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South West region is emerging from lockdown more quickly than rest of UK

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The south west region is emerging from lockdown more quickly than the rest of the UK while Londoners are most likely to stay home, new figures have revealed. Anonymised mobile phone data gathered by Oxford University shows population movements were on average 37 per cent of normal levels in the south west in the week … Read more

Coronavirus: UK has more daily deaths than rest of EU combined

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Britain today announced 133 more coronavirus deaths, as separate shock data shows the UK’s Covid-19 outbreak is killing more people each day than the rest of the EU countries combined.  Department of Health officials have yet to confirm the final daily figure, which can often be much higher because it includes fatalities in all settings. The … Read more

Will London emerge from lockdown before the rest of the UK?

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London’s 8.9million people could be released from lockdown earlier than other parts of the country if the city’s infection and deaths rates continue to fall at a faster rate, it was revealed today. The ‘R’ virus reproduction value has dropped to 0.4 in the capital and data yesterday revealed it hasn’t had more than 100 … Read more

Wall-to-wall sales for the rest of the year as shops gear up to reopen with stock up for grabs

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Non-stop sales are planned for the rest of the year in shops which are set to re-open after the coronavirus lockdown wrecked an entire season for fashion retailers. Analysts believe there could be as much as £15billion-worth of stock which needs to be sold, meaning there will be ‘wall-to-wall’ sales until January. Clothing shops were … Read more

Coronavirus: How UK death toll compares with rest of world

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Britain has the fourth deadliest major coronavirus outbreak in the world and has now suffered more deaths per million people than France, according to statistics. As the UK this week began including people who died in care homes in its official statistics, its death rate rose above that of France, which had already done so.  … Read more

Former Secret Service agent is teaching the rest of us how to take on the world 

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BOOK OF THE WEEK BECOMING BULLETPROOF     by Evy Poumpouras (Icon £14.99, 336 pp) She’s not a woman to mess with, Evy Poumpouras. A former U.S. Secret Service Agent blessed with spectacular looks, who has worked in the security details for four former presidents, she knows of what she speaks. She was on duty at the … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon declares she is willing to ease lockdown at different rate to rest of UK

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Nicola Sturgeon declares she WILL ease lockdown restrictions in Scotland at different rate to the rest of the UK if she disagrees with Boris Johnson’s plan – and swears it is not ‘political’ – but refuses to set a date for rules to be relaxed Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon published lockdown exit plan last … Read more

Health Secretary Matt Hancock vows ‘we won’t rest’ until NHS medics have masks and gowns they need

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Matt Hancock vowed  ‘we will not’ rest to get vital protective equipment to NHS staff today as the main nursing union told its members they could refuse to treat coronavirus patients if they felt unsafe. The Health Secretary came under mounting pressure at the daily news conference this afternoon as he revealed that under-pressure units … Read more

Mayor Bill de Blasio doubles down on his decision to shutter NYC schools for the rest of the year

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Bill de Blasio on Sunday doubled down on his decision to shutter NYC schools for the rest of the year a day after locking horns with Governor Andrew Cuomo.  The mayor said it was a decision he ‘had to make’, adding: ‘The bottom line here is about health and safety.’  Asked who had the final … Read more