Asian Brits are up to FIVE times more likely to catch coronavirus than white people

Asian people are up to five times more likely to catch the coronavirus than white people, according to data from a government-run surveillance scheme. An Office for National Statistics (ONS) report released today revealed seven out of 1,510 Brits identifying as Asian swabbed positive for Covid-19 — a rate of around 0.46 per cent. For … Read more

Police flee baying mob celebrating Pakistan Independence Day

A group of heavily-outnumbered police officers fled a baying street mob after failing to break up an illegal party celebrating Pakistan Independence Day in locked-down Manchester. Hundreds of revellers gathered in Manchester’s so-called ‘Curry Mile’ on Friday night, in breach of the city’s reinforced lockdown rules which restrict outdoor gatherings to up to six people with … Read more

Wobbly moment! Canoeists struggle to paddle through a swarm of jellyfish the size of dinner plates

Wobbly moment! Canoeists struggle to paddle through a swarm of jellyfish the size of dinner plates Canoeists were forced to paddle through a cluster of jellyfish in the Sea of Azov Video footage, shared online on August 15, shows the spooky swarm of jellyfish The canoeists struggled to paddle through the jellyfish across the sea’s … Read more

Airlines plead with Boris Johnson to introduce airport coronavirus tests to get round quarantine

Airlines BA, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and TUI plead with Boris Johnson to introduce airport Covid tests to allow arrivals from ‘high risk’ nations like the US to bypass quarantine – as Greece and Croatia ‘are on the brink of being added to the red list’ They urged the Government to adopt a system similar to … Read more

Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough enjoy a stroll with their three-month-old daughter Harper May

Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough are every inch the doting parents as they enjoy a stroll with daughter Harper May in Palm Beach By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:23 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 12:15 BST, 18 August 2020 Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough looked every inch the doting parents during … Read more

Pre-teen sips of alcohol ‘could lead to binge-drinking in adolescence

Pre-teens who get sips of alcohol at the dinner table from their parents are 85 per cent more likely to binge-drink in adolescence, a new study reveals. Australian researchers investigated whether supply of alcohol during childhood, either in sips or whole drinks, was associated with problematic drinking in later life.  They found no evidence that … Read more

The DIY jab that stops migraines before they start

The DIY jab that stops migraines before they start and could save 10,000 patients repeated hospital visits Previously anti-migraine medicine had to be injected by a doctor or a nurse This new development allows patients to self-administer the treatment  A special home use injection pen device patients to administer the drug ahead of a migraine  … Read more

Children are far less likely to catch coronavirus in the classroom than they are at home

Children are less likely to catch Covid-19 at school than they are at home, according to research.     Scientists at Belgium’s national health body found coronavirus transmission rates in classrooms were far lower than in the home.  Just 0.8 per cent of youngsters quarantined under the contact tracing system tested positive for the virus. The rate … Read more