Cancer survival rates will fall if coronavirus crisis causes delays to diagnosis and treatment in coming months with tumours becoming ‘inoperable’, warns leading expert Professor Charles Swanton, Cancer Research UK chief clinician, issued warning Suggestion that surgeries, screenings and diagnoses are being delayed In some cancers there is a 90% survival rate if the disease … Read more
The Excel centre’s Abu Dhabi-based owners have backed down on plans to bill the NHS up to £3million-a-month for using their centre as a hospital to treat coronavirus patients. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Adnec, said in a statement it would scrap a ‘contribution to some fixed costs’ that had been demanded from the NHS … Read more
The total number of deaths for people who tested positive for coronavirus has risen by 555 in England. It came as Matt Hancock blasted sunbathers for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules as he warned the government will ban ‘all forms’ of outdoor exercise if a ‘small minority’ refuse to stay at home. The Health Secretary said it was … Read more
Piers Morgan slams Alan Sugar as ‘recklessly stupid’ after the Apprentice boss said he saw ‘nothing wrong with sunbathing 10ft away from someone’ during lockdown Piers Morgan, 55, denounced Britons flouting lockdown laws in good weather Lord Sugar, 73, responded that distanced sunbathing was ok in ‘big fields’ Mr Morgan hit back, tweeting that Lord … Read more
Scotland’s chief medical officer has been warned by police after she was photographed visiting her family’s second home in Fife during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Catherine Calderwood and her family were spotted near her coastal retreat in Earlsferry this weekend. It comes just days after the 51-year-old tweeted a photo of her family from their … Read more
Royal protection officers for Prince Andrew and Edward and Princess Anne replace their firearms with Tasers in ‘drastic measures’ to reduce armed protection for top officials Armed officers protecting three royals have replaced their firearms with tasers Comes months after police voiced concerns about shortage of armed officers Officers protecting Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles … Read more
Ministers are said to be furious at ‘megalomaniac’ NHS bosses and Public Health England’s failure to get to grips with testing and protective equipment shortages – as a new survey shows their staff have no faith in their leaders. There have been increasing concerns about the level of diagnostic testing for the deadly pandemic, with … Read more
Donald Trump has raised the prospect of lifting coronavirus lockdowns across the United States, arguing the nation cannot be ‘destroyed’ and ‘we have to get back to work’. The president’s words during his daily briefing Saturday raise the prospect of reopening businesses and services knowing people will get infected. Trump said: ‘We have to get back to … Read more
Modern society is ‘so afraid of death’ no one asks if lockdown measures to battle coronavirus are the right approach, says former Supreme Court judge Former Justice Jonathon Sumption, 71, said public have ‘irrational’ fear of death He listed historical epidemics with higher mortality rates and lesser ‘hysteria’ Suggests that government measures will lead to … Read more
A member of Basque terror group ETA has been acquitted of a bomb attack on two Costa Blanca hotels, which left a British student among the injured. Ellie Carr, 20 at the time of the July 2003 blast, needed 20 stitches after it rocked the Hotel Bahia in Alicante next to the Spanish school where … Read more
World’s earliest record of the F-word is discovered in manuscript written by bored Scottish student in 1568 locked away in the vault of the National Library of Scotland Earliest written use of the F-word dates back to a 500-year-old manuscript Uni student wrote the manuscript as plague locked down his Edinburgh home It was shown … Read more
Topshop and Dorothy Perkins owner Arcadia is ‘preparing to close a huge number’ of its 550 stores as coronavirus lockdown decimates Britain’s high streets – as Debenhams faces administration Arcadia has reportedly called in accountants from Deloitte due to the shutdown It has already furloughed 14,500 of its 16,000 staff members during the crisis Debenhams … Read more
Labour’s Angela Rayner has taken fire at Health Secretary Matt Hancock after he criticised sunbathers for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. The newly-elected deputy leader of the opposition party, who has been self-isolating at her Ashton-Under Lyne property after presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, said while it was important people heed government warnings, social distancing rules needed … Read more