Day: September 22, 2020
Major questions about effectiveness of contact tracing app left unanswered, charity warns
September 22, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Major questions about the effectiveness of the NHS Covid-19 app have been left unanswered ahead of its launch, a charity has warned. The Health Foundation said failure to reveal how the technology has performed during trial stages, risks denting […]
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Most people with Covid-19 develop symptoms but silent spreaders may be driving infections, experts say
September 22, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Most people with coronavirus have symptoms but asymptomatic cases may make up around 20 per cent of infections, a new study suggests. Researchers analysed 79 studies with 6,616 participants to determine the proportion of Covid-19 sufferers who did not […]
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Safety-first approach ditched as PM embarks on very difficult tightrope act
September 22, 2020When I asked a senior minister who knows Boris Johnson well last week how he approaches COVID-19, they told me the prime minister takes a “safety-first” approach. “He’s in a very difficult situation because it all rests on his shoulders. His instinct is to keep the virus under tight control. If there’s a spike it’s […]
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PM urges Britons to ‘summon the discipline’ to avoid second lockdown
September 22, 2020Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Britons to “summon the discipline and the resolve” to avoid a second national lockdown after warning there have been “too many breaches” of coronavirus rules. In a televised address to the nation, Mr Johnson called on the public to “get through this winter together” as he set out a […]
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Residents demand new clean air rules for former gasworks sites in England
September 22, 2020Residents living near four gasworks redevelopment sites in London and Brighton have joined forces to demand an overhaul of regulations on the treatment of contaminated land. The move follows a Guardian report on residents’ claims that toxic substances from a site in west London were damaging their health. Calling itself Gasworks Communities United (GCU), the […]
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When the Durrells and their menagerie lived on our top floor | Letter
September 22, 2020Sara Holdsworth recalls the time her parents rented a flat to Gerald and Jacquie Durrell The naturalist Gerald Durrell with a lemur at Jersey Zoo (now the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust). Photograph: Alamy As a footnote to your article (Gerald Durrell honoured with blue plaque at childhood home in London, 18 September), my parents rented […]
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What I Rent: Bailey and Maddie, £2,075 for a two-bedroom flat in Wembley, London
September 22, 2020What I Rent is our weekly series exploring the reality of renting, from the mould-ridden houseshares to the swanky flats in posh apartment blocks. This week’s home definitely fits into the latter description, located in a massive apartment block with its own gym, basketball court, yoga studio, and even a ‘meditation suite’. Bailey Roberts, who […]
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Face masks could be mandatory in all public places in London
September 22, 2020Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants to make face masks compulsory in all public places as part of a package of new measures to slow the spread of coronavirus in the capital. Khan held an emergency meeting with local council leaders and public health experts on Monday to agree on a new plan to reverse […]
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Companies may need to pay for rapid Covid-19 tests as 'cost of doing business,' Dido Harding warns
September 22, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Companies could be forced to pay for rapid turnaround coronavirus tests as the “cost of doing business” when they become available, the head of NHS Test and Trace has warned. Baroness Dido Harding said those without symptoms might choose […]
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Supreme Court favourite emerges after Donald Trump says he expects to choose this week
September 22, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Donald Trump has met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House as the conservative jurist emerged as a favourite to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court . The moves signal the start […]
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