The surge in house prices saw the average property in Britain reach a record high of £245,000 in October, as buyers race to complete transactions ahead of the stamp duty holiday on 31 March 2021. Property prices rose by 5.4 per cent, or £19,000, in the year to October, up from a 4.3 per cent … Read more
How England’s second Covid wave is in retreat: ONS data shows daily cases HALVED during lockdown in November with just 25,700 people catching the virus every day by the end of the month The previous estimate of daily infections, for November 14, was 38,900, down from a peak the previous week No estimate was published … Read more
Covid deaths rose steadily in November to take all-cause fatalities 19% above average – but the number is well below England’s spring first wave which saw 21,000 people dying each week Coronavirus deaths in England rose by 27% in the second week of November from 1,937 the week before Covid-19 accounted for one in every … Read more
Coronavirus was the third biggest killer in England in October, official figures show — but the total number of deaths from all causes for the month was no different to last year. An Office for National Statistics report today found there were 43,265 fatalities recorded last month — just eight more than in October 2019 … Read more
Covid deaths rise by 40% again in England and Wales: ONS reveals 1,937 victims in most recent week – with coronavirus to blame for one in six fatalities (so how many died in YOUR town?) Weekly Office for National Statistics report shows 16.4 per cent of deaths are now linked to Covid-19 Deaths have risen … Read more
Drug offences soared by 30 per cent during the coronavirus lockdown as overall recorded crime dropped by a quarter compared to 2019, new figures show. Total recorded crime fell by 121,873 in April compared to the same month last year after Britain was plunged under draconian coronavirus restrictions, according to an Office for National Statistics report published today. … Read more
People are now just as likely to catch coronavirus in England as they are if they went abroad on holiday, official data suggests. Before today, people were more likely to test positive for the infection if they had travelled overseas in the past 30 days. But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed today there … Read more
More proof England’s Covid-19 outbreak is slowing down? ONS estimates 35,200 people got infected every day last week – a rise of 26% in a week (but the speed of growth has slowed again) Office for National Statistics data is based on random swab testing of the population across England Its estimates last week were … Read more
Huge leap in number of women killed by cocaine: Deaths from the drug are up sevenfold in 10 years, new figures reveal 2019 had the highest number of drug-related deaths in the past 25 years The drug-related death rate for women increased for the 10th year in a row Generation X, had the highest death … Read more
The number of coronavirus deaths in England and Wales has spiked for the third week in a row, official figures show. There were 215 fatalities with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate in the week ending September 25, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This marked a 55 per cent rise in the 139 … Read more