Royal Mail have addressed online rumours of a mass Covid-19 outbreak at two of their Midlands sorting centres and one centre in Northampton. Posts online have claimed of a “huge outbreak” and that “40-50 employees gone into isolation” at sorting centres in Coventry, Rugby and Daventry. Concerns have been spreading …
Read More »Coronavirus Scotland: Three people are charged with assaulting police
Three people have been charged with assaulting police after officers entered a family’s home because they were told there were ‘too many people inside’. Two police officers knocked on a door in Aberdeen at 11.20pm on Wednesday after a member of the public reported a breach of coronavirus restrictions. Gatherings …
Read More »At least 21 Americans had life-threatening anaphylaxis after receiving Pfizer’s vaccine, CDC reveals
Nearly two dozen Americans have experienced life-threatening allergic reactions after receiving Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine, a new report finds. Between December 14 and 23, a total of 21 people suffered anaphylaxis upon getting their first dose, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Wednesday. Of those patients, 17 …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: London intensive care unit shows extent of crisis
Shocking footage from an intensive care unit has revealed the extent of the coronavirus crisis and the strain it is piling on the NHS. Emotional doctors and nurses were seen struggling at London’s University College Hospital while caring for the growing amount of coronavirus patients. Operating theatres and some paediatric …
Read More »COVID-19 US: De Blasio wants FULL UK travel ban due to super strain
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared to push back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s calls Tuesday to ban all flights from the UK to the US during a Tuesday press conference. The governor called on the federal government to begin enforcing mandatory testing on all international passengers arriving in the …
Read More »Michelle Obama slams Donald Trump for trying to overturn Biden win
Michelle Obama slams Donald Trump as ‘unconscionable’ for his ‘focus on overturning an election rather than helping struggling families’ The former first lady bashed Trump’s overturn effort Trump wants Mike Pence ‘to reject fraudulently chosen electors’ He asked Georgia state official to ‘find’ 11,780 votes for him She bashed people …
Read More »Covid UK: Chief medical officers say NHS risks being ‘overwhelmed’
The UK’s chief medical officers have warned of a ‘material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed’ in the next 21 days as the mutant Covid strain wreaks havoc across the country. Parts of the health service are under ‘immense pressure’, the chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said …
Read More »Covid UK: Liverpool’s Labour-run city council calls for another national lockdown
Liverpool’s council leaders today called for a third national lockdown to contain the new ‘mutant’ strain of Covid and prevent a ‘catastrophe’. The city’s acting mayor, Wendy Simon, and the Labour-run city council’s cabinet say the speed of the rise in coronavirus cases have reached ‘alarming levels’ and urgent action …
Read More »Oxford vaccine arrives in UK hospitals: First batches will be ready for use on Monday
The first batches of the newly-approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at UK hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout. Some 530,000 doses of the jab will be available from Monday – with vulnerable people taking priority – as Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the inoculation …
Read More »Recording studio wins starring role in two Dawn French ventures
You don’t become Dawn French’s go-to recording studio by accident but a Plymouth business can boast of being just that after the TV star chose it twice in a year. Since 1998 Fresh Air studios has been recording the voices of the famous and the familiar at its Stonehouse base …
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