Why is COVID-19 more severe in the north of England? The story in four...
Danny Dorling, University of Oxford and George Davey Smith, University of Bristol
England has emerged from lockdown and entered the second phase of its tier...
Digital health passports should not be rolled out on a mass basis until COVID-19...
Digital health passports should not be introduced on a mass basis until coronavirus tests are available and affordable to everyone in the country, a...
Rochdale Council strongly advises local care homes not to use rapid test kits
Rochdale Council has strongly advised care homes across the borough not to use Covid-19 lateral flow tests for visitors because of serious concerns about...
Manchester Airport unveils new facility as part of UK’s largest airport testing scheme to...
Manchester Airport has today launched a new Covid-19 testing facility, as part of a move by its parent company, Manchester Airports Group (MAG).
The...
Covid Latest-UK deaths top 60,000 but new cases are falling rapidly
The United Kingdom’s total death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 60,000 on Thursday, by the government’s preferred measure of deaths within 28 days of a...
Hotels across Manchester unite to support Christmas Crate Campaign
The Manchester Hoteliers Association (MHA) is rallying hotels across the city in support of local charity Mustard Tree and its ‘Fill a Crate for...
Survey reveals devastating impact of pandemic on police morale
The impact the pandemic has had on rank and file police officers has been revealed after a Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW)...
New DIY Community Space the Merseyway Opens in Stockport
The Merseyway Workshop - an exciting new DIY community space providing a rolling exhibition space, free and accessible creative workshops, and retail opportunities for...
Don’t repeat mistakes of Test and Trace by outsourcing Covid-19 vaccine programme says TUC
The TUC has warned the government against repeating the mistakes of Test and Trace by outsourcing the Covid-19 vaccine programme.
The union body says ministers...
Radical re-working needed for the high needs further education system
The high needs system for further education is not working and requires a radical shake-up, council and college leaders say today in a new...