Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown after being warned that daily coronavirus cases could reach up to 690 in less than a fortnight. A pincer movement of regional mayors and senior scientists are calling on the Prime Minister to usher in a ‘circuit breaker’ of blanket restrictions to wrestle down … Read more
Britain could be carrying out a million tests a day by Christmas as it develops the capacity to manufacture tests that take just 15 minutes, Boris Johnson has revealed. Downing Street also announced further pilots of new testing technologies will start next week across some of the UK’s worst affected areas. One senior scientist involved … Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance today said the UK’s coronavirus outbreak is not spiralling as fast as it did in the spring because social distancing and lockdown measures are working to keep cases on a leash. But the Government’s chief scientific adviser warned that the epidemic is ‘growing everywhere’ and that more action must be taken to … Read more
Beleaguered Boris Johnson was pictured with his shirt cuffs buttoned-up the wrong way ahead of yesterday’s bruising battle with Sir Keir Starmer in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister’s wardrobe gaffe was spotted in a picture taken before yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions – in which he clashed with the Labour leader over the best way to … Read more
From shy Di to eighties fashion superstar: How The Crown’s Emma Corrin perfectly captures the princess in TV scenes so real it’s like yesterday The Crown returns to our screens next month with a roller coaster season four Actress Emma Corrin is as uncannily photogenic as the Diana she portrays From the head-tilting era of ‘Shy … Read more
Coronavirus infections in England are still more than eight times below the devastating levels they reached in the spring and the country’s outbreak is growing slower than it did in the first wave, according to top scientists. Cambridge University researchers, whose estimates feed into No 10’s advisory panel SAGE, believe 47,000 people are currently catching … Read more
Britons say Boris Johnson’s ‘Three Tier’ local lockdown is NOT enough to control coronavirus with two-thirds saying PM doesn’t have a clear plan YouGov poll found the public does not believe PM’s lockdown goes far enough 40 per cent think measures should be tougher with a fifth saying balance right Nearly two thirds do not … Read more
Elderly coronavirus patients are being admitted to hospital at EIGHT TIMES the rate of young people, official figures show Professor Stephen Powis of NHS England warned of steep rises among over-65s He said over-85s eight times as likely as working age to be admitted with Covid And Prof Powis said those aged 65 to 84 … Read more
To think that just a week ago he was a brandisher of boosterism, a purveyor of positivity, all whizzbang fizz and sparkle. Turns out that pingier-than-propane conference speech of Boris Johnson’s was just a false dawn. A day-out distraction from death tolls, infection rates and all the other daily horrors that have become the new … Read more
The free-spending Chancellor joined Boris Johnson at a live television news conference tonight as The PM warned that the UK cannot ignore the ‘flashing warnings’ about surging coronavirus cases.