Covid-19 cases are soaring among middle-aged people in England and have almost doubled in a fortnight as the outbreak continues to grow, official figures show. Public Health England (PHE) data reveals 23.4 cases are now diagnosed for every 100,000 people aged between 40 and 49 — up from 12.4 at the end of August. And coronavirus … Read more
Ten per cent more of Britain’s sickest coronavirus patients are surviving than at the start of the pandemic. Analysis of NHS records shows that 44 per cent of intensive care admissions were dying of the virus when the pandemic first started to spiral out of control in March. The Intensive Care National Audit and Research … Read more
Car theft has risen by 50% in five years, with criminals using high-tech gadgets to steal keyless vehicles: ‘It took me 6 seconds to break into a £65,000 Range Rover – here’s how to keep yours safe’ By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 … Read more
Coronavirus cases have risen in 63 local authorities in England in the past week, and Blackburn has become the new epicentre – but a ‘local lockdown’ has not been ordered yet. The town in Lancashire has seen infections rise by 64 per cent in just one week to 19 July, new data from Public Health England … Read more
South West England’s coronavirus R rate could now have edged above one, government scientists warned today as they admitted the Midlands is now the only region where the number is definitely below the dreaded level of one and outbreaks could be growing in three different regions. Number 10’s expert advisory panel SAGE revealed the reproduction … Read more
Thirty-four areas in England have seen coronavirus infection rates rise in the past week, fuelling concerns that more places could be hit with Leicester-style localised lockdowns. Redcar, a seaside town in North Yorkshire, and leafy Wokingham in Berkshire suffered the biggest week-on-week spikes in Covid-19 cases up to June 28, Public Health England (PHE) figures … Read more
Commuters packed onto Tube services in London this morning after Downing Street claimed that passenger numbers are up by 25 per cent on last week. Pictures this morning show people riding underground trains on the Central Line during peak times, in some cases unable to practice social distancing. Though some Tube riders are wearing face masks … Read more
Households are using 17 per cent more electricity since Britain went into coronavirus pandemic lockdown, new data suggests. The biggest change in usage is at lunchtime when homes use 27 per cent more energy than usual at 1pm, according to Bulb Energy. The energy supplier analysed how electricity use has changed since lockdown began, using … Read more
Only a third of people in low income household with consumer debt have enough spare cash for an emergency, a new study has found. The Resolution Foundation says that consumer debt among poorer households has risen the fastest among any income group, with the proportion rising by nine percentage points. This group has become more exposed … Read more
His critics wrote him off as a youthful baby chino (chancellor in name only) when he took over the Treasury in January. But Rishi Sunak, 39, won praise from the man he replaced today for delivering the Budget after just weeks in the top job. In 65 minutes this afternoon he set the economy on … Read more