Health

[ad_1] Boris Johnson is still ‘willing to relax Covid’s rules for Christmas’ as a growing number of government advisers and scientists line up to warn that the focus on ‘almost normal’ holiday gatherings will ‘throw fuel on the fire’ of the pandemic. Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson over whether to …

[ad_1] The decentralized government of Northern Ireland has again widened its ‘circuit breaker’ lock and significantly increased restrictions. The hospitality sector and close contact services, such as hairdressers, have been closed for five weeks now. Under new restrictions, which take effect for two weeks starting Friday, November 27, retail stores …

[ad_1] Hundreds of thousands of people are paying the wrong city tax, and that means thousands could be repaid, Martin Lewis said. The good news is, the money-saving expert just explained exactly how to check if you can pay less. “You could be owed thousands of pounds in many different …

[ad_1] The interview almost never happened. But thank God he did. It is one of the most compelling and powerful accounts of the devastating impact of COVID-19 in a nursing home I’ve heard. Bridgitte Caner has dedicated her life to care work. It is difficult, emotionally and physically exhausting. Image: …

[ad_1] The Scottish government has published draft regulations that prohibit entering or leaving the country without a reasonable excuse, as well as significantly restricting travel within Scotland. The regulation, which will come into force on Friday at 6 pm, was described as “deeply flawed” by opposition parties, who said they …

[ad_1] Stormont ministers have been told that further coronavirus restrictions are required for two weeks before Christmas to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. Health Minister Robin Swann has warned his colleagues if no new measures are introduced by the end of November, even a total shutdown in mid-December would not …

[ad_1] Test and Trace bosses believe they need to “rebuild public trust” and are planning a pre-Christmas push to bail out the troubled service, according to leaked slides seen by Sky News. The documents, shown during a video call hosted by some of Test and Trace’s senior executives, reveal deep …

[ad_1] TThe virus crisis has disillusioned Londoners with city life more than people in other major European centers, new research suggests. A survey of more than 5,000 residents in London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Milan by the engineering firm Arup showed that half of those surveyed in the UK capital …

[ad_1] There have been 55 new deaths from coronavirus in Greater Manchester hospitals in the past 24 hours, with the highest numbers at the University of Manchester NHS Foundation and the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Foundation. Both trusts saw 18 new deaths overnight, according to official NHS figures released this …

[ad_1] Trade talks on Brexit will be suspended “for a short period” at a higher level after one of the EU negotiators tested positive for COVID-19. EU Chief Negotiator Michel barnier revealed on Twitter that “one of the negotiators on my team” had returned a positive coronavirus test. He said …