Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes more than doubled in a fortnight over the New Year period, after it emerged that only ten per cent of residents had been vaccinated. According to data from Public Health England, there were 503 reports of Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes in England in the week up to January 3, … Read more
Property websites saw a surge in people looking for new homes over Christmas this year, with online searches on Boxing Day as much as doubling compared to 2019. Property portal Rightmove had its busiest ever Boxing Day for visits, which jumped 54 per cent compared to the same day in 2019. Visits from 1 December … Read more
UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020, largely due to millions of people working and studying from home during lockdown, live-streamed sport and updates to video games such as Call of Duty, a new report reveals. 50,000 petabytes (PB) of data were consumed across the country in 2020, compared to around 22,000PB in 2019, says … Read more
UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020, largely due to home working in lockdown and a love of gaming and live sport, a new report reveals. 50,000 petabytes (PB) of data were consumed across the country in 2020, compared to around 22,000PB in 2019, says BT subsidiary Openreach. One Petabyte equals one million gigabytes … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Number of students investigated for cheating at Oxford University has more than DOUBLED since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, figures show Most exams were scrapped at Oxford after first lockdown in March Were 55 suspected cases of cheating between March and October this year In same period last year, there were only 26 … Read more
The number of Americans who say they are willing to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible is growing, a new poll suggests. Conducted by USA TODAY/Suffolk University, the survey found that nearly half of respondents said they would receive the jab against COVID-19 once it is available to them. This is nearly double … Read more
Number of heat-related deaths for over-65s has DOUBLED in 20 years as climate change threat grows, report reveals There were 8,500 heat-related deaths in over 65s in 2018, double 2000-2004 Researchers suggest rise is down to more elderly being exposed to heatwaves Climate crisis made 2019 a record year with temperatures reaching 38.7C in UK Report used … Read more
Covid care home deaths DOUBLED in fortnight with 425 fatalities in most recent week as official figures show overall toll was still rising – even though separate data shows it has started to drop ONS report shows weekly care home deaths surged from 168 to 425 in first half of November One statistician warned second … Read more
Number of deaths from type 2 diabetes in England more than DOUBLED at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, study finds Researchers also concluded that diagnoses dropped by 70 per cent in April As many as 3,050 people with type 2 diabetes died in April, up from 1,450 Early coronavirus restrictions and online GP appointments … Read more
A woman whose face doubled in size twice after having reactions to at-home eyebrow tinting kits reveals she was left looking like she’d been ‘beaten up’ as a result of the beauty treatment. Stephanie Davies, 20, from Cefn Hengoed, Swansea, claimed her entire face ballooned in size after colouring her eyebrows with Eylure and Colorsport products … Read more