[ad_1] Humanity is waging a “foolish and suicidal” war against nature that is causing human suffering and huge economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life on Earth, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. Guterres’ most severe warning to date came with the release of a UN report establishing the …
Read More »Trust in law at risk if ministers circumvent parliament, says former law chief Ley
[ad_1] Public trust in the law is at risk if ministers hurry through hundreds of new rules and laws, bypassing parliament and leaving citizens, businesses and police in the dark, the former head of the legal department said. of the government. Sir Jonathan Jones, who resigned over proposals to violate …
Read More »Covid cases close to the levels seen BEFORE the second wave
[ad_1] Coronavirus CASES have returned to levels seen before the second wave of the pandemic, fueling hopes that the lockdown could be eased sooner rather than later. Figures released today by Public Health England (PHE) have also revealed that 99 percent of areas have witnessed a drop in infections. 🦠 …
Read More »South African Covid Variant May Reduce Pfizer Vaccine Antibody Protection By Two-thirds | Coronavirus
[ad_1] A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce the antibody protection of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine by two-thirds, and it is unclear whether the injection will be effective against the mutation, the companies said. The study found that the vaccine was still …
Read More »Covid UK News Live – Latest Vaccine Updates & Lockdown
[ad_1] Boris Johnson says lockdown will be eased in ‘stages’ but declines to elaborate UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson stressed that he will take a “cautious and prudent approach” to easing closure restrictions, suggesting that pubs and restaurants would be among the last to leave the closure this time. This …
Read More »Bristol Covid Variant Discovered in the US
[ad_1] The ‘Bristol variant’ of Covid-19 has been found in the United States of America, according to US health chiefs. The mutation, which has been designated as a ‘variant of concern’ by government health chiefs here in the UK, was first discovered in 11 cases in and around Bristol in …
Read More »Brexit forces Northern Ireland buyers to cancel orders for 100,000 trees | Brexit
[ad_1] Buyers in Northern Ireland have canceled orders for nearly 100,000 trees due to a post-Brexit ban on plants moving from Britain, The Guardian may reveal. Business leaders say it’s a major setback for tree-planting programs in Belfast and elsewhere in the region. The Woodland Trust in Northern Ireland has …
Read More »World’s First Human Covid Trials to Begin in UK
[ad_1] CHris Hopson, executive director of the NHS Providers organization, said the nation was “still a little way off” from being able to begin loosening restrictions. The body, which represents the NHS trusts, has written to the prime minister urging him to “resist pressure to loosen restrictions” before it is …
Read More »US Weather: Twenty Dead, Million Without Power As Deadly Frost Strikes Southern States | US News
[ad_1] A winter storm hitting the United States has left millions of people without power and killed at least 20. The rare episode of freezing weather has left power cut off, shops closed, flights canceled and schools closed across much of the country, including New England and the Deep South, …
Read More »Inside Napier: the former army barracks that houses asylum seekers – podcast | News
[ad_1] morning (a pseudonym) says Anushka asthana about his stay at Napier, a former army barracks near Folkestone, Kent. Within days of getting there, she contracted scabies and then Covid-19. After a fire in one of the apartment blocks, there was no heating for days. Home Affairs Correspondent for The …
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