A tunnel could be built under Stonehenge after plans were given the green light as part of a £27billion masterplan to improve the nation’s roads. For decades, motorists on the A303, which passes the stone circle, have endured severe congestion on the popular route to and from the South West. Opponents have argued that plans … Read more
Thousands of trainee nurses in their final year will be ‘invited’ to start their careers before they qualify so they can help to tackle coronavirus NHS England chief executive said some of the 18,000 students in final year of training would be ‘invited’ into clinical practice They are in their last 12 months of three-year … Read more
Denmark is on coronavirus lockdown, making the country the second in Europe to grind to a halt as the life-threatening disease rips across the continent. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen declared that all Danish schools, universities, and kindergartens will be shut for two weeks to slow the spread of the bug. Tough new measures will also include … Read more
When Rishi Sunak rose to his feet in the Commons yesterday to deliver his first Budget speech, Boris Johnson had every reason to feel nervous. Less than a month had passed since Sajid Javid quit as Chancellor in a spat with the Prime Minister over special advisers. Few voters had ever heard of Sunak when … Read more
Cycling to work cuts your risk of dying by a fifth – even with the chance of being knocked of your bike! Cycling cuts risk of heart disease by 21 per cent and cancer by 11 per cent But cycling commuters were 45 per cent more likely to receive significant injury Glasgow University researchers studied … Read more
The number of cases of the coronavirus in Europe has topped 22,000, with Italy still the hardest hit country as Denmark also goes into lockdown. Total confirmed infections in Europe have risen to 23,339 with 951 deaths, according to a new tally which is compiled from official sources. In Italy, the number has risen to … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Rishi Sunak’s budget is kicking savers while they’re down By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 23:16 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 23:21 GMT, 11 March 2020 Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse for savers, they were dealt two crushing blows in a matter of hours. The bad news … Read more
A Cabinet minister is currently in self-isolation and awaiting the results of a coronavirus test as five other MPs quarantined themselves following Nadine Dorries’ startling diagnosis. According to The Daily Telegraph, the minister withdrew from their regular duties after coming into contact with 62-year-old Ms Dorries. The newspaper agreed not to name the Cabinet member. The … Read more
Universities and companies across the country are closing their campuses amidst fears over the coronavirus – but students and other young people are taking the time to book cheap flights. Airlines slashed costs on under-booked services, as passengers cancelled or rebooked their plans amid fears of spreading the virus. Users shared grabs from Google Flight … Read more
This is war. Make no mistake, for my generation, the COVID-19 coronavirus is the biggest threat to civilian life that we will have experienced since World War 2. The disease has smashed its way out of China, where it started, and begun to wreak deadly havoc all over the globe. And it represents a particularly … Read more
Travellers are still able to return to the UK from at least 10 countries with worsening coronavirus outbreaks without being considered a risk of having the killer infection. The Government and NHS do not consider people from France, Spain or Germany to be at risk of having coronavirus – even if they have symptoms. All three … Read more
The World Health Organization has today finally declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic after the number of patients struck down by the life-threatening infection across the world surpassed 112,000 and the death toll neared 4,500. The boss of the UN agency said it was ‘deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity’, with cases … Read more
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 196 to 827 as a top Italian doctor said intensive care wards should place an age limit on beds. Rather than admit patients on a ‘first come first served’ basis, hospitals should swap to ‘catastrophe medicine’ guidelines – … Read more