To anyone interested in the political handling of the pandemic, Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages are explosive. So far, much of our understanding of decision-making and handling of scientific advice to government has been based on official minutes, committee evidence or rumour. But are they damning evidence of a minister failing to act on scientific advice?
Month: March 2023
Brexit and bad planning – along with weather – are to blame for the fruit and vegetable shortage affecting the UK’s supermarkets, Spain’s agriculture minister has said. Major chains Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons and Asda have imposed limits on the number of certain items customers can buy. Fruits and vegetables increasingly sourced from Morocco and
Interest rates may rise less than previously thought with the governor of the Bank of England signalling there is no urgent need for hikes. The central bank has been consistently raising interest rates – making borrowing more expensive – in an effort to bring double-digit inflation down to the Bank’s 2% target. Further increases had
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During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cathleen Schine sat lounging in her glorious, sweet-smelling Los Angeles garden, feeling miserably stuck. She knew she wanted to write about Jewish German exiles in Hollywood during World War II but feared that a strictly historical novel might become “a pit of phony insertions of detail,” a
La Brea’s Season 2 finale left us with even more questions. Thankfully, the series has been renewed for Season 3, or viewers would be left hanging. On La Brea Season 2 Episode 13, the Harrises found another portal in 10,000 BC, but dangers awaited them. Eve and Izzy time-traveled on La Brea Season 2 Episode
The director of the FBI has said the agency believes COVID-19 “most likely” came from a lab leak in China. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray told Fox News. Mr Wray said he could not
Presley Gerber is candidly speaking about mental health. The model—who is the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber—recently shared his experiences with depression, as well as the mental health initiatives he hopes to create. “So, for me and having struggled with mental health, depression and some other things that come along with that, I think
Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, despite early demands from rivals for a re-vote. Mr Tinubu, who ran for the ruling All Progressives Congress party, received 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar from the People’s Democratic Party came in second with 6,984,520. Image: Atiku Abubakar. Pic: AP Image: Peter Obi. Pc:
Matt Hancock is alleged to have rejected COVID-19 testing advice for residents going into England’s care homes while he was health secretary during the worst of the pandemic, according to a report based on thousands of leaked WhatsApp messages. The Daily Telegraph alleges that chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty had told Mr Hancock
Across the two new Skrillex albums, Quest For Fire and Don’t Get Too Close, fans got a total of 27 tracks to dig into. Clearly, they kept digging and digging and digging as new data shows that Skrillex has 20 songs charting on this week’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, “breaking the record for most simultaneous entries in chart
A further 2,000 pubs are at risk of closure, threatening 25,000 jobs, unless the chancellor comes to the sector’s aid in this month’s budget, according to an industry body. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) cited research by Oxford Economics which forecast 288 million fewer pints would be sold in the next financial year
At least 29 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured after two trains collided in Greece. A passenger train travelling between Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a freight train travelling from Thessaloniki to Larissa just before midnight. The collision was near Tempi, about 235 miles north of Athens.