Read more

Covid-19 cases among people in their 40s and 50s have risen by 90% since end of August

Covid-19 cases are soaring among middle-aged people in England and have almost doubled in a fortnight as the outbreak continues to grow, official figures show. Public Health England (PHE) data reveals 23.4 cases are now diagnosed for every 100,000 people aged between 40 and 49 — up from 12.4 at the end of August. And coronavirus … Read more

Survival rates for Covid-19 patients in UK intensive care units have risen by 10%

Ten per cent more of Britain’s sickest coronavirus patients are surviving than at the start of the pandemic. Analysis of NHS records shows that 44 per cent of intensive care admissions were dying of the virus when the pandemic first started to spiral out of control in March. The Intensive Care National Audit and Research … Read more

Car theft has risen by 50% in five years – keep your vehicle safe

Car theft has risen by 50% in five years, with criminals using high-tech gadgets to steal keyless vehicles: ‘It took me 6 seconds to break into a £65,000 Range Rover – here’s how to keep yours safe’ By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 … Read more

Coronavirus infection rates have RISEN in 63 areas of England in the past week

Coronavirus cases have risen in 63 local authorities in England in the past week, and Blackburn has become the new epicentre – but a ‘local lockdown’ has not been ordered yet. The town in Lancashire has seen infections rise by 64 per cent in just one week to 19 July, new data from Public Health England … Read more

Covid-19 R rate may risen to above one in the South West

South West England’s coronavirus R rate could now have edged above one, government scientists warned today as they admitted the Midlands is now the only region where the number is definitely below the dreaded level of one and outbreaks could be growing in three different regions.  Number 10’s expert advisory panel SAGE revealed the reproduction … Read more