The Covid infection rate in Scotland is 50% higher than in England, the latest ONS data show, yet the country has a higher vaccination rate. What's going on?
One in eight people in England are taking antidepressants, two thirds of them female, after the lockdowns fuelled a 7% increase in demand for medication in one year, NHS statistics show.
Journalist Alex Berenson’s Twitter account has been reinstated as part of a resolution to a censorship lawsuit that both parties agreed to settle – the first tech company climbdown of its kind.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Boris Johnson will resign today after Nadhim Zahawi told him to go and another eight ministers quit demanding he accepts reality. Will history now repeat and the Tories install a new, dull, election-losing John Major?
Now that's a face nappy: a photograph of a baby on a plane wearing an adult surgical face mask with holes cut for eyes has gone viral and sparked outrage and ridicule.
More than twice as many Americans have lost a household member to a Covid vaccine injury as have lost one to Covid, a new poll of 1,500 members of the public has found.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
As of the most recent week, there have been 7,840 more deaths than usual from causes other than Covid since April, 1,374 of them in just the latest week. What is going on, and is anyone looking into it?
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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