Obesity timebomb in primary schools as damning figures reveal three in ten reception pupils are already too fat Figures show that one fifth of children aged four or five are now considered fat Nine out of ten of the worst areas affected by obesity timebomb are in the North New data shows 75 per cent of … Read more
Britain ranks near the bottom of a damning global league table that compares how countries have tackled the Covid-19 pandemic. Only Belgium fared worse, according to a review of testing, healthcare and death rates that gave 21 OECD member nations a score out of four. The UK (2.22) was on par with Italy and Spain. … Read more
Home Office has no idea how many illegal immigrants are in Britain, damning new report reveals An NAO report said we do not know how many illegal immigrants are in the UK It revealed illegal immigrants who evade detection for two years are disregarded This is despite the £392million annual budget set for Immigration Enforcement By … Read more
NHS hospitals discharged 25,000 people into care homes during the peak of Britain’s Covid-19 crisis without testing them for the coronavirus, a report has revealed. Critics say the move, ordered to free up beds for an anticipated surge in seriously ill virus patients, was ‘extraordinary’ and shows care homes were an ‘afterthought’. The National Audit … Read more
Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’ and officials are not learning lessons from incidents in which freed offenders go on to commit horrific crimes, damning new report warns Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russel says internal checks are not sufficient He says the Government is ‘not doing enough to learn from past mistakes’ System … Read more
They came by boat, silently and under the cover of night. All the intruders were armed; all had undergone specialist weapons training. Using only information available on the internet or other public sources, each had studied the external and internal layout of the Palace of Westminster. Now they intended to strike at the very heart … Read more
As the world battles the deadly coronavirus outbreak, Britain’s response has faced savage criticism, particularly the Government’s handling of testing. Here, Medical Correspondent Ben Spencer investigates what has been going wrong for our testing programme – and what steps can be taken now to fix it and save thousands of lives across the country. Medical … Read more