Travel corridors with Europe let ‘significant’ number of Covid cases into UK

The Government’s decision to form travel corridors with European countries fuelled a rise in Covid cases, an official study has suggested.  Public Health England’s analysis of 4,000 positive tests in patients with recent travel links last summer found 86 per cent were arrivals from the continent. The study, which is likely to reignite the debate about … Read more

Covid travel corridors with Europe allowed a ‘significant’ number of cases to pour into the UK

The Government’s decision to form travel corridors with European countries last summer fuelled a rise in Covid cases, an official study has suggested. Analysis by Public Health England found people arriving from the continent made up 86 per cent of imported cases between May and September. The study, which is likely to reignite the debate … Read more

Heathrow chiefs warn of quarantine chaos as ‘significant gaps’ remain

Heathrow chiefs warn of quarantine chaos as ‘significant gaps’ remain just hours before travellers are set to be locked in hotels The majority of those required to quarantine will arrive at Heathrow Airport  But border staff say they are unaware of exactly what rules they will be enforcing Heathrow bosses say that gaps remain about how … Read more

Hospital that treated Captain Tom had ‘significant’ number of people catch Covid in hospital

The NHS trust that treated Captain Tom Moore for pneumonia admitted in a board meeting that a ‘significant proportion’ of its Covid patients caught the virus in hospital. Captain Tom, dubbed a national hero and knighted by the Queen for raising over £33million for NHS charities during the Covid crisis, died on Tuesday aged 100. … Read more

Transmission of Covid-19 from pets to humans poses ‘significant long-term risk’, scientists say

Could cats and dogs have to be vaccinated to curb virus spread? Transmission of Covid-19 from animals to humans poses ‘significant long-term risk’, scientists say A group of scientists said domesticated animals can become infected with the virus and pass it to humans, including new variants that evolve in the pet The experts from the … Read more

An emotional Grant Denyer denies rumours he ‘had a significant drug issue’ on I’m A Celebrity

Grant Denyer addressed claims he ‘had a significant drug issue’ during an emotional conversation with co-star Toni Pearen on Thursday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! A hesitant Toni, 48, asked the TV host about tabloid reports several years ago that suggested he and his wife of 10 years, Chezzi Denyer, had … Read more

Ofsted warns damage done by Covid to education will be ‘significant’

Busy parents, bad equipment and a lack of internet meant ‘many children did not do’ the remote work they were set during the coronavirus crisis, says Ofsted as it warns the scale of lost learning will be ‘significant’ Ofsted annual report says education ‘losses have been significant’ during Covid It warned ‘lost learning’ by pupils … Read more

Rishi Sunak says ‘significant progress has been made’ in EU trade talks and ‘a deal can be done’

Rishi Sunak insisted that ‘significant progress’ has been made over a post-Brexit trade deal that remains within the UK’s grasp today – as he attacked Brussels over a lack of access for City firms. The Chancellor said it was ‘clear that a deal can be done’ as he set out his plan to ‘renew the … Read more

Channel 4 will repay £1.5million in furlough payments as it reports ‘significant financial surplus’

Channel 4 will repay £1.5million in furlough payments as it reports a ‘significant financial surplus’ after rebound in advertising revenues and 54% rise in viewers for its on-demand platform All 4 Channel 4, which is publicly owned but commercially funded, said it will end 2020 with a ‘significant financial surplus’ and planned to reinvest in … Read more