Health

[ad_1] Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing has died of complications related to Covid-19, his foundation reported on Wednesday. Giscard, who was 94 years old and served as the leader of France from 1974 to 1981, had recently been hospitalized in Tours with respiratory problems. He recovered but was readmitted …

[ad_1] Coronavirus infection rates continue to fall in all Greater Manchester districts, the latest figures show. Four boroughs, Salford, Tameside, Stockport and Trafford, have transmission rates lower than the average for England as a whole. The infection rate is falling the fastest in Tameside, where there was a 44 percent …

[ad_1] A The day that offered the country so much hope in a relentlessly bleak year was one in which party politics was put on hold. At least that was the view taken by Keir Starmer in appropriately tempered questions from a prime minister. He began, as did Boris Johnson, …

[ad_1] It will take “a few months” for the UK’s most vulnerable people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the prime minister said. At a press conference in Downing Street, Boris Johnson acknowledged that there will be “immense logistical challenges” in the distribution of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, which …

[ad_1] However, critics today criticized an SNP plan for a £ 500 tax-free coronavirus bond for the NHS and care staff, and Allander’s Fraser Institute think tank dismissed it as a political stunt that would reward. the rich more than the poor. Meanwhile, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie accused …

[ad_1] Boxing champion Tyson Fury asked the BBC to remove him from the list of finalists for the Sports Personality of the Year award. Fury posted a video on social media saying he was “the people’s champion and I don’t need verification or any awards.” Standing in front of his …

[ad_1] There have been another 16,170 coronavirus cases and 648 deaths recorded in the UK in the last 24 hours. The latest government figures show the total number of coronavirus cases in the UK to 1,643,086 – and the total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 …

[ad_1] By Matt McGrathEnvironment Correspondent image copyrightfake images ScreenshotThe sun shines through the heat haze of a California wildfire The Earth continued to endure a significant warming period in 2020 according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Its tentative assessment suggests that this year will be one of the three …

[ad_1] When the Ethiopian army bombed Humera, a small farming town in Tigray, in mid-November, 54-year-old Gush Tela took his wife and three children to safety in a nearby town. A few days later, he felt compelled to find out what had happened to his home. As he approached the …

[ad_1] The Health Department has reported four other Covid-19-related deaths on Wednesday. New figures from the board show that the death toll in Northern Ireland is now 1,015. And in these figures there has also been a daily increase in cases in 416. The number of people in Northern Ireland …