New WHO team looking into Covid may be ‘last chance’ to find Coronavirus origins October 14, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) said its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be “our last chance” to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and and urged China to provide data from early cases. Watch the full report.
Coronavirus breakthrough: Stunned scientists discover uncommon antibody in 45-year old man that halts most Covid variants October 13, 2021 Scientists were left stunned after they discovered a natural Covid antibody that seems to neutralise multiple Coronavirus variants. The ‘potent’ antibody was reportedly found in a 45-year old man who recovered from Covid-19 more than three months ago. One of the antibodies, labelled as ‘54042-4’, seemed to be able to halt multiple mutations, including the [...]
UK railways prepare for 2m passenger slump as budget cuts loom October 13, 2021 UK railways are preparing for a 2 million passenger fall as, post-Covid commuting patterns have changed, prompting rail companies to start swinging the axe on jobs. Forecasts prepared by the railway industry’s Covid forecasting group for Network Rail highlighted that, in the worst case scenario, numbers will only go up to 60 per cent of [...]
UK shorter-term bookings surge compared with pre-Covid levels October 12, 2021 Despite uncertainty on travel restrictions, during the summer the British airline industry registered a 25 per cent jump in shorter-term international bookings compared with pre-pandemic levels. Data from the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) showed that this year 52 per cent of international flight bookings from the UK were made over a four-week window, compared to [...]
Entain gaming revenue grows against lockdown boom October 12, 2021 Net gaming revenue grew four per cent at sports betting group Entain in its third quarter, marking growth despite the explosion of gaming last year. Online gaming revenue jumped 10 per cent in the three months to 30 September, against a period of high growth in 2020 when global lockdowns amid the pandemic spurred a [...]
French Connection boss steps down as group recovers from Covid October 12, 2021 French Connection’s chief executive Stephen Marks will retire from the global retailer, as the company recovers from Covid-19. Commenting on the six-month results, he said: “This is an appropriate time for me to step back from the business that I founded in 1972, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our [...]
Wednesday’s GDP figures will remind Brits of sunnier economic times October 12, 2021 The economic mood at the moment is not upbeat. Households are facing an acute cost of living crisis, businesses are warning of shortages at Christmas, inflation is likely to run hotter and for longer than the Bank of England initially expected. Doom and gloom. However, on Wednesday, positivity will be partly revived as the Office [...]
Government’s early Covid strategy was ‘one of the most important public health failures’ UK has ever seen October 12, 2021 The Government and its scientific advisers have been lambasted by a report from MPs, which concluded serious errors and delays cost lives to Covid. Ministers waited too long before introducing lockdown measures at the start of the pandemic, according to the science and technology committee and the health and social care committee. The UK’s pandemic [...]
With the UK travel red list reduced, here is where you can go on holiday this winter October 11, 2021 With 47 countries taken off the travel red list at 4am this morning, including Thailand, South Africa and Mexico, it is now possible to travel relatively unhindered between the UK and several long-haul destinations. Basically, the Government reduced the number of countries it advises British nationals to avoid non-essential travel to, and the red list [...]
TfL unveils designs for Covid-19 transport victims’ memorial October 11, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled designs for a memorial to honour London’s transport workers who died from Covid-19. Set in Aldgate’s Braham Street, the memorial will feature a plaque paying tribute to the pandemic’s transport victims and will be surrounded by several benches and a cherry tree. TfL is expected to submit a planning [...]