Boris Johnson is ‘bailing out’ Nicola Sturgeon’s stuttering vaccination programme in Scotland by deploying more military personnel to speed it up, a minister said today. Jacob Rees-Mogg made the claim as British Army medics began helping administer jabs in the country today. They will make up a ‘vaccine quick reaction force’ which will see five teams … Read more
The future of Public Health England is in doubt after Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted parts of the Government’s coronavirus response had been ‘sluggish’. Speaking to the country ahead of the UK’s 100th day in lockdown, Mr Johnson said the failures in dealing with the pandemic had made it feel like being in a ‘recurring … Read more
Invasive grey squirrels carry a parasite that makes their native red cousins sluggish and threatens to further reduce their numbers, a study has found. Scientists say that the parasite — carried only by the greys — causes red squirrels to forage for food less efficiently and makes competition from the greys harder to face. The problem … Read more
Internet speeds have not slowed since millions of Britons started working from home, the latest figures show. Large swathes of the population are now relying on the internet more than ever as they self-isolate due to coronavirus which has killed 281 in the UK alone. While internet providers including Vodafone and TalkTalk have reported an increase in … Read more