‘I got hit against the rocks’: Rebel Wilson reveals she suffered bruised ribs after a ‘freak wave’ in Mexico By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:41 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 12:41 GMT, 22 January 2021 She was pushed to her limits by SAS Australia’s Ant Middleton while filming his new show, … Read more
DAVID BUIK: The future is only just more interesting than the past – and and you can find out about both in the Great Wave of Change podcast By David Buik For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 09:36 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 09:36 GMT, 9 January 2021 The broadcasting media is a ruthless and unforgiving occupational … Read more
Coronavirus came to the UK more than 1,000 times during the UK’s first wave of coronavirus, in the Spring of 2020. Each event created its own ‘lineage’, as it was passed from an infected traveller coming from overseas to others inside the UK, increasing the spread of Covid-19. Analysis of more than 50,000 SARS-CoV-2 genomes … Read more
Sweden to bring in new powers to close businesses and pubic transport and issue fines for social distancing breaches to curb second wave of Covid infections Sweden’s temporary pandemic law should be in place from January, officials say Will allow Government to shut shopping malls or public transport if necessary Lockdown-free Sweden controversially relied on mostly … Read more
South Africa is suffering a powerful second wave of Covid-19 caused by a new strain of the disease similar to the British variant which is feared to be more infectious and cause more sickness among younger people. Cases in South Africa have risen from fewer than 3,000 a day at the start of December to … Read more
ANNA MIKHAILOVA: So did Dominic Cummings wave through his own £45,000 pay hike? By Anna Mikhailova For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 02:00 GMT, 20 December 2020 ‘The thing that officials will try hardest to do is convey to you that you have no role in personnel decisions … Read more
Europe’s coronavirus second wave may have begun among fruit pickers in northern Spain before being spread across the continent by tourists, new research suggests. Scientists have identified a new strain of the virus that they believe is responsible for a large part of the second wave, which first emerged in June in northern Spain. From … Read more
Europe could face a third wave of coronavirus in early 2021 because of its ‘incomplete’ response to the pandemic, the WHO fears. Governments in Europe ‘missed the chance to build up the necessary infrastructure during the summer months, after they brought the first wave under control,’ WHO envoy David Nabarro told Swiss newspapers. ‘Now we … Read more
Britain could be hit by a wave of strike action if Rishi Sunak goes ahead with a public sector pay freeze, a senior trade union leader warned today. Frances O’Grady, the TUC president, lashed out at reports suggesting that only doctors and nurses will escape a throttling of pay as the Government seeks to balance … Read more
Sweden was left unprepared for a second wave of coronavirus because of ‘wishful thinking’ by its top virus expert, his predecessor has said. Annika Linde, Sweden’s state epidemiologist until 2013, said Anders Tegnell got it wrong when he predicted that herd immunity built up over the summer would protect the country when winter came. That … Read more