Coronavirus UK: Testing chaos as NHS swabbing centre EMPTY

Ministers are being told to get a grip on coronavirus testing as the health secretary closes a loophole that left thousands of its unused and a vast NHS swabbing station stood deserted.   Matt Hancock tonight intervened to end the embarrassing situation in which the number of tests carried out is short of capacity.  A source … Read more

Scientists urgently call for a coronavirus app to track who coronavirus patients

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: Our paper tiger leaders will be back dealing with China when this is over

The founder of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong, invented a term for ‘reactionaries’ in the West who made threats against his regime. He called them ‘paper tigers’ — the ancient Chinese word is zhilaohu. What Mao (whose vast portrait still looms over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square) meant was that we, to use an equally … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson didn’t practise what he preached

Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock faced accusations they had failed to follow their own advice on social distancing after both tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister and Health Secretary were pictured at close quarters in the Commons in recent days – well within the advised 6ft limit. Just hours after they confirmed they had … Read more

NHS lanyards removed from eBay and Amazon amid fears people use them to enter supermarkets

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

UK government gets permission to use personal data from mobile phones ‘to help fight coronavirus’

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Police officer in Perth in Scotland shouts at man claiming to have coronavirus

‘You’re killing people!’: Moment police officer shouts at man walking down the street while claiming to have coronavirus The man tells police he has coronavirus while in a street in Perth, Scotland One furious officer tells the man to ‘go home’ more than a dozen times The officer also warns the man that he is … Read more

Oumar Niasse grilled by undercover police for flouting the UK’s coronavirus lockdown

Bang out of order! Everton striker Oumar Niasse is grilled by undercover police for flouting the UK’s coronavirus lockdown Oumar Niasse, 29, stopped by undercover police in Manchester on Thursday  ‘Suspicious officers shined a torch in his face and asked him to spell his name’ The routine stop comes two days after UK was locked … Read more

Government should have used technology to ‘target’ groups with tailored messages

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Mother of ISIS Beatle ‘George’ wins Supreme Court challenge

Mother of ISIS Beatle ‘George’ wins Supreme Court challenge after Government agreed to share evidence with the US without getting assurance he would not face death penalty By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 10:02 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 10:20 GMT, 25 March 2020 The Supreme Court has today overruled the UK Government’s decision … Read more