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What is the COVID inquiry and who does the report blame for …
1 day ago · The first report from the UK COVID-19 Inquiry has found the government "failed" the public, due to “significant flaws” in preparing for the pandemic. The COVID inquiry, which is being chaired by Baroness Heather Hallett, published its 217-page report on Thursday, which found the UK "prepared for the wrong pandemic" – focusing on flu ...
Election news latest: Labour set for biggest majority in almost 200 ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Rishi Sunak at the National Army Museum in London on Tuesday. (AP) Labour has been slated to win its largest majority since 1832, with a YouGov poll forecasting Keir Starmer's party will win 431 seats, which almost matches a similar figure produced by More in Common (430 seats). In the company’s final MRP poll before voting begins on Thursday ...
Why is the UK summer weather so bad and when will it improve?
Jul 10, 2024 · Netweather TV claim that the hotter temperatures will arrive on 23 and 24 July, due to a large body of warm air moving up from the Iberian peninsula. They say that London and the south of England will likely feel minimum temperatures of 27C, with a possibility of it reaching 30C. They say: “Generally, it looks likely to become hot in central ...
Maps show where in the UK temperatures will soar to 30C this week
2 days ago · The Met Office has said that temperatures of “around 30C are possible in the South East”, with current maps showing 31C on Friday afternoon. Figures in the mid to upper twenties are also “more likely in places” across England and Wales, as the recent rainy weather is replaced by heat and sunshine. The Midlands is expected to experience ...
What we know about UK's E. coli outbreak as one dead and …
Jun 27, 2024 · E. coli is a diverse group of bacteria that are normally harmless and live in the intestines of humans and animals. However, some strains, like shiga toxin-producing E.coli, can make people very ill. People infected with STEC can suffer diarrhoea, and about 50% of cases have bloody diarrhoea. Other symptoms include stomach cramps and fever.
What Yahoo readers think the new government’s top priority …
Jul 12, 2024 · Our poll from Monday at midday until midday Thursday asked: 'What should the new government's top priority be?'. It received 4,662 votes and showed that 50% (2,331) of Yahoo readers wanted Starmer to prioritise Immigration and Asylum. The second most important issue was health and the NHS, with 24% (1,119 votes), followed by the economy, with ...
What we know about summer COVID as UK case numbers rise
Jul 1, 2024 · He told the Science Media Centre: “The surveillance of COVID cases in the UK is far less intensive than it once was, so it is difficult to track the rise and fall of waves of infection, or to assess the severity of different variants, or to know how effective the vaccines are against them. "Even so, there is a widespread impression of a growing 2024 summer wave, much as we saw …
All change? Labour tipped to oust Tories at UK election
Jul 3, 2024 · Britain looks likely to see a change of government this week, swinging leftwards back to the centre ground and the Labour party after 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. Voters will elect a new parliament from 7:00 am (0600 GMT) on Thursday, with predictions of a landslide Labour win that would make Keir Starmer prime minister -- 100 years …
What you need to do if you get COVID this summer - Yahoo News …
Jul 2, 2024 · The number of coronavirus cases in England is on the rise amid warnings of a summer wave of infections.. According to the latest government figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the number of COVID cases rose by 33.5% in the week up to 19 June to 2,815.. Coronavirus testing has been vastly reduced since the height of the pandemic, so …
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