Cancer specialists demand urgent meeting with Health Secretary Matt Hancock

Cancer specialists demand urgent meeting with Health Secretary Matt Hancock over ‘crazy’ NHS decision to ration treatment Emerged thousands of cancer patients were denied Covid-safe treatments Some claim NHS decision to ration cancer treatment during the crisis is ‘crazy’  Cancer specialists and MPs demanding meeting with the Health Secretary  Reported eight million people will be … Read more

NHS issues doctors urgent alert about a coronavirus-related condition in children

NHS issues urgent alert amid spike in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a new coronavirus-related ‘inflammatory syndrome’ By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 09:26 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 09:29 BST, 27 April 2020 Doctors have been issued an alert over a rise in the number of … Read more

Sixth Uber driver death linked to coronavirus prompt urgent calls for minicabs to be issued PPE 

The death of a sixth Uber driver linked to coronavirus has prompted urgent calls for minicabs to be properly equipped with PPE. Father-of-four Zahid Pervaiz, 65, is the latest to die after picking up a passenger he believed was infected by the killer disease. Mr Pervaiz, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, died in intensive care … Read more

Experts warn urgent stimulus from Government needed to ward off collapse in UK’s housing market

Experts warn urgent stimulus from Government needed to ward off collapse in UK’s housing market By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 20 April 2020 Urgent stimulus from the Government is needed to ward off a collapse in the UK’s housing market, experts have warned.  … Read more

Royal Society to launch urgent probe into how Britain can ease its way out of its draconian lockdown

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Vet’s urgent warning as scientists research coronavirus link to animals

A vet has issued an urgent warning to pet owners as researchers look into the link between domestic animals and coronavirus.   Dr Anne Fawcett, from the University of Sydney’s School of Veterinary Science, said common sense should be used after two cats and two dogs tested positive for COVID-19. ‘Out of an abundance of caution, … Read more

Youth, 17, knifed in savage attack by FIFTEEN men has called for urgent action to end stabbings

Youth, 17, who was knifed in savage attack by FIFTEEN men speaks out from his hospital bed to recall how his ‘whole body was freezing’ and he felt his life slipping away after he was stabbed in the back Teenager, who has not been named, was attacked in Birmingham’s city centre Balaclava-clag gang approached before … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: COBRA is a narrative about an urgent situation told with no urgency whatsoever 

COBRA Friday, Sky One Rating: (although also…  Rating: as there is a sort of joy in watching a series get it quite so wrong)  Let us talk our way though the first episode of COBRA, Sky’s new political drama about Britain during a time of national emergency, although I am not sure you would know … Read more